@Techmeme@techhub.socialReplit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which enables vibe-coding of iOS apps with integrated Stripe monetization (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/ai-startup-replit-launches-feature-to-vibe-code-mobile-apps.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialInternal tests show WaPo launched its AI podcast feature despite 68% of generated scripts failed its standards, saying it would "iterate through" the issues (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/14/2025
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic makes Claude Cowork available to $20/month Pro subscribers, after launching it for Max users, and says Pro users may hit their usage limits sooner (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-open
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dedbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUnderground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/underground-legal-clinics-offer-a-lifeline-to-migrants-facing-mass-deportation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p105#a251215p105
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialToday, I am going to be removing a favorite user feature: picking your own font for the Xogot text editor and La Terminal as now you need Apple's approval to use third party fonts installed in the system.
But at least my users will be safe from picking a font in bad taste.
@lil5@social.linux.pizza
@weltenkreuzer@social.tchncs.deAls jemand mit chronisch schlechtem Gedächtnis für Handlungs- und Charakterdetails wünsche ich mir so ein Feature seit Jahren.
Aber lasst das doch bitte von den Autor*innen schreiben und bezahlt sie idealerweise noch dafür. Oder crowdsourced das irgendwie. Aber doch bitte, bitte nicht per KI ...
…
@boris@cosocial.caI’ve been looking for this as a feature - offline feed reading in @himmel.app (haven’t tried the app myself yet)
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6wr2o3pbs2b
@comex@mas.tomy god. Twitch finally added pause and rewind for livestreams. finally. (it's a premium feature though)
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itSplit view in #chromium 144 is a very nice feature.
@seav@en.osm.town
@ErikUden@mastodon.deSomeone built a map feature for Träwelling :Traewelling: @… !
🔗 https://fabian-c.github.io/Traewelling-Maps/…
@yaya@jorts.horse
@macandi@social.heise.de
@heiseonline@social.heise.deBelauschen als Feature: Meta kauft KI-Wearables-Unternehmen
Limitless bietet Wearables an, die Gespräche aufzeichnen, um sie durchsuchbar zu machen. Meta übernimmt und stellt Verkauf ein.
https://www.
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… @… unbounded fetch is a feature to dog 😅
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialI have no fear of hackers taking control of my machine, thanks to a security feature that repels them: setting my operating system UI to light mode.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
A workflow for maintaining feature branches and submitting patches to PostgreSQL.
https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/maintaining-feature-branches-submitting-patches-git/
saved 2019-01-15
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deamazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 410236 nodes and 3356824 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzFirst-round draft pick, 50-game starter among former Cowboys on UFL rosters in 2026 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/16/cowboys-2026-ufl-rosters-taco-charlton-…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialThe new Affinity editor is a bit disappointing. There are some AI functions, like "remove background,” that seem to be gated behind a paywall. Feels like a pretty basic feature :\
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineWieder ein Schritt näher am #Universaltranslator. 😁
#Google öffnet seine Live-#Übersetzungsfunktion für alle
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI heard if you install Linux, Microsoft stops spying on you. Sounds wild. Apparently, it even comes with this experimental feature called “a Start menu without ads.”
#Linux #Microsoft #Windows
@timbray@cosocial.ca@… Feature request: When I'm looking at a profile page, a way to search within that profile - yeah, I could include the "from:" in my search but for your handle, for example, that's 29 keystrokes.
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgWhy does not music streaming platform offer a "block this artist, I never want them recommended or streamed" feature? Is that just not asked for enough?
