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X launches Grok 2 to boost X premium sign-ups
Social Media Today
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With its ad revenue in decline, and development costs mounting, X is making a new push on its Grok AI chatbot, as it launches the latest version of the tool to paying users in the app. As you can see ...
Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads
The Verge
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Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on YouTube according to the Financial Times, breaking the search giant’s own rules a...
Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all
TechCrunch
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When AI companion startup Friend revealed it had spent $1.8 million on buying the www.friend.com domain name last week, it set off a debate around what exactly branding is worth, and how startups shou...
Instagram expands carousels to 20 frames
Social Media Today
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Instagram carousels are getting even bigger, with IG confirming that creators can now include up to 20 frames in a single carousel update. As you can see in this notification, users can now add up to ...
X takes legal action against advertisers to challenge media status quo
Digiday
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X is dragging a global alliance of advertisers to court, accusing them of mob-like behavior. The advertising industry, of course, finds this beef utterly ungrounded. But in typical X fashion, it went ...