<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[social media news - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest social media news news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:32:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix wants ‘AI fluency’ from everyone, but craft is still scarce]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Elizabeth Stone talks about the future of work at Netflix, she keeps circling back to a phrase that is easy to say and hard to pin down. Speaking on Lenny&rsquo;s Podcast&nbsp;in mid-July, the streamer&rsquo;s chief product and technology officer described &ldquo;AI fluency&rdquo; as an aspiration for every employee, a skill she wants spread across [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-wants-ai-fluency-from-everyone-but-craft-is-still-scarce/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/netflix-wants-ai-fluency-from-everyone-but-craft-is-still-scarce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ant International raises $1.2bn to fund its payments push beyond China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ant International, the overseas affiliate of Chinese fintech group Ant Group, has raised about $1.2 billion in a fresh equity round to fund its expansion into markets beyond its home turf. The company&nbsp;confirmed the raise,&nbsp;describing it as capital to speed up international growth and deepen its work in merchant payments, account management, and financial services [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ant-international-raises-12bn-to-fund-its-payments-push-beyond-china/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/ant-international-raises-12bn-to-fund-its-payments-push-beyond-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rare bird appeared in Brazil. AI had put it there.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rare bird turned up in central Brazil, or so it seemed. A photo on the wildlife platform iNaturalist showed a red-winged blackbird. That North American species had never turned up in that part of Brazil. It would have been a notable first. It was not real. The bird in the original photo was an [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-rare-bird-appeared-in-brazil-ai-had-put-it-there/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-rare-bird-appeared-in-brazil-ai-had-put-it-there/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung creates a CEO-led robotics division to chase humanoid robots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics has pulled its scattered robotics work into a single business division that reports straight to the chief executive, a structural move meant to turn hardware ambition into a genuine growth engine. The new unit, called RX, or Robotics eXperience, sits directly under co-chief executive Roh Tae-moon and signals how seriously the company is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-creates-a-ceo-led-robotics-division-to-chase-humanoid-robots/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-creates-a-ceo-led-robotics-division-to-chase-humanoid-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea bets $540bn on a southwest chip hub the grid cannot yet feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Korea wants to build its next great chip cluster far from Seoul, in the country&rsquo;s rural southwest, and it wants to do so at a pace with little precedent. The plan collides with a harder limit than any zoning map, because the region does not yet have the electricity or the water to run [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/south-korea-bets-540bn-on-a-southwest-chip-hub-the-grid-cannot-yet-feed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/south-korea-bets-540bn-on-a-southwest-chip-hub-the-grid-cannot-yet-feed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France moves a step closer to banning under-15s from social media]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cross-party committee in France&rsquo;s Parliament approved a compromise bill&nbsp;on Monday that would bar children under 15 from social media, pushing one of Europe&rsquo;s most far-reaching online-safety measures towards a final vote before lawmakers break for summer. The text now returns to both chambers this week, echoing&nbsp;Australia&rsquo;s under-16 ban&nbsp;and a broader European drift towards keeping [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/france-moves-a-step-closer-to-banning-under-15s-from-social-media/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/france-moves-a-step-closer-to-banning-under-15s-from-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[X finally rebuilt its neglected Android app, and it only took a year]]></title><description><![CDATA[X has spent nearly a year rebuilding its Android app from scratch, promising smoother scrolling, faster loading, more reliable notifications, and a stronger foundation for upcoming features.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-finally-rebuilt-its-neglected-android-app-and-it-only-took-a-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/x-finally-rebuilt-its-neglected-android-app-and-it-only-took-a-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Samsung launches its first US credit card with Barclays, its deepest move into finance yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Galaxy Card pays 5% back on Samsung purchases and lives entirely inside Samsung Wallet, as the company signals plans that run beyond a single co-branded card. Samsung has launched its first credit card in the United States, the Samsung Galaxy Card, a co-branded product issued by Barclays and running on Visa&rsquo;s network. This is [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-launches-its-first-us-credit-card-with-barclays-its-deepest-move-into-finance-yet/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/samsung-launches-its-first-us-credit-card-with-barclays-its-deepest-move-into-finance-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China weighs export controls on its own AI models and chips, FT reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[China is considering tightening export controls on its home-grown artificial intelligence models and the chips that run them, according to the&nbsp;Financial Times, in a move that would push Beijing&rsquo;s technology defences well beyond the raw materials and equipment it already guards. The newspaper, citing two people involved in the discussions, said regulators led by the [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-weighs-export-controls-on-its-own-ai-models-and-chips-ft-reports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/china-weighs-export-controls-on-its-own-ai-models-and-chips-ft-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head of America’s AI safety agency resigns after three months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Fall&rsquo;s exit leaves the renamed institute, now the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, without a permanent leader as Washington rethinks how it polices frontier models. The director of the United States&rsquo; main AI oversight body has resigned after roughly three months in the job, leaving the agency without permanent leadership at a delicate [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/head-of-americas-ai-safety-agency-resigns-after-three-months/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/head-of-americas-ai-safety-agency-resigns-after-three-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennessee puts Instagram’s addictive design on trial as Meta faces a seven-week jury fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta went on trial in Nashville&nbsp;on