(Was told that Spotify has that [didn't consider using them given who and what they finance] and that Deezer has a "dislike" button that I didn't see when I looked at them)
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft to bring Copilot Actions, which can use apps to complete certain tasks on local files in Windows 11, to the Windows Insider Program and Copilot Labs (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/microsoft-test-copilot-manus-windows-11.html
@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net📥 Powerful import system directly in prompts: @./src/api.ts for single files, @./src/**/*.ts for glob patterns, @./file.ts:10-50 for line ranges, @./types.ts#UserInterface for TypeScript symbol extraction, @https://url for remote content
🎯 Template variables for dynamic prompts: {{ _stdin }} captures piped input, {{ _1 }} {{ _2 }} for positional arguments, {{ _args }} for numbered list of all args, custom variables like {{ _feature_name }} with CLI overrides --_feature_name "value…
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWhere the Raiders' Belief in Young Wideouts Truly Is https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-where-belief-young-wideouts
@aardrian@toot.cafeBecause #accessibility is out of scope for Baseline, devs may not know how poorly supported a feature is and miss an opportunity to vote for things that are barriers to users and risks to orgs.
“Vote for the web features you want to see”
https://
@luana@wetdry.worldJust add this to Steam launch args and you’re good to go: faketime '2023-04-21 20:30:00' %command%
(Don’t set the LD_PRELOAD var yourself bc it breaks stuff, use the included wrapper script as I showed above)
The needed info for SteamDepotDownloader is on steamdb, the feature I mentioned was added on the april 17th 2023 build. Still didn’t check when it was removed but it’s still present on the april 20th one.
#VRParadise
@otakus_terebi@mastodon.socialNew PV Oshi No Ko Season 3
Premieres 14 January 2026
#oshinoko
@almad@fosstodon.orgOura sleep debt feature: nice in theory, depressing in practice
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSpotify starts rolling out Recaps, a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS (Elissa Welle/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/819476/spotify-audiobook-ai-recaps-short-summary
@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza@…
A lot of empty words explaining absolutely nothing and also this:
> In Firefox, you’ll never be locked into one ecosystem or have AI forced into your browsing experience.
Did they not run the model to generare tab group names on everyone by default, draining the battery of people for un AI feature absolutely not forced on people?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: OpenAI rolled back ChatGPT's model router, which sent some queries to reasoning models, for Free and $5/month Go tiers, as it was costly and hurt DAUs (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-router-relaunch-gpt-5-sam-altman/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNFL playoff schedule: Divisional round to feature 3 NFC West teams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6962268/2026/01/11/2025-nfl-divisional-round-schedule/
@jkohlmann@mastodon.socialNo, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
https://www.theverge.com/news/859309/grok-undressing-limit-access-gaslighting
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThe thing about "AI summaries" on YouTube videos that I really don't understand is: it's basically spoilers for the video and now I don't want to watch it anymore.
Is that really what they want people to do on that site? Deliberately adding a feature that's expensive to run and that reduces engagement?
@Stomata@social.linux.pizzaEww..🤮
Hopefully I left Brave
https://brave.com/blog/ai-browsing/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeIn keeping with a brief return to my telecom/cable/satellite/media analysis roots, my latest piece commissioned by TechTarget takes a look at how AI is being integrated into 5G, mostly to push more compute power down to more devices.
Many thanks to Scott Lawrence of Verizon Business, Joe Madden of Mobile Experts, and the utterly delightful Ray Liu of Origin AI for their insights.
@frankel@mastodon.top
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaHave tired of all the trouble with the JK-BMS on my home battery. JBD released a new product that appears to be a feature match for the JK, and at €50, how could I say no?
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
@publicvoit@graz.socialThe new Mastodon quote feature can be found via the Boost-button in the web interface: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
I would have expected this feature ...
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzCANUCS/Technicolor Data Release - Imaging, Photometry, Slit Spectroscopy, and Stellar Population Parameters: #GalaxyCluster in Technicolor: https://aasnova.org/2026/01/12/featured-image-galaxy-cluster-in-technicolor/
@mlawton@mstdn.socialWith the strength of the lineup, the mission was to bulldoze early and then feature youth early in the second half.
Szoboszlai's showboating gaffe, not only undermines all of that, but compounds it by piling extra minutes on the starters' legs.
