Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
The Belgian Court of Appeal rules that the Transparency & Consent Framework, used by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the ad industry, is illegal across Europe
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet — Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X …
A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally
The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
Startup Friend previews a $99 AI pendant with an always-on microphone that's designed to provide the wearer with companionship, set to ship in January 2025
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn't help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.
Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, and others are not showing recent Reddit results
except the ones that pay Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Reddit Blocked Bing Search & Others But Not Google Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Reddit now blocks all search engin...
Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs
After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs
After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says content on the open web is “freeware” that anyone can copy or use to reproduce, due to the fair use “social contract”
Microsoft's CEO of AI said that content on the open web can be copied and used to create new content.
Internal docs: X may lose ~$75M in ad revenue by 2023 end as Amazon, Microsoft, and other major brands halted or consider halting ads; X says it may lose $11M
Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or may do so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Internal docs: X may lose ~$75M in ad revenue by 2023 end as Amazon, Microsoft, and other major brands halted or consider halting ads; X says it may lose $11M
Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or may do so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Letterboxd's founders sell a majority stake to Canadian company Tiny; a source says the deal values the film-focused social network with ~10M users at $50M+
Post article to X Post article to Facebook Copy article link Tiny : Tiny Announces Majority Acquisition of Letterboxd Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Letterboxd, Film Discus...
Unity acknowledges “the confusion and frustration” around its planned install fees but argues that “more than 90% of our customers will not be affected”
Platform holder claims “90 percent of users” won't be affected by change. — Game developers are still furious …
Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees
Yesterday Unity announced that starting next year … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro Stephen Totilo / Axios :...
Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees
By Jez Corden Contributions from Zachary Boddy last updated — Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee. — What you need to know
Sources: Google tests an AI tool to produce news stories, pitching the service to the NYT, WaPo, News Corp, and other outlets as a helpmate for journalists
The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp …
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools
The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools … Mastodon: @metacurity@infosec.exchange . Tweets: @buddyhead ,...
Audible is “conducting limited testing” of ads in audiobooks; non-members may hear up to eight ads in 24 hours for “access to a limited set of Audible titles”
Ahead of Shou Zi Chew's testimony, TikTok confirms having 150M MAUs in the US, up from 100M in August 2020; in September 2021, TikTok reported 1B+ MAUs globally
starting with a comprehensive data privacy law. As @evan_greer says let's stop “xenophobic showboating” and get serious about tech regulation. Karissa Bell / @karissabe : This is t...
Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; all users can use an authenticator app or a physical security key
In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use a far …
Opera is testing a new ChatGPT-powered “shorten” feature in its browser's sidebar that generates bulleted summaries of the webpage or article being viewed
The feature, called “shorten,” is part of the company's broader plans to integrate AI tools into its browser, similar to what Microsoft's doing with Edge.