Discord made its streaming overlay a lot more user-friendly
Discord announced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay feature from the ground up. The new Overlay makes streaming games on Discord more user-friendly on the streamer’s end. In its…
Discord plans to roll out third-party ads on its mobile apps, starting with a mobile pilot for Video Quests, which let users earning rewards, in June 2025 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
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Discord launches SDK to help developers enhance social experiences in their games
Discord on Monday announced the launch of its Discord Social SDK, a free toolkit that allows developers to leverage the platform’s social infrastructure to enhance their games’ social and multiplayer…
Zotac fights GPU scalpers by selling RTX 50-series cards on Discord
The latest Nvidia graphics cards are impossible to find at retailers, and you’ll be paying double or triple the already-high price if you try to get one on the secondary…
Texas AG is investigating Character.AI, other platforms over child safety concerns
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday launched an investigation into Character.AI and 14 other technology platforms over child privacy and safety concerns. The investigation will assess whether Character.AI —…
The best Twitter alternatives worth checking out
We’ll be straight with you. There’s no 1:1 Twitter replacement, but there are plenty of social apps that might be worth substituting into your obsessive timeline-checking routines if you’re done…
Amazon says no to remote work
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, employees have been expected to work in the…
FTC report proves your social media surveillance paranoia is real
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An FTC report has accused social media companies of vast user surveillance. The report found that major social media platforms are collecting excessive amounts…
YouTube launches Communities, a Discord-like space for creators and fans to interact with each other
At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced a new dedicated space for creators to interact with their fans and viewers. The space, called “Communities,” is kind…
Discord steps up privacy for users with end-to-end encryption
Discord has faced its share of controversies. Just this year, it came to light that 600 million Discord users had their data leaked after someone scraped group chats across thousands…