WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats
They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.
The Trump Organization teases the $499 “T1 Phone”, a gold phone “designed and built” in the US, and Trump Mobile, an MVNO that uses AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile
President Trump and his family are getting into the wireless business, in partnership with the three major U.S. carriers.
Digital asset platform Tron plans to go public via a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment, after the US paused a probe into founder Justin Sun
Deal involving Justin Sun's digital asset venture orchestrated by investment bank linked to Trump's sons
Europol, Germany, and more dismantle Archetyp Market, a darknet drug marketplace active since May 2020 with 612K users processing €250M+ in Monero transactions
Law enforcement authorities from six countries took down the Archetyp Market, an infamous darknet drug marketplace that has been operating since May 2020.
Amazon Ads and Roku sign an ad initiative that will give media buyers access to 80%+ of US connected-TV households, set to launch by Q4 2025, using Amazon's DSP
In a milestone agreement, Amazon Ads and Roku are teaming on a new advertising initiative that will give media buyers access …
TikTok rolls out new AI ad features as part of its Symphony ad suite, including the ability for marketers to use text or images to generate five-second videos
TikTok is rolling out a set of new artificial intelligence-powered advertising features, including the ability for marketers …
A survey of UK academic integrity violations finds nearly 7,000 proven AI cheating cases in 2023-24, or 5.1 per 1,000 students, up from 1.6 per 1,000 in 2022-23
Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating - and experts says these are tip of the iceberg
AI is just another productivity tool and the productivity gains will be limited; for lasting economic expansion, AI must catalyze new industries and initiatives
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Chinese state media: researchers implanted a brain-computer interface in a tetraplegia patient in March, making China the second country after the US to do so
China's first clinical trial of a technology that allows signals from the brain to control an external device has proved successful …
Aspora, which makes financial tools like remittance services for the Indian diaspora, raised a $50M Series B co-led by Sequoia and Greylock at a $500M valuation
India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade.
The US SEC rescinds 14 rules the agency proposed under the Biden Administration, including one recategorizing DeFi protocols and one about digital asset custody
The SEC has withdrawn over a dozen rules the agency proposed under Joe Biden, including two crypto-related rules targeting DeFi and digital asset custody.
Trump Media and Technology Group files an S-1 with the US SEC to launch a spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, allocating 75% to bitcoin and 25% to ether
The move follows registration for a standalone Truth Social bitcoin ETF earlier this month. — What to know:
In March, New York added a checkbox to its WARN system for companies to show if “technological innovation or automation”, like AI, was a reason for mass layoffs
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A whistleblower provides nonpublic data revealing that 1M+ 2FA SMS messages from June 2023 passed via Fink Telecom, a small Swiss company linked to spy agencies
Every day, millions of people sign in to their email, banking app or social media accounts with both their password and a one-time login code they receive by text message.
Berlin-based Knowunity, an AI-powered learning platform with 20M+ users in 15 countries, raised a €27M Series B led by XAnge, bringing its total funding to €45M
Knowunity is a global AI learning companion that combines personalised AI and student-created content to make studying easier, more engaging, and effective.
The UK CMA opens an investigation into the planned $13.25B merger of ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic to assess potential lower competition in the UK ad market
Britain's competition watchdog on Monday launched a probe into the proposed merger between advertising giants Omnicom and Interpublic …
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