Reddit is testing chat rooms again
- Reddit is testing Discord-like channels where users can talk to each other in real time.
- These channels will be located within various subreddits, allowing users to swap between searching through posts and chatting with other users on a range of topics.
- Reddit have said they differ to the platform’s Live Chat feature as the chats “will be dedicated spaces, rather than a one-off post.”
- These conversations can be accessed within the main Chat tab on Reddit’s bottom menu bar.
- For more, please visit the Verge website.
“Delete Snapchat” searches rise due to dislike of My AI feature
- Research conducted by CloudTech has found that since Snapchat’s My AI feature has been made available to all users, there has been a 488% increase in the search term “delete Snapchat”.
- Reports of complaints include the inability to unpin My AI from the top of the chat list until they purchase a Snapchat Plus subscription.
- Many users are calling for Snapchat to remove the AI bot entirely and others have decided to delete the app altogether.
- For more please visit the Digital Camera World website.
NI Integrated Education: Department slammed over ‘action plan without any action’
- The Department of Education (DoE) have been told to ‘get serious’ about integrated education by charity, Integrated AlumNI.
- They described the DoE’s newly published strategy as a ‘wafer thin’ document.
- An Integrated AlumNI representative described it as a tiny 10-page document and an ‘action plan’ without any action in it.
- Campaigners highlighted that a similar department strategy on shared education is 140 pages long and it won’t begin to act on the Integrated Education Act until 2025.
- The DoE has been urged to create a new implementation framework and strategy that better reflects the need for urgent action.
- For more, please visit the Belfast Telegraph’s website.
