Web3 social media dApp Pop Social becomes the newest member of the Cointelegraph Accelerator program.
Elon Musk says posts busted by Community Notes won’t earn revenue share
Elon Musk assured those attempting to “weaponize” the community notes feature will be immediately found out.
Hashing It Out: A case for Web3 social media, and is Friend.tech a security?
CyberConnect co-founder Ryan Li believes that creators who want their content to live forever will ditch Web2 social media platforms for Web3 alternatives.
Stars Arena secures funds to plug $3M exploit, set to reopen after security audit
Stars Arena was hacked for roughly $3 million worth of AVAX tokens, with the hacker reportedly sending the funds to the Fixed Float crypto exchange.
Snapchat warned by UK data watchdog over AI chatbot risks
Snapchat received a warning from the U.K. data watchdog regarding its AI chatbot “My AI” for potentially failing to identify and address its privacy risks.
SocialFi app Stars Arena dispels ‘coordinated FUD’ after patching ‘noob’ vulnerability
A fault in the Stars Arena price function allowed hackers to escape with roughly $2,000; however, the vulnerability has since been patched.
Friend.tech offers login removal solutions after SIM-swap reports
Friend.tech has enabled features for users to add and remove login methods on personal accounts after SIM swaps gave hackers access to personal user information.
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn releases AI-powered assistant for job recruiters
LinkedIn plans to pilot a new AI-powered assistant aimed at recruiters searching for job candidates and will also release an AI educational assistant in its learning section.
Tom Hanks, MrBeast and other celebrities warn over AI deep fake scams
Instances of celebrities and public figures AI deep fakes continue to surface, with their likeness circulating the web promoting scams or products.
Friend.tech revenue surges over 10,000 ETH, TVL tops 30,000 ETH
The decentralized social media platform has continued to thrive since it launched in the second week of August and has hit multiple new highs despite critics predicting its downfall.
Friend.tech look-alike ‘Alpha’ emerges on Bitcoin network
A new social token network called Alpha has emerged, rivaling the popular Friend.tech platform but built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.
France launches a certificate for finfluencers, including crypto
The country has introduced a non-obligatory Responsible Influence Certificate for those promoting crypto.
AI usage on social media has potential to impact voter sentiment
The U.S. presidential election is nearing and with it comes the employment of technologies like AI on social media platforms to manipulate voter sentiment.
Will Crypto Ever Be Rid of Influencers Like BitBoy?
BitBoy Crypto brand will no longer include YouTuber Ben Armstrong
The crypto influencer brand had a reach of more than 3.3 million followers at the time the company announced Ben Armstrong would no longer be affiliated with ‘Bitboy Crypto’.
Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections
Binance Needs to Get Off Twitter
Friend.tech Attracted NBA Influencers. So Why Does Everyone Think Crypto’s Latest Trend Will Die?
Despite its initial success in attracting celebs, the portents aren’t good for the latest “Twitter-killer.”
Friend.tech generates over $1M fees in 24h, surpassing Uniswap, Bitcoin networks
The platform was launched in beta version on Aug. 11 and allows users to tokenize their social network by buying and selling “shares” of their connections.
Elon Musk says block feature to be ‘deleted’ on Twitter/X
According to Musk, users will have to rely on the “mute” function instead.