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Scott Mills' exit & Tim Davie's final week at the BBC, AI-assisted journalism, new UK research project on teens & social media
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Gov. Jared Polis signs law setting search warrant requirements for social media companies
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a year after vetoing sweeping social media regulations, signed a key provision from that bill into law, requiring companies to comply with state law enforcement warrants.
Wake-up call: Landmark social media ruling exposes addictive algorithms as teen survey highlights dangers
A Colorado teen surveyed over 1,000 girls and found strong links social media use and anxiety, depression and sleep ...
Meta, YouTube verdict escalates calls for teen social media limits
The push to protect children from social media’s harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech’s home ...
Social Media News
Senate Bill 1247, if passed, will force social media platforms to provide a way for adults to request that content featuring them as minors be removed if it was created by a family member who made ...
Is social media addictive? Why a formal diagnosis is still out of reach
Limited methods and a lack of guidance around diagnostic criteria mean that many scientists are reluctant to use the term addiction. Limited methods and a lack of guidance around diagnostic criteria mean that many scientists are reluctant to use the term addiction.
Is Social Media the New Tobacco?
Could the social media ruling follow the path of the landmark cases against big tobacco a few decades ago? — Alicia P.Q.
Social media firms must better enforce Australia under-16 ban, watchdog says
Regulator eSafety says it has concerns about how Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube are complying with the ban ...
A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive. Now What?
A Los Angeles jury has made history, ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately engineered platforms to addict a young user.
Real-Time AI Video Is Nvidia’s New Pitch to Agencies—and It’s Turning Creatives Into Curators
S4 Capital's Monks has spent two years building AI-driven production workflows. Now Nvidia is using that as its pitch to the rest of Madison Avenue.
How Bayer Uses AI to Avoid Sending Customers to its Competition
As generative AI and creators take a bigger hand in producing creative work, brand managers face a crucial question: Who’s watching to ensure its all working together to build brand […]
Move Over, Sabrina Carpenter: Pringles Has a New Chip-Made Love Interest
Pringles' unconventional love story follows viral Super Bowl ad starring Sabrina Carpenter.
2026 NFL Draft Ad Looks to Smash Expectations With 2 Steelers Legends
Cam Heyward and Jerome Bettis star in 'Smash the Glass,' a new ad touting the 2026 Draft.
YouTube Reveals Upfront Event Details, Including Trevor Noah and Chappell Roan
YouTube Brandcast 2026 takes place on Wednesday, May 13.
Why Unilever Gave Up Its Most Beloved Food Brands
Unilever’s decision to combine its foods business with McCormick & Company isn’t a retreat from food, but a re-focus on areas where it can naturally make more money.
The Job That Broke Gucci Also Built Hermès
In fashion, the creative director sits alongside the CEO, occasionally as the more powerful of the two.
6 April Fools’ Day Brand Stunts That Almost Got Us
The best marketing pranks from Yahoo, Olipop, and more
Ask HN: My website is being attacked by Facebook's bots. Anyone have a contact?
The site is BookDNA.com, and I finally had to block their ASN as the server was crashing.Does anyone have contacts for someone there who can help?Their bots do not seem to respect our robots.txt file. They are hammering two specific pages that robots.txt makes off-limits to bots, and the majority of hits are on those two pages./bookshelf/action/book-dnaand/bookshelf/historical-romance/book-dnaFun fact: In the last 12 hours, Facebook's bot volume is