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If your Instagram recommendations have been feeling a little stale, youll soon have a way to make the apps algorithm forget everything it thinks it knows about you. Meta is testing a new feature that will allow users to reset the algorithmic suggestions that power the apps feed, Reels and Explore section. The company described the feature as a test, but said the update will soon roll out globally. With the change, users will be able to reset suggested content from the content preferences section in Instagrams settings. This will, according to Meta, allow you to start fresh and provide an opportunity to re-tune the apps suggestions. But while this may help you get an Instagram feed that better reflects your current interests, Meta notes that doing this kind of reset doesnt delete any of your data from the app or change how the company serves you ads. (Instagram has a separate setting to personalize ad preferences.) Meta is framing the change as part of its push to bring new safety features to teens, even though the feature will be available to all users. We want to give teens new ways to shape their Instagram experience, so it can continue to reflect their passions and interests as they evolve, the company wrote in a blog post. The service has previously faced criticism over its recommendations, which EU regulators have suggested could encourage addictive behavior. The company notes that it has other teen-specific features meant to prevent its younger users from seeing inappropriate content. It recently introduced teen accounts, which have stricter privacy settings, and attempts to block certain types of harmful content from appearing in their feeds.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-will-let-you-reset-your-recommendations-120022492.html?src=rss
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It has long been possible to listen to music from within Opera's browser. If you go down its sidebar, you'll see a player icon where you can choose from Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer and then log into any of them with your account details. But now Opera has teamed up with Spotify and has made the music streaming service the default option on the company's flagship browser with generative AI features, Opera One. After logging into your account and activating the player, you'll be able to detach it from the sidebar and move it around the screen to a place that wouldn't interrupt your workflow. The player will float inside the browser and will not disappear if you tab away. It also automatically fades out the audio that's currently playing when you join meetings and calls. Your songs will remain paused for the duration of the call or meeting and will resume as soon as it's over. Perhaps the best thing about the companies' teamup, if you live in a certain location at least, is that you can get Spotify Premium for free if you don't have a subscription yet. If you're in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US or Vietnam, you can redeem two to three months of Spotify Premium at no cost from within the browser's sidebar. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/spotify-is-now-the-default-music-player-in-the-opera-one-browser-090024069.html?src=rss
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Two undersea communications cables in the Baltic Sea have been knocked offline, and at least one appears to have been physically cut. CNN received confirmation from a local telecom company that a cable between Lithuania and Sweden was cut on Sunday morning. A second cable, about 60 to 65 miles from the first, routes communications between Finland and Germany. The cause of that outage has yet to be determined, but officials suspect intentional damage. The outages follow a September warning from the US about an increased risk of Russian sabotage of undersea cables. That came after a joint investigation from public broadcasters from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland that Russia had deployed a fleet of spy ships in Nordic waters. They were reportedly part of a program designed to sabotage the cables (and wind farms). This doesnt leave the European nations entirely without online communications, as data is typically routed through multiple cables to avoid overreliance on a single one. Cinia, the state-controlled Finnish company that oversees the second cable, said it wasnt yet determined what caused the outage since they havent yet physically inspected it. However, the sudden outage reportedly suggests it, too, was cut by an outside force. The foreign ministers of Finland and Germany released a joint statement on Monday. We are deeply concerned about the severed undersea cable connecting Finland and Germany in the Baltic Sea, they wrote. The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times. A thorough investigation is underway. Our European security is not only under threat from Russias war of aggression against Ukraine, but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors. Safeguarding our shared critical infrastructure is vital to our security and the resilience of our societies. The Lithuania-Sweden cable, which handles about a third of Lithuanias internet capacity, is expected to be repaired over the next few weeks, and weather could determine the precise timing.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/two-baltic-sea-communications-cables-have-been-knocked-offline-214130723.html?src=rss
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