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Patent Drop

Google May Bring AI to YouTube Shopping

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The filing adds to its AI-powered ad tech, and fuels growing competition to make social media shoppable.

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Social Media

Universal Pulls TikTok Into its Streaming Fight

The music industry titan is in a war of words with the popular app after failing to reach a licensing deal.

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Social Media

TikTok’s US Data Safeguards Are a $1.5 Billion Money Pit

The company finally revealed how much it’s spending to silo off Americans’ data. We just don’t know how well it works.

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Patent Drop

Snap Might Use AR to Make Reading Fun

The company’s patent for “enhanced reading” using AR glasses could create visualizations of what you’re reading.

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Social Media

Meta is Truly Sick of News

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The social media platform’s referrals to news media sites has been steadily dropping.

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Social Media

Dating Apps Are Squeezing a Dwindling User Base

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Holding the line against advertising has forced companies to extract more fees out of the remaining subscribers.

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Patent Drop

Snap’s Patent Could Help Advertisers Know What Makes Users Swipe

Snap wants to know what makes you click. But sarcastic teens could thwart the tech in its latest patent.

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Big Tech

2023: The Year in Tech

2023 saw AI live rent-free in all of our heads, plus in an unexpected twist Mark Zuckerberg became the adult in the room.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Patent Could Sniff Out Fake News on Social Media

Google may use machine learning to track down misinformation on social media platforms with its latest patent to find “information operations…

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Reimagining The Daily Upside

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Today is one of the most exciting days since we launched: a brand refresh to reflect the next chapter of our company.

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