YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models. Starting today, creators and rights holders will be able to flag for…
Twitter alternatives — new and old — have found audiences willing to try out a newer social networks since Elon Musk took over the company in 2022. Mastodon, Bluesky, Spill and T2 are some of…
On Monday, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son joined President-elect Donald Trump to announce that his company would invest $100 billion into the US over the next four years. In a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence,…
Google DeepMind, Google’s flagship AI research lab, wants to beat OpenAI at the video generation game — and it might just, at least for a little while. On Monday, DeepMind announced Veo 2, a next-gen…
Assuming you already have all of the Harry Potter books on your shelf and all of the movies in your DVD or streaming collection, there’s no better way to bring the magic of Hogwarts into your…
Ireland’s media regulator has put social media giant Meta on watch over terrorist content takedowns again — it issued a decision against Facebook on Monday. The Coimisiún na Meán said the tech giant would have…
Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant write-down from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the company in 2018. Under the terms of the deal, which…
Chinese shopping app Temu was once again the most downloaded free app in the U.S., according to a list of top apps and games across the App Store released by Apple on Monday. The shopping…
Snapchat is introducing a revamped, unified monetization program for creators. The new program will reward creators for both content posted to Stories and Spotlight, its TikTok copycat. Previously, Snapchat monetized these two formats through separate…
Everyone loves listening to music or podcasts when they have some free time. And even when you don’t, music or listening to podcasts can be a fun thing to do while getting other things done….
Honorable Mentions Photograph: Lo & Sons Lo & Sons Upcycled Patchwork Tote for $66: This is probably what you picture when you think of a tote—it has one large compartment with two smaller internal pockets…
Skims co-founder Jens Grede has confirmed that plans for an IPO are on the back burner—for now at least, according to a new interview with WWD. TechCrunch reported in August that investors were hoping for…