Monday over Tennessee&rsquo;s allegation that it engineered Instagram to keep teenagers compulsively scrolling, one of the first state cases to put the question of addictive design before a jury. Jury selection began on 20 July in a proceeding expected to run about seven weeks, part of a wider wave [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tennessee-puts-instagrams-addictive-design-on-trial-as-meta-faces-a-seven-week-jury-fight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tennessee-puts-instagrams-addictive-design-on-trial-as-meta-faces-a-seven-week-jury-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IQE bets on AI data-centre demand to drive 20% sales growth in 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[IQE, the Cardiff-based maker of compound semiconductor wafers, expects revenue to grow by more than 20% in 2026, betting that surging AI data-centre demand&nbsp;for its light-carrying materials will pull it clear of a bruising year. The upgrade landed on 21 July alongside&nbsp;full-year results that showed just how far the company has to climb. Revenue for [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/iqe-bets-on-ai-data-centre-demand-to-drive-20-sales-growth-in-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/iqe-bets-on-ai-data-centre-demand-to-drive-20-sales-growth-in-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge signs off on Anthropic’s $1.5bn book piracy settlement, the biggest in US copyright history]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in San Francisco has signed off on Anthropic&rsquo;s $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the company of training its Claude models on pirated books, closing what lawyers on both sides describe as the largest copyright recovery in United States history. Judge Araceli Mart&iacute;nez-Olgu&iacute;n granted final approval&nbsp;on 20 July, months after she [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/judge-signs-off-on-anthropics-15bn-book-piracy-settlement-the-biggest-in-us-copyright-history/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/judge-signs-off-on-anthropics-15bn-book-piracy-settlement-the-biggest-in-us-copyright-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. The stock dropped. That reaction tells you everything about where expectations sit ahead of Wednesday&rsquo;s earnings report. A beat is now the baseline. If exceeding delivery targets does not trigger a rally, meeting or slightly beating bottom-line earnings [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-beat-q2-delivery-estimates-and-the-stock-fell-wednesdays-earnings-face-the-same-problem/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/tesla-beat-q2-delivery-estimates-and-the-stock-fell-wednesdays-earnings-face-the-same-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Korean AI model scores every possible driving path for safety before the car moves. CVPR called it a highlight.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most self-driving AI models study how humans drive and try to copy them. They work well in normal conditions but struggle to explain why they chose one path over another, which becomes a problem when a split-second decision goes wrong. A team at Seoul National University led by professor Jun Won Choi has built a [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-korean-ai-model-scores-every-possible-driving-path-for-safety-before-the-car-moves-cvpr-called-it-a-highlight/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/a-korean-ai-model-scores-every-possible-driving-path-for-safety-before-the-car-moves-cvpr-called-it-a-highlight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kai-Fu Lee stopped building AI models and started selling enterprise data infrastructure. Now 01.ai is heading for a Hong Kong IPO.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kai-Fu Lee&rsquo;s 01.ai is raising a pre-IPO round ahead of a planned Hong Kong listing in 2027, the former Google China chief told Bloomberg at the World AI Conference in Shanghai. The company is unwinding its offshore holding structure, the same prerequisite that Moonshot dismantled in May to clear its own path to a Hong [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kai-fu-lee-stopped-building-ai-models-and-started-selling-enterprise-data-infrastructure-now-01ai-is-heading-for-a-hong-kong-ipo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/kai-fu-lee-stopped-building-ai-models-and-started-selling-enterprise-data-infrastructure-now-01ai-is-heading-for-a-hong-kong-ipo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neo emerged from stealth on Monday with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, with Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures also participating. The company, founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks executives, is building what it calls a real-time control layer for agentic software in the enterprise. The problem [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/neo-exits-stealth-with-100m-from-a16z-and-bessemer-to-build-a-control-layer-for-agentic-ai-software/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/neo-exits-stealth-with-100m-from-a16z-and-bessemer-to-build-a-control-layer-for-agentic-ai-software/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anduril and Archer unveiled an autonomous attack rotorcraft built on air taxi technology. First flight is planned for 2027.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anduril and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder at the Farnborough International Airshow on Sunday, a Group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft built on a jointly developed dual-use platform. The aircraft is designed to multiply the combat power of crewed attack and assault helicopters by operating alongside them without a pilot. It uses a series hybrid-electric powertrain and [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-and-archer-unveiled-an-autonomous-attack-rotorcraft-built-on-air-taxi-technology-first-flight-is-planned-for-2027/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/anduril-and-archer-unveiled-an-autonomous-attack-rotorcraft-built-on-air-taxi-technology-first-flight-is-planned-for-2027/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social platforms draw consumers in, but conversions falter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media has become the No. 1 channel for consumers globally to find new products, ESW found. But trust in those checkout experiences remain elusive, creating a fragmented customer journey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-platforms-draw-consumers-in-but-conversions-falter/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/social-platforms-draw-consumers-in-but-conversions-falter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paramount and Warner Bros. merger blocked by temporary restraining order one day before close]]></title><description><![CDATA[California District Judge Araceli Mart&iacute;nez-Olgu&iacute;n granted a temporary restraining order on the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, pausing the deal for 14 days. The order came after a coalition of 12 state attorneys general led by California&rsquo;s Rob Bonta sued to block the acquisition last week, arguing it would violate the Clayton [&hellip;]<br />
This story continues at The Next Web]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/paramount-and-warner-bros-merger-blocked-by-temporary-restraining-order-one-day-before-close/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/social-media-news/paramount-and-warner-bros-merger-blocked-by-temporary-restraining-order-one-day-before-close/</guid></item></channel></rss>