Meta’s announced that it will ban all political, electoral and social issue ads in Europe from October this year, due to incoming regulations around political advertising in the region. The EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) provision, which will come into effect on October 10th, will require all digital ad platforms to implement…
As its AI previews continue to eat away at referral traffic, Google’s trying out another AI-based experiment in Search, this time with AI-organized SERPs, which will separate different angles of your query into separate elements on the page. As you can see in this example, Google’s “Web Guide” groups will display smaller sub-collections of links…
Google is rolling out some new AI-powered shopping discovery tools, including advanced virtual try-on for certain clothing items, updated price tracking to stay on top of sales, and text-based matching for fashion styles. First off, on its advanced try-on tools. Back in May, Google shared a preview of its advanced, AI-powered try-on process for clothing,…
After seeing success with its Lionel Messi-focused Major League Soccer (MLS) live-stream last year, TikTok’s doing it all over again, this time with four matches that’ll be broadcast live in the app throughout the MLS season. As explained by TikTok: “Kicking off Saturday, August 2 at 7:10p ET, ‘Player Spotlight: Messi’ returns for four select matches this…
Snapchat’s added a new safety feature, with “Home Safe” alerts, which will let your friends in the app know that you’ve arrived home safely whenever activated. As you can see in this example, Snap users will be able to activate “Home Safe” within their location settings, so you can switch it on whenever you feel…
Over the years, there have been various stories about Elon Musk’s higher-than-normal risk tolerance, and his willingness to take major chances on things, despite the potential impacts that may come, to himself and to his companies. We’ve seen that with X s well, with Musk randomly ripping out servers and cutting staff, despite not knowing,…
Okay, I don’t know for sure what this means, or how it would work in practice, as Elon sees it. But after many teases, Elon Musk has today again claimed that X is going to bring back Vine, though this time “in AI form.” Does that mean that we’ll get a separate Vine app once…
So this may mean nothing, because it isn’t coming from Trump himself, but it could be reflective of broader U.S. government policy, and the approach the White House is now looking to take on the TikTok U.S. sell-off negotiations. According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the U.S. government is indeed planning to implement a…
X is the latest platform to add age assurance checks, after coming under pressure from Irish regulators over new requirements under Ireland’s Online Safety Code. Ireland’s new online safety measures, which came into effect this week, stipulate that all video-sharing platforms must implement age-checking measures, to ensure the protection of younger users. That means that…
Meta’s expanding its protections for teen accounts once again, with some new features on Instagram that aim to raise awareness of its various blocking and reporting tools, and make it easier for youngsters to avoid potential harm. First off, Meta’s adding a new “Safety Tips” prompt within chats, which will provide a quick link to…
