TikTok and Nielsen Strike Deal to Track Ad Campaign Performance
TikTok and Nielsen announced a new partnership on Thursday that will have the ratings measurement giant track how ads perform on the popular app. “The new integration provides a holistic view of...
View ArticleJames Cameron to Bring ‘World-Class’ 3D Experiences to Meta’s Quest VR Headsets
Meta on Thursday said it has signed a multi-year deal with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision to bring “world-class 3D entertainment experiences” to its Quest VR headsets. Cameron, in a statement on...
View ArticleTikTok Ban Looms in US as Federal Court Denies Appeal
TikTok lost its appeal to a proposed ban in the United States, as a federal court on Friday upheld the Jan. 19 deadline for the Chinese-owned social media app to either sell its American interests or...
View ArticleGoogle Placed Under Federal Supervision by Consumer Finance Protection Board
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced it has placed Google Payment Corp. under federal supervision, reports Reuters. In turn, Google has filed a lawsuit to block the CFPB’s...
View ArticleTikTok Files Emergency Appeal to Give Supreme Court, Trump ‘Breathing Room’...
TikTok and Bytedance, its Beijing-based parent company, filed an emergency injunction on Monday calling for an appeals court to temporarily block the law that is set to ban the popular app from the...
View ArticleEnterprise AI is Moving Fast, and Other Takeaways From a Week With Amazon
It’s the two year anniversary of ChatGPT and to ring it in, I found myself wandering through an enterprise software conference. With a red AWS re:Invent lanyard around my neck last week, I moved past...
View Article26-Year-Old Arrested in UnitedHealthcare Shooting Railed Against Netflix,...
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man apprehended on Monday as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears to loathe several staples of modern culture,...
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OpenAI Launches Sora Video Generator With ‘Many Limitations’
OpenAI has finally launched Sora, its artificial intelligence model that creates videos based off of text. The company, led by CEO Sam Altman, warned on Monday that the new tool was released with...
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AI Deals in 2024 Blow Past 2023 Investment at $55.3 Billion
One sign the artificial intelligence market is heating up: global AI investment in 2024 has already surpassed how much funding the industry received in 2023, even before factoring in the fourth...
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Kylie Kelce’s New Podcast Leaps ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ as Top Show on Spotify...
Everything in Taylor Swift’s orbit must be wildly successful, apparently. That seems to be the case with Kylie Kelce’s new podcast, dubbed “Not Gonna Lie,” racing to the top of the Apple and Spotify...
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Netflix and Prime Video Dominate Sports-Adjacent Streaming, Study Finds
The rise of sports-based TV series has greased the wheels for streaming heavyweights like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video to push further into live sports, according to a new study from entertainment...
View ArticleYouTube Says Viewers Streamed Over 1 Billion Hours Daily From Their Living...
YouTube’s prevalence in the living room is no longer just a shocking Nielsen headline. The tech company revealed in a new blog post that in 2024 alone, global viewers streamed over 1 billion hours of...
View ArticleTikTok Offers Cash to Users to Recruit Friends Ahead of US Ban
TikTok’s not-so-secret weapon to grab new users ahead of its looming U.S. ban: money. The popular app has started offering existing users $50 to recruit new users to TikTok, and up to an additional...
View ArticleElon Musk Becomes First Person Ever Worth $400 Billion
Elon Musk became the first person ever to be worth $400 billion Wednesday after his car company, Tesla, continued its recent Wall Street surge and his rocket company, SpaceX, saw its valuation explode...
View ArticleYouTube TV Hikes Price $10 to $82.99
YouTube TV is increasing its price again, with the live TV streaming service moving from $72.99 to $82.99 per month, starting in January. Customers received an email on the price hike on Thursday...
View ArticleTrump Says Mainstream Media Has ‘Tamed Down’: ‘They’re Likin’ Us Much Better...
In a sign the holiday spirit is in the air, Donald Trump had some kind words for the media on Thursday morning, fresh off of being named Time’s Person of the Year. The president-elect — while visiting...
View ArticleTikTok’s Price? A Record $300 Billion, One Analyst Says
If Bobby Kotick or any other tech bigwig wants to buy TikTok’s U.S. business, it’s going to cost them a record-setting $300 billion, according to one analyst. Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities’ managing...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Also Donates $1M to Trump Inauguration Fund
One day after Mark Zuckerberg pledged $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, fellow tech billionaire Jeff Bezos also planned to donate the same amount through his company Amazon,...
View Article‘Astro Bot’ Wins Game of the Year at 2024 Game Awards
Gaming has a new award-winning mascot, and he’s a little blue robot. PlayStation’s “Astro Bot” took home Game of the Year, the top honor bestowed by the 2024 Game Awards. In addition to the big name...
View ArticleOpenAI’s Sam Altman to Donate $1 Million to Trump Inauguration
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning on donating $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, Fox News reported Friday. Altman’s gift comes after Trump already banked two major tech...
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