Search platforms like Google Ads, Meta, and TikTok are pushing advertisers toward broader, AI-driven targeting, making creative the primary qualifier for audiences. As targeting narrows, precise messa…
Waitrose has confirmed that the correct pronunciation of its name is 'Wait-rose', not 'Way-trose', as it derives from the surnames of founders Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose. The clarification came fro…
AI-generated influencers like 'Derek Lam' are amassing tens of thousands of followers on TikTok and X by posting shirtless, dancing videos, with many fans unaware they are not real. These deepfakes st…
Hickeys, once a teenage rite of passage, are becoming less common among adults, with many associating them with immaturity or unprofessionalism. Sexuality expert Courtney Boyer notes that adults often…
ByteDance launched Seed Audio 1.0, an audio scene generation model that creates synchronized dialogue, ambient sound, and sound effects for AI video workflows at 18 cents per minute. The model analyze…
A developer built Truss, a B2C SaaS for content creators, using a single DynamoDB table to model six entities including users, videos, clips, streams, analytics, and platform tokens. The single-table …
ByteDance aims to finalize the design of its next-generation in-house CPU by early next year, targeting mass production in the second half of 2027 to power its AI infrastructure. The company is collab…
Selena Gomez is the subject of false pregnancy rumors after a TikTok video with fiancé Benny Blanco sparked speculation, amplified by AI-generated images and a resurfaced clone conspiracy theory. Neit…
A Bank of America Institute study found that one in three Gen Zers used AI tools for homebuying research in the past year, reflecting a generational shift toward technology for major financial decisio…
A new guide details TikTok account warming in 2026, explaining that new accounts must gradually build natural activity to avoid shadowbans or view throttling. The process involves completing the profi…
ByteDance's Volcano Arc platform and Seedance AI video model are addressing the IP problem in AI video generation by licensing real actor likenesses and film assets through a revenue-sharing model. Th…
Videogenr.com launches an AI-powered video creation platform that generates short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts in under 60 seconds. The tool uses GPT-4o for scripting, E…
Higgsfield's hype is genuine, but not for the reasons touted by TikTok creators who claim to have canceled their editors. The platform's true value lies elsewhere, according to a critical analysis on …
China's unicorn count rose to 381 in the 2026 Hurun Global Unicorn Index, up 38 from last year, with ByteDance ranking third globally behind OpenAI and Anthropic. The US leads with 806 unicorns, while…
A new tool called Carousel lets users paste an X (Twitter) link and automatically generate a carousel of slides for Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok. The tool splits threads into clean, editable slides…
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison quietly donated about $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit during the 2024 campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since then, Oracle has secured major governmen…
The White House helped Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai avoid testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child safety scheduled for June 23, 2026, according to sources.…
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 AI video model generates native 30-second clips in a single pass and supports up to 50 multimodal references for controlling subjects, styles, and scenes. The model, developed…
Meta is turning Facebook Creator Studio into a standalone AI companion app for creators, moving core creator workflows out of the dashboard into its own product. The app includes an AI-powered comment…
Facebook announced on Wednesday it is reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a standalone AI companion app to help creators grow audiences, as Meta competes with TikTok and YouTube. The app, currently…