Notices by Sarah Perez 💙 (sarahp@mastodon.social)

Threads now lets creators add up to 5 links to profiles, track clicks https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/threads-now-lets-creators-add-up-to-5-links-to-profiles-track-clicks/

Appfigures: Apple made over $10B from US App Store comissions last year https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/appfigures-apple-made-over-10b-from-us-app-store-comissions-last-year/

Instagram Threads is getting video ads https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/instagram-threads-is-getting-video-ads/

Wikipedia says it will use AI, but not to replace human volunteers https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/__trashed-4/

Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/bluesky-feed-builder-graze-raises-1m-rolls-out-ads/

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ’emotional state’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/meta-whistleblower-sarah-wynn-williams-says-company-targeted-ads-at-teens-based-on-their-emotional-state/

Tapestry’s app can now de-dupe your social feeds https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/tapestrys-app-can-now-de-dupe-your-social-feeds/

Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/spotify-debuts-gen-ai-ads-programmatic-ad-buying/

A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/a-new-security-fund-opens-up-to-help-protect-the-fediverse/

Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/mark-cuban-backs-skylight-a-tiktok-alternative-built-on-blueskys-underlying-technology/

A world without Caesars: How the atproto community is rebuilding the web to return power to the people https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/a-world-without-caesars-how-the-atproto-community-is-rebuilding-the-web-to-return-power-to-the-people/

Barack Obama joins Bluesky https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/23/barack-obama-joins-bluesky/

Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/substack-rival-ghost-is-now-connected-to-the-fediverse/

Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores coming to the EU https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/move-over-apple-meet-the-alternative-app-stores-coming-to-the-eu/

Podcast app Pocket Casts makes its web player free https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/podcast-app-pocket-casts-makes-its-web-player-free/

Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/mark-cuban-says-ai-is-never-the-answer-its-a-tool/

Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/

Time for #SXSW #FOMO to kick in, esp with the Fediverse house this year! https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse-house/

Photos credit: Reddit user u/VarkingRunesong via https://www.reddit.com/r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus/comments/1j18rq2/received_a_promo_box_from_apple/

Listen, I NEED TO BUY one of these #severance promo boxes. Mugs! STICKERS, a tiny goat, a pineapple!! @appletv is killing it on marketing. Please make an online shop for fans ASAP, or we're all heading to Etsy soon for the inevitable knock-offs