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A scientific guide to writing great headlines on Twitter, Facebook and your blog

The Next Web

Ever since we started Buffer a little over two years ago, people have been asking us about one question very specifically: How can I write great headlines for social networks and my blog? Finding the right headline for your Tweet is one of the most important things to do, especially as Twitter only allows for text display.

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New York Times Encourages Staff to Create Headlines Using AI

Futurism

The so-called " paper of record " is now encouraging staff to use generative AI tools to write headlines and summarize articles. It's unclear whether these tools are the same ones that the paper was experimenting with last year, when leaked data revealed that the NYT was already using AI to write headlines.

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

He joined the company as a senior director of product design but was abruptly terminated in 2022 along with some 200 others when Elon Musk took over Twitterwhich led to a Twitter exchange with Musk that made international headlines. Now he is looking to make quick improvements at the international level.

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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement

The Verge

But over the last 30 days, Bauder has managed to build a coalition of fed-up truck drivers, fringe Canadian political party members, neo-Nazis , anti-vaxxers, and an international coterie of scammers, grifters, and low-level online creators that has been able to generate major headlines around the world.

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Stripe is the latest fintech to falter, taking a 28% internal valuation cut

TechCrunch

Last valued at $95 billion , the payments processor has cut the internal value of its shares by 28%, sources told the Wall Street Journal. An internal valuation change is meant to be a more objective pricing, not set by startups or venture investors but chosen by a third party.

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The Ultimate Guide to Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits: 2024 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you’re using Google Ad Grants or planning to launch your first campaign in 2024, join our Google Ad Grants International Facebook Group where you can connect with like-minded organizations, share insights, and learn from the experiences of others in the nonprofit sector. Add all 15 headlines and 4 descriptions to your ads.

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Twitter’s massive outage may be over, company says ‘no evidence’ of hack

The Verge

“We have no evidence of a security breach or hack, and we’re currently investigating internal causes,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. We had some trouble with our internal systems and don’t have any evidence of a security breach or hack. Update 7:04PM ET : Added new statement from Twitter and updated headline.

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