Source: Instagram plans to add branded content tools to Threads, offering marketers paid promotion; Threads won't introduce ads before reaching a critical mass — Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, a source told Axios, giving marketers a way to get involved …
Alibaba's Youku airs My Chinese Chip, a new drama series in China telling the story of a startup building lasers for deep ultraviolet lithography machines — A new series in China tells the story of a scrappy startup developing the advanced chipmaking technology that multinational trade sanctions today are keeping out of the country.
Following similar lawsuits, Sarah Silverman and two other authors sue OpenAI and Meta, claiming LLaMA and ChatGPT were trained on copyright-infringing material — Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each …
The Snap Star creator program, Snap's new revenue-sharing incentive, is showing early signs of traction as part of broader efforts to reverse declining sales — Social-media app Snapchat is trying to counter declining sales — Snap's efforts to lure creators and their followers …
Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US and Chile, and will relocate nearly all operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022 — Evernote, the note-taking app once heralded by Engadget as the “king of note-taking apps,” has laid off most of its staff …
Sources: Sequoia's China unit HongShan has set up an office in Singapore and might compete with Sequoia's India-based Peak XV for south-east Asia investments — Plans to expand into south-east Asia dealmaking from city-state puts it in direct competition with India-based Peak XV
A look at Google's Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot that answers medical questions, and more; sources: testing began in April with customers including the Mayo Clinic — Search company is fine-tuning chatbot technology via medical licensing exams — Google is testing an artificial-intelligence program trained …
Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives — Civil rights groups warn limits on government contacts could be a boon for election lies ahead of ‘the biggest election year the internet age has seen’
Some US schools are piloting AI surveillance robots that can detect aggressive behavior in people, alert security, and more, amid growing gun violence concerns — When Lori Andrews attended her daughter's graduation at Santa Fe High School, she spotted a 5-foot-10, 400-pound robot roaming …
How a new TikTok-style algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, destroying a beloved social network — NOTE: I'd been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment …
Twitter's biggest struggle is its arcane follow-based system, contrasted with TikTok's algorithmic feed that can allow users with no followers to reach millions — A series of disastrous missteps over the past year has robbed Twitter of its relevance — Alex Pearlman, a stand-up comedian …
How Telegram became a key channel for news about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but its hands-off moderation turned the messaging app into a misinformation tool — The messaging app has become a key channel for news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But the government's relationship with it is complicated.
Gleb Bryanski / Reuters : Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in i...
