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YouTube Drives 67 Million Hours of Election Viewership as Network Ratings Plunge
While network ratings for Election Night declined significantly compared to 2020, YouTube was the go-to spot for live election news for millions of people. Here are the key stats: Nearly 84 million...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook Were ‘Courting’ Donald Trump Before Election, NYT...
A handful of major tech executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook, were “courting” Donald Trump before he won his second election earlier this week, The New York Times...
View ArticleOpenAI Copyright Lawsuit From Raw Story, AlterNet Dismissed
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI filed by Raw Story and AlterNet, accusing the artificial intelligence company of using copyrighted works without proper...
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Tech’s Winners and Losers From Trump’s Election | Commentary
The 2024 election was one for the gamblers. Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi played a significant role in a U.S. presidential contest for the first time, correctly forecasting the...
View ArticleElon Musk Hangs With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Advises President-Elect on...
Elon Musk has been a fixture at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort since Election Day, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported on Sunday night, as the Tesla and X boss gives the president-elect advice on his...
View ArticleDisney, ESPN and Hulu Sued for Violating Streaming Technology Patents
Technology company Adeia has filed a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and its various entities — including Hulu and ESPN — for allegedly violating its patent rights in video streaming...
View ArticleThe AI Story Will Roll On in Trump’s Second Term | Column
There was a moment not long ago when artificial intelligence was showing significant progress. Mentions of the technology were booming during earnings calls. And chatbots seemed like they could be the...
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Spotify’s Q3 Profit Quadruples as Streamer Tops 250 Million Subscribers
Spotify surpassed the 250 million subscriber milestone and saw its net income more than quadruple during the third quarter, the music streaming heavyweight reported on Tuesday. Spotify’s stock jumped...
View ArticleThreads Will Start Showing Ads in Early 2025 | Report
Meta is planning on putting ads on Threads, its rival to X, “early next year,” according to a Wednesday report from The Information. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company is looking to monetize the app...
View ArticleTrump Bump: Threads Enjoys Post-Election User Increase – Along With Elon...
Users who ditched X because of owner Elon Musk’s support for President-elect Donald Trump helped Threads, Meta’s rival app, enjoy a nice post-election increase in daily users this week. But rather...
View ArticleBluesky Hits Top of Apple App Store as Users Seek X Alternative
Bluesky raced to the top of Apple’s App Store on Thursday, with new users flocking to the social app as an alternative to X after its owner, Elon Musk, backed Donald Trump for president. On Thursday...
View ArticleESPN Testing Generative AI Avatar FACTS to Break Down Complex Analytics for Fans
ESPN has unveiled FACTS, a new generative AI-powered avatar that is being tested with SEC Nation to help foster engagement, provide data and insights on complex sports analytics and target new...
View ArticleBluesky Mocks X, Has ‘No Intention’ of Training AI With User Data
Bluesky, which has benefited from celebrities and left-leaning users ditching X this week, took a not-so-subtle jab at Elon Musk’s platform on Friday. The social media app said it has “no intention”...
View ArticleTrump Picks Brendan Carr, Author of FCC Section in Project 2025, to Lead FCC
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the author of the Federal Communications Commission section in Project 2025 and the senior Republican on the FCC, to run the agency that...
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Influencers Are Key News Source for 37% of Young People, Pew Survey Finds
As the mainstream media’s influence continues to erode, young people are turning to influencers as their go-to source for news, according to new survey data published by Pew Research Center on Monday....
View ArticleYouTube Is Bigger Than Spotify and Apple for Podcasts, Research Finds
The go-to destination for podcasts for most Americans isn’t Spotify or Apple — it’s YouTube. That’s according to new data from Edison Podcast Metrics, a New Jersey-based firm that tracks podcast...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice to Compel Google to Sell Chrome, Bloomberg Reports
The U.S. Department of Justice is planning on asking a judge to compel Alphabet, the parent company of Google, to sell off its Chrome browser, according to a report from Bloomberg on Monday. Chrome,...
View ArticleTrump Media Eying Crypto Trading Platform Bakkt, Report Boosts Shares
President-elect Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, is reportedly looking to buy cryptocurrency trading firm Bakkt, and his interest has led to a boost in interest for...
View ArticlePeter Chernin’s The North Road Company, Andreesen Horowitz Invest in...
Former YouTube content executive Jamie Byrne is teaming up with independent filmmaker Dave Clark and Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos to launch Promise, a new studio that will allow artists to produce...
View ArticleNetflix, Meta Sued Over Anticompetitive Streaming Agreement That Led to End...
Netflix and Meta are being sued for an alleged anticompetitive agreement that, the suit states, involved the deliberate “hobbling” of Facebook Watch. The proposed class action suit, which was filed in...
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