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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is testing a potentially major change to profile pages: making the squares in your profile grid vertical rectangles. Some users recently spotted the test, and there have been indications from at least 2022 that the company has toyed with a rectangular grid. “The vast majority of what is uploaded to Instagram today is vertical,” Mosseri says in an Instagram story from Friday discussing the test. “It’s either 4 by 3 in a photo or 9 by 16 in a video, and cropping it down to square is pretty brutal.” Mosseri notes that “squares are from way back in the day when you can only upload square photos to Instagram,” a limitation Instagram removed all the way back in 2015. Mosseri also knows that this profile change might be annoying for... Continue reading…

A new stipulation in the Team Pixel influencer program is causing a stir among creators. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years, but it appears Google finally crossed a line with the Pixel 9. The company’s invite-only Team Pixel program — which seeds Pixel products to influencers before public availability — stipulated that participating influencers were not allowed to feature Pixel products alongside competitors, and those who showed a preference for competing phones risked being kicked out of the program. For those hoping to break into the world of tech reviews, the new terms meant having to choose between giving up access or keeping their integrity. The Verge has independently confirmed screenshots of the clause in this year’s Team Pixel agreement for the new Pixel... Continue reading…

The campaign for former President Donald Trump has likened the newly unveiled economic strategy of Vice President Kamala Harris to socialist policies, The Hill reported on Friday.

Donald Trump made $513 million in income from his U.S. golf clubs and resorts, including $56.9 million from his Mar-a-Lago resort and $160.7 million from his Trump National Doral Miami golf club, according to his latest financial disclosure released Thursday.

Following a bigoted response to monkeypox with some people pointing out that homosexuals constitute 98% of the cases, the Biden administration is looking for a new name for monkeypox to make it more inclusive. We at Genesius Times applaud this effort and support it with a poll. Biden has agreed to use whatever name this poll decides on: What should Biden rename monkeypox to make it more inclusive?Pride PoxSchlong CovidTurd FluPoobonic PlagueButtigieg BumpsAdam SchiphilisHunter HivesRainbow RashCustom FieldVote The post POLL: What should Biden rename monkeypox to make it more inclusive? appeared first on Genesius Times.

Auroras may once again be visible in northern parts of the U.S. this weekend as Earth braces for impact from a powerful coronal mass ejection.

A new study has cleared up misconceptions about the extinct dodo, identifying the reference specimen for the species and showing they were fast and powerful.