It also allows Barnsley to stay in their low block (not just 5 in the back, but their DMs are also deep on top of that) and so the second half will likely be one of tedium, slowly cycling the ball around while nobody makes a run.…
@kubikpixel@chaos.social»Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why:
Files can be permanently deleted if you aren't careful«
Is Linux with its modern interfaces so difficult to use, why is it still only used by nerds?!??
</annoyed-irony>
🤷 https://www.
@samerfarha@mastodon.socialI use Apple’s “Workout Buddy” feature, and when I walk to the Metro in the mornings, it says “enjoy the rest of your day!” in a super saccharine way.
Listen, if it’s a workday and I’m walking to the Metro, I would prefer “good fucking luck today, you’re gonna need it” or “try not to kill anyone!”
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-feature-can-answer-questions-about-yo…
@macandi@social.heise.deFlyover-Touren: Apple streicht Feature in Maps
Mit einer besonderen Funktion konnte man sich seit 2014 in Apples Karten-App Städte zeigen lassen. Das Feature wurde mit iOS 26 kommentarlos gestrichen.
https://www.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialOur hosting provider rejected a feature request to build an antiAI scraping firewall option in at server side
So now I'll have to faff about with .htaccess file.
@otakus_terebi@mastodon.socialNew PV Oshi No Ko Season 3
Premieres 14 January 2026
#oshinoko
@gse@norden.socialHier mal was fürs Herz
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ssKIwqxKsbA?feature=share
@cdp1337@social.bitsnbytes.devPlaying a little bit of the new B42 Zomboid last night, I came up with a new feature I need...
Change the auto-updater to skip updating if there are players currently logged in.
It'll check Steam, (or whatever the relative source), for an update and apply those changes once an hour. However for fast-changing servers like Zomboid (during development cycles) and ARK (notably when they "fix" something only to break 3 more things), this can be annoying for users alread…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialJohn Oliver 'funny' simply doesn't stand a chance against the power of Cookie Monster 'funny'. 🤣
▶️ John Oliver & Cookie Monster Out-Takes
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H916EVndP_A&feature=shared
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social"We're here to love one another." Wonderful feature on YDS/ANS alum Ali Hager '25 M.Div., Pastor of West Avon (Conn.) Congregational Church, in Valley Life magazine.
@zachleat@zachleat.comI wish dependencies would stop embedding their own arguments parser in a package that didn’t need a CLI to begin with.
Eleventy has *three* different dependencies with pretty hefty (and outdated) CLI argument parser libraries 😭
Is there an `overrides`-style feature that works for libraries? (afaik this feature is only for app-level code)
@cheeaun@mastodon.socialNot sure if it'll be useful, but looks good 🤔
Too bad I can't add a Share/Download (image) button due to CORS issue (avatar image and header image). Possibly can fallback to just pure solid-color version but doesn't look as pretty 😆
For context, Mastodon Android app has this https://bl…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMercedes pauses the rollout of Drive Pilot, a Level 3 "eyes off" driving feature available in Europe and the US, citing low demand and high production costs (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/860935/mercedes-dr…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWorld Cup 'Pride Match' at Seattle To Feature Teams From Two Countries That Outlaw Homosexuality (Perry Chiaramonte/New York Sun)
https://www.nysun.com/article/world-cup-pride-match-at-seattle-to-feature-teams-from-two-countries-that-outlaw-homosexuality
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p88#a251208p88
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dedbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzTen NFL Teams Most Likely to Feature a New Starting QB in 2026 https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/ten-nfl-teams-most-likely-feature-new-starting-qb-2026
@otakus_terebi@mastodon.socialNuevo PV Oshi no ko Temporada 3
Empieza el 14 de Enero de 2026
#oshinoko
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-feature-can-answer-questions-about-yo…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialWe cooked a new feature for Godot and iOS lovers. A plugin to Godot to deploy to Xogot on iOS or iPad:
Details:
https://blog.xogot.com/introducing-xogot-connect-remote-debugging-for-godot-on-iphone-and-ipad/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes coming soon (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861804/youtube-shorts-teen-time-…
@otakus_terebi@mastodon.socialNuevo PV Oshi no ko Temporada 3
Empieza el 14 de Enero de 2026
#oshinoko
@kubikpixel@chaos.social»Tinder Wants to See Your Photos to Find Better Matches:
Tinder is testing a new AI feature called ‘Chemistry’, which learns information about a user by analyzing photos from their camera roll. It aims to improve how users connect on the app by offering fewer, more compatible matches.«
Oh-come-on — Who of you needs his privacy and it's just dating and not a wet dream of power or…, or…, or…?!??
