Source: OpenAI targets ~$60 per 1,000 views for ChatGPT ads, on par with live NFL broadcasts and above Meta's sub-$20 CPM, while offering little conversion data
Source: OpenAI targets ~$60 per 1,000 views for ChatGPT ads, on par with live NFL broadcasts and above Meta's sub-$20 CPM, while offering little conversion data
In its initial rollout of ads, OpenAI is charging prices that rival those for coveted video programs like the NFL …See also Mediagazer
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files
The breach allegedly includes 86 million audio files.
SEC filing: Snowflake says an executive shared unauthorized financial guidance with an Instagram influencer; an Oct. 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon
- Snowflake filed an 8-K after an exec gave financial guidance in an influencer's video. — The data-storage company said investors …
How luxury brands' stiffest competition is coming from secondhand online resellers like The RealReal and Fashionphile, driven by Gen Z and millennial consumers
Carol Ryan / Wall Street Journal : X: @contrariancurse , @michaelmiraflor , and @buccocapital X: @contrariancurse : A cool thing about high luxury goods is that TCO decreases at t...
A now-removed unlisted video on Meta's YouTube channel shows Meta Ray-Ban glasses with a HUD visible to the right eye, used for Meta AI and on-foot navigation
Meta's HUD glasses with sEMG wristband will in fact be Ray-Ban branded, a leaked clip which also depicts the HUD and wristband in action reveals.
A look at The Technology Brothers Podcast Network, a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention of Silicon Valley's investors and founders
In recent months, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, co-hosts of “TBPN,” a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention … X: @willmanidis , @dwr , @manasjsaloi , @thefrandaw...
A look at Watch Duty, a free app that has become a crucial lifeline for LA during the wildfires by showing active fires, evacuation zones, and other vital info
‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe.
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles
Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B; NFLX jumps 7%+
LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results. — Earnings per share: $5.40.
X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”
In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Bus...
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.
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.
Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with its “Made with AI label”, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images
Copywriters detail how AI is affecting their jobs, with some noticing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less
If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future. X: @thomasgermain , @drantoniowrites , @carnage4life , @kristadiamo...
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds
Suggests throwing it away. r/technews : Spotify will kill Car Thing units later this year, tells owners to throw them away r/gadgets : Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gad...
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds
Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing …
Apple's iPad Pro ad “Crush”, which shows paints, toys, guitars, sculptures, and more being crushed to reveal the thin device, draws criticism on social media
X tells users that “the hide your checkmark feature of X Premium is going away soon”, after adding blue checks to “influential” accounts with 2,500+ followers
The change comes after X began verifying “influential” users who hadn't signed up for premium.