Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
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We saw a post on Bluesky today about how Google is apparently now turning off AI Overviews “by default,” with one reply speculating that AI Overviews appeared if you phrased a query as a question. But Google spokesperson Peter Schottenfels tells The Verge that “We haven’t reduced the triggering of AI Overviews, and we’ve always said that AI Overviews are dynamic and won’t show on every query.” Schottenfels also notes that keyword or navigational queries may not trigger AI responses. Are you noticing anything different?
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Thanks to a widget launched with a new update announced today. I do like the mock trending topics in this image, though the “Bluesky users turn 39” entry hits a little close to home. Let me go stretch while I think about it. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/bafkreidw2gwogu6bbvp3ppzypl6ykz7ighns53fbkqwt5tnvwsgqoeq4du.webp?quality=90&strip=all]
The social networking site is facing criticism for blocking access to the site, which identifies thousands of ICE agents and other employees working for Homeland Security.
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“The Gemini app answers this question more fully but this isn’t the most helpful response on Search,” Google says in a response to the Bluesky user who posted the unhelpful search answer. “We’re looking into this and working to address it.” A few of us at The Verge weren’t able to recreate it, but Ars Technica has a good rundown of the situation with some of its own testing. [Link: Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections | https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/google-ai-gets-cagey-when-asked-who-won-the-2020-elections/ | Ars Technica]
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With the new profile links feature, you can make buttons for links that sit above your posts. Links to payment platforms will be green. Here’s what a couple of the buttons look like on my profile. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-22-at-9.40.53-AM.png?quality=90&strip=all]
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The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.
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Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.
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Bluesky’s CEO calls the Attie tool “vibe coding for your community.”