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Show HN: Convert your landing pages to powerful visuals for social media

launchreel.devBeing a solo founder focused on building products, content creation to evangelize was not easy. Making videos meant taking screen captures, writing captions, converting text to voice overs and assembling them into frames took hours. This being a repetitive exercise, it was becoming a bottleneck.So I built launchreel.How it works:you paste a URL (up to 3, plus up to 6 images/videos). It applies vision apis to extract visual references, text and LLM weaves a story. It writes ca

The internet is on life support

I am wondering what is going to happen to the internet when you can no longer navigate it with a Google Search? Its just astounding what OpenAI and Anthropic have accomplished, and I reminisce. I remember in 2004, how much better Google performed versus Alta Vista for finding sources for term papers and essays. Later, I learned that they achieved this by converting all the content on the internet to vectors, a process we would now call tokenization. I learned that they created the first stable s

A comprehensive survey on securing the social internet of things: protocols, threat mitigation, technological integrations, tools, and performance metrics

The integration of social networking concepts with the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the Social Internet of Things (SIoT)—a paradigm enabling autonomous, context-aware interactions among devices based on social relationships. While this connectivity improves interoperability, it also raises critical challenges in trust management, secure communication, and data protection. This survey reviews 225 papers published between 2014 and 18 September 2025, analyzing advancements in SIoT security. Sources include IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, Springer, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), MDPI, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Google Scholar. Blockchain and AI/ML approaches feature prominently, with blockchain referenced in more than 50 papers, AI/ML in over 80, and many adopting both in combination. The literature is examined across architectural foundations, security requirements, and layered defenses, with evaluation most often based on latency, accuracy, scalability, and false-positive rate. The review further highlights existing security and communication protocols, attack mitigation strategies, and the adoption of blockchain, cloud, and edge computing for scalable and decentralized processing. The survey traces the evolution of SIoT research, identifies future directions to strengthen security and transparency, and serves as a reference for researchers and practitioners designing secure and decentralized SIoT environments.

Steve Huffman: Reddit's model for a better internet

The internet was created to connect us, yet many people feel more alone than ever. Reddit cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman explores how social media rewards performance over participation — and offers a timely case for an internet built like a city, with thriving online "neighborhoods" that make space for real human connection. Ready to find your...

Keith Coleman and Jay Baxter: How Community Notes reduce viral misinformation

Community Notes on X started with a wild idea: Instead of tech companies deciding what's true, what if you let people fact-check each other? Keith Coleman and Jay Baxter, who helped build the crowdsourced system adding context to misleading posts, discuss how the program reduces viral misinformation — and why people across the political spectrum...

Barbara J. King: Grief and love in the animal kingdom

From mourning orcas to distressed elephants, biological anthropologist Barbara J. King has witnessed grief and love across the animal kingdom. In this eye-opening talk, she explains the evidence behind her belief that many animals experience complex emotions, and suggests ways all of us can treat them more ethically -- including every time we ea...

How social media and 'diet culture coercion' have helped create widespread disordered eating

Approximately 30 million Americans will experience some form of disordered eating in their lifetime. These conditions, which include anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, also seem to affect about twice ...

"Think of the children": Public policy panel questions Liberals' under-16 social media ban

Panelist Michael Karanicolas says that while the legislation is focused on children, it implicates all Canadians' data and ...

The World Cup is turning lesser-known players into social media stars

From Cape Verde’s Vozinha to New Zealand’s Tim Payne, players are gaining millions of Instagram followers almost overnight.

Social media ban for teens is 'part of the solution,' says Lisa Nandy who admits leaving X 'has made me a healthier person'

The Culture Secretary revealed that time off X, formerly known as Twitter, has made her 'a better politician' ahead of Starmer's restrictions announcement

Canada eyes new social media restrictions

Canada’s proposed law aligns with a growing global trend of restricting youth social media access.

Banning teens from social media would change the internet forever

Banning teens and young people from social media is gaining steam in some places. But without them, the internet immediately ...

U.K. Music Industry Reacts to Under-16s Social Media Ban: ‘The Landscape Has Been Evolving Forever — This is No Different’

On Monday (June 15), British prime minister Keir Starmer set out the government’s plans to roll out age verification rules across social media.

Teen DJ says social media 'pivotal' to career

Sam Hughes-Webb from Warwickshire says his career would have been harder without social media.

Tech firms had 'enough time' says Nandy, ahead of social media announcement

Tech companies have had "more than enough time to get their house in order", Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said ahead of ...

Social Media Strategies in Sports Marketing

Social media strategies in sports marketing have evolved from one-way broadcasts of scores and highlights into sophisticated, multi-platform ecosystems that integrate fan engagement, brand ...

How the brain predicts social interaction before it starts

How does the brain decide to approach others? Researchers have found that coordinated brain activity linked to social behavior begins seconds before movement starts. In a study using zebrafish, they ...

Social Networking Platforms Continue to Strengthen Digital Influence

Explore how Pinterest and Reddit are strengthening user engagement, enhancing advertising capabilities, and shaping the future of social networking platforms in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact

More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults. Fresh data delivered ...