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Meta, Google Look to Trump Administration to Combat Australian Regulatory Charges

For those still confused as to why Meta and Mark Zuckerberg suddenly became fans of Donald Trump straight after the U.S. election, this context might

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Threads is Working on an Option to Replicate Your X Follows on Threads

Oh, Elon is not going to like this. According to a new discovery by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Meta’s Twitter clone Threads is currently working

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YouTube Tests Handy New Shorts Editing Display

YouTube’s testing out a handy new option for Shorts editing, which will highlight where any elements that you add to a clip, like captions and

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xAI Acquires Text-to-Video AI Project Hotshot

Elon Musk’s AI startup has made its first acquisition, with video generation project Hotshot announcing that xAI has purchased its business. Hotshot, which has built

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Instagram Experiments with AI-Generated Comments on Posts

I can’t imagine why anybody would want this, nor why Meta thinks that anyone would want it, while I also can’t see it having an

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Oracle Emerges as Most Likely Partner for US TikTok Deal

A quick update on the TikTok U.S. saga: In what will be a surprise to absolutely no one, Oracle is firming as the favorite to

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TikTok Tops Download Charts in February, Despite US Download Ban

Yeah, that temporary ban on TikTok downloads in the U.S. doesn’t seem to have had much impact on the app’s momentum, based on the latest

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X Offers Trip to Mars in March Madness Competition

So, this is something. Today, X has announced a March Madness “Bracket Challenge”, in partnership with Uber Eats, with the grand prize for a perfect

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Bluesky Adds Longer Videos, DM Requests Folder

Open source Twitter-clone app Bluesky has announced its latest app update, with longer videos, a new chat requests filter, and additional language translation options. The

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LinkedIn Expands AI-Powered Ad Targeting Tools

A quick note on LinkedIn’s Predictive Audiences, which utilize AI modeling to build audience profiles for you, based on a combination of your own data