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Why Threads Isn’t the Social Media Haven Meta Promises | Analysis
The same toxicity that scared away advertisers from Twitter, now X, is afflicting the new competitor
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Massive X Logo Atop Former Twitter Headquarters Building Gets Removed
The blindingly bright new addition has been taken down from atop the company’s San Francisco HQ
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Alphabet Records $74.6 Billion in Q2 Revenue, Driven by Acceleration in Ads
YouTube ad revenue rose to $7.7 billion, bolstering a strong quarter for the tech giant
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Big Tech Tells Biden It Will ‘Self Police’ to Protect the Public from AI Threats
Amazon, Google and Microsoft were among the companies that met with the president Friday to address “insidious” dangers of artificial intelligence
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Spotify to Roll Out 10% Premium Price Hike for US Users (Report)
Premium plan subscribers should expect to pay a dollar more going forward
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OpenAI’s Head of Trust and Safety Steps Down for Advisory Role
Dave Willner’s move comes as the company is under FTC investigative scrutiny
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YouTube Hikes Premium Subscription Price by 17%
The change, bringing the monthly bill to $13.99, applies to U.S. users and is effective immediately
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Apple Is Slowly Developing ‘Apple GPT’ Chatbot to Rival Google, Microsoft (Report)
The fast uptake of products like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard has Apple working on its own AI tool, but the company is being cautious before making it available to the public
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AI Music Isn’t New – Raymond Scott Invented It 60 Years Ago | PRO Insight
The famed composer and his Electronium give us clues to how to reconcile technological progress and human creativity
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Advertisers to Zuck: Take Our Money, Put Ads on Threads | PRO Insight
High-performing advertisements on Facebook and Instagram have marketers ready to throw cash at the Twitter clone – how long can Meta wait?
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Sarah Silverman’s OpenAI Lawsuit May Not Be Strong – but the Implications Are Huge | Analysis
Copyright holders and tech companies would be wise to keep watch, experts say
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Volkswagen Uses AI to Resurrect the Late Brazilian Singer Elis Regina for Commercial (Video)
The ad has the heralded singer duetting with her daughter, Maria Rita
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FTC Appeals Court’s Order to Allow Microsoft Purchase of Activision Blizzard
A San Francisco Judge turned down the agency’s request for an emergency injunction against the deal on Tuesday
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Hinge Hit by Temporary Outage With Some Users Reporting Missing Matches
The dating app appears to be back up and running after encountering a brief technical hiccup Wednesday