Utah may be leading the way on a key tech industry change, which is a sentence that I did not expect to be writing in the year 2025. As reported by CNBC, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed a new bill that will hold both Apple and Google responsible for verifying user ages in their…
X is looking to expand the reach of its Grok chatbot, by partnering with messaging app Telegram on a new integration. So now, if you’re subscribed to both Telegram Premium and X Premium, you’ll be able to chat with xAI’s Grok AI chatbot within your Telegram streams, providing another way to get answers from Elon’s…
In yet another reminder of why Meta’s so keen to align with President Trump’s demands on content moderation, today, Italian officials have moved to penalize Meta, X, and LinkedIn for alleged tax fraud in the nation. The case relates to value added tax (VAT), which the Italian government imposes on all goods and services exchanged…
YouTube’s added a new display of channel subscribers in the mobile app, while it’s also looking to help live-streamers take breaks during their broadcasts, as part of its latest updates. First off, YouTube’s got a new overview of channel subscribers in the app, which will give channel managers more ways to see who’s subscribed to…
With only nine days to go before TikTok is officially banned in the U.S., after President Trump extended its negotiation deadline till April 4th, the app’s future remains unclear, with the U.S. government still reportedly working with various bidders to find an acceptable U.S. partner for the app. As a quick recap, on January 19th,…
RIP TikTok Notes. We hardly knew thee. Less than a year after the launch of its separate photo-sharing app, TikTok is discontinuing the experiment, and shutting down TikTok Notes for all users. Well, all users that could access it, that is, as TikTok Notes was only ever made available in certain nations. As you can…
TikTok has published its latest Transparency Report, as required under the EU Code of Practice, which outlines all of the enforcement actions it undertook within EU member states over the last six months of last year. And there are some interesting notes in regard to the impact of content labeling, the rise of AI-generated or…
TikTok has announced some new updates for eCommerce providers in the app, including an update to its AI-powered Smart+ campaigns, automated ad creation, improvements to search ads, and more. First off, TikTok’s looking to expand its Smart+ catalog ads by expanding them to website and app promotions within a single campaign. Smart+, which TikTok launched…
Festival season is nearly upon us, and if you’re heading along to see Lady Gaga, Green Day and Charli XCX at Coachella this year, it may be worth checking in on Pinterest for the latest fashion trends. Because according to Pinterest, it’s where many people now get their festival fashion inspiration. As per Pinterest: “Searches…
Have you noticed these new modules popping up in your Pinterest feed? Pinterest recently added these full width module types in stream, in order to encourage different types of feed engagement, by highlighting related topics and/or other elements of interest for Pinners. And over on the Pinterest Engineering blog, it’s outlined how these new modules…
