MLS Is Ready for Its Through Pass From the World Cup
MLS CMO Radhika Duggal says the league is launching the largest coordinated marketing campaign in its history.
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The Trade Desk Taps Ex-Google and LinkedIn Ad Exec Penry Price for Board Appointment
Price's appointment comes after a string of board and C-suite departures at the adtech company.
Bedazzled Trucks and Will Ferrell Comedies: Netflix and MLB’s Big Swing at the Home Run Derby
Netflix's marketing looks to make its first Home Run Derby an even bigger hit.
When Streaming TV Integrations Don’t Feel Like Ads
How Amazon, Tinuiti, Liquid I.V., and Sony authentically tapped into streaming TV fandoms
Liquid I.V. Weaves Spider-Man Into Its Growing Entertainment Strategy
The Unilever brand’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day partnership combines film, TV, retail, and experiential.
Take 5 Oil Change’s First CMO Doug Zarkin Departs After One Year
The marketer confirmed his exit on LinkedIn.
OpenAI’s Ad Business Is on Pace to Miss Its Own Forecast By 90%, Analyst Says
OpenAI is projecting $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030. Emarketer puts the ceiling for the entire chatbot ad market at just $5.41 billion.
Sephora’s Second Shot at the UK Is Influencing Its Global Expansion
After its 2005 retreat, the beauty giant’s U.K. comeback is built on hyperlocal nuance, a strategy it’s already exporting worldwide.
Instagram will charge for AI access
<p>In a weekly Q&A, Chief Adam Mosseri said artificial intelligence models “are very expensive to run,” forcing the company to “either throttle people or ask them to pay.”</p>
TikTok launches AI literacy measures
<p>The app created a guide for spotting artificial intelligence usage and is about to introduce a learning hub designed to teach practical detection skills.</p>
EU Commission preliminarily finds Meta apps addictive
<figure><div><img src="https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/IPuNkiRgMjmxFZYtAbn9SJZwWUrtr6mCb51ekt2hBrA/g:ce/rs:fill:1600:900:1/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0xNzU0MDk3NjcuanBn.webp"/></div></figure><p>The design of Instagram and Facebook violates the Digital Services Act, according to the commission, which cited features such as infinite scroll and autoplay.</p>
Meta removes Instagram’s AI remix option
<p>Only two days after launch, the company disabled a feature that allowed users to integrate other people’s content into artificial intelligence-generated images. </p>
Show HN: Snowscroll – remove reels, shorts, short-form
The app is quite simple. Remove reels, remove shorts, remove short-form content across social media apps.
Show HN: I built a YouTube for generative videos in 50 prompts
So I decided yesterday to do a full rewrite of the media gallery, turning it into a generative media catalog with full-suite social interactions, search, and personalized recommendations built on top of the samsar-js library. It took around 50 prompts in 5 sessions to get this done across the client and API, built with Codex GPT-5.6 Sol, Luna, and then Sol again (rate limit reset, thx Mr. Sama). I did not use screenshots for the UI, It was entirely hand-prompted end-to-end. The project is fully
Ask HN: How has the internet devolved in recent years?
I'll start with 10:1. "Verifying you are human" delays/redirects2. Invasive "Sign in with Google[1]" prompts on every website, often taking over the UI3. Phone number based identity so when you change your number you lose your entire savings account and social media and all work access and your whole life is basically F-CKED except your romantic life which is very much NOT F-CKED since nobody knows your number.Never change your number.4. "You will own nothing&q
Ask HN: Can anyone explain this Gsearch rabbit-hole?
Okay this is very weird and even weirder to post to HN, but I don't know where else to share it (and I don't use most 'social media') and I'm really quite intrigued with what I've found, and would like the help of the community to determine how what I found is even possible.I'll try to keep the description brief - as you'll be able to test this yourself and determine your own theories for the cause of this.So I'm browsing YouTube and come across one o
Facebook In Your Teens Vs. Facebook In Your Twenties
<b>Out with the bumper stickers, in with the unfriending.</b>
There Is No Evidence Online That Teenagers Are Actually Playing The "Deadly Knockout Game"
<b>A collection of people may have been attacked, but to call this a fad sweeping America's teens might be a reach.</b>
Critics Are Schooling Ron DeSantis In WWII History After His "Embarrassing" Social Media Post Backfired Spectacularly
"Did he miss class the day they covered the Second World War?"
Ted Cruz Just Made The World Cup Controversy So Much Worse For Trump, And He Does Not Seem Pleased About It
“Has no one told these idiots that you don’t publicly gloat when your corruption succeeds?” one social media user asked.