🤦
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFor some live events, NBC Sports plans to use tech from Japan's Nippon Television Network that uses AI to track individual players and reframe them vertically (Pranob Mehrotra/Digital Trends)
https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/nb…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dedbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialYouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes coming soon (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861804/youtube-shorts-teen-time-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-gemini-personal-intelligence/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzHow the Raiders Are Still Struggling to Feature Brock Bowers https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-are-still-struggling-feature-brock-bowers
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… ah, I think this feature allows you to include/bundle/copy additional dependencies (when packing or publishing), not exclude (sadly)
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon Fire TV adds an Alexa feature enabling Prime Video users to skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-fire-tv-prime-video-alexa-plus-a…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon Fire TV adds an Alexa feature enabling Prime Video users to skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-fire-tv-prime-video-alexa-plus-a…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle announces system "autospatialization" for Android XR, an AI feature to turn 2D content, including games streamed from a PC, into 3D, arriving in 2026 (David Heaney/UploadVR)
https://www.uploadvr.com/android-xr-getting-system-autospa…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzBreaking Down the Raiders’ Upset Case for Week 15 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-breaking-down-upset-case-week-15
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialTikTok launches Bulletin board, which lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers, similar to Instagram's broadcast channels (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/tiktok-launches-i…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMozilla says it is building AI Window, a Firefox feature that will include an AI assistant and let users choose the model, but offers few additional details (Elissa Welle/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/820196/mozilla-firefox-ai-window-browser
…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle makes improvements to Veo 3.1's Ingredients to Video feature to make videos more expressive, and adds native vertical video generation and 4K upscaling (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861257/google-veo-3-1-ai-video…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dedbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters but say they've rolled it back after complaints (Gergely Orosz/@gergelyorosz)
https://x.com/gergelyorosz/status/1999241496005066755
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS' Emergency SOS Live Video, letting US users on Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/841503/android-emergency-live-video
<…
@Techmeme@techhub.social[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters but say they've rolled it back after complaints (Gergely Orosz/@gergelyorosz)
https://x.com/gergelyorosz/status/1999241496005066755
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle expands Google Translate's live speech translation from Pixel Buds to any headphones, supporting 70 languages, in beta on compatible Android phones (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/843483/google-translate-live-sp…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle rolls out Nano Banana image editing upgrades in Photos, including a "help me edit" feature that lets users make edits using text or voice prompts (Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-google-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI's Fidji Simo says ChatGPT's "adult mode" is expected to launch in Q1 2026, says OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before launching the feature (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/842657/openai-chatgpt-adult-mode-debut-q1-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a "secure, fortified space" to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/818364/google-private-ai-compute
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSpotify will begin testing a feature that lets a user write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user's earlier behavior (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/spotify-tests-more-person…
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialReddit starts a limited test of verified profiles, an opt-in feature that places a gray checkmark beside the usernames of notable people or businesses (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/reddit-is-testing-verification-badges/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialApple says Live Translation on AirPods will expand to the EU next month; the first iOS 26.2 beta, seeded to developers on Tuesday, brings the feature to the EU (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/04/ios-26-2-expands-live-transl…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialX is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok reply command, but free users can still create sexual deepfakes through the standalone Grok app or site (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/859309/grok-undressing-limit-access-gasligh…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialX exposing political accounts' location shows why trust and safety teams mattered: to combat coordinated inauthentic behavior, not "censorship" of viewpoints (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/24/xs-new<…
