Twitter web test lets you remove followers without blocking them

Jon Fingas

Twitter has started its second health test in a day, and this one could be especially helpful if you’ve ever been exposed to online abuse. With a newly available web test, you can remove followers without blocking them. They disappear from their feed with no notifications that could trigger harassment and threats. The social network … Read more

TikTok’s new Creator Marketplace API lets influencer marketing companies tap into first-party data – TechCrunch

TikTok’s new Creator Marketplace API lets influencer marketing companies tap into first-party data – TechCrunch

TikTok makes it easy for brands and agencies to work with the influencers who use its service. The company is introducing a new “TikTok Creator Marketplace API” that enables marketing companies to integrate more directly into TikTok’s Creator Marketplace, the video app’s internal influencer marketing platform. Launched in late 2019, the Creator Marketplace website allowed … Read more

Experiment lets you skip ‘Hey, Google’ for Assistant voice commands

Mariella Moon

An experimental Google Assistant feature, codenamed “Guacamole”, lets you issue voice commands without prefixing “Hey, Google”. That is, if the tech giant decides to give it a wide release. Android Police discovered the guacamole option in the settings of the latest beta version of the Google app, and others with devices running Android 11 discovered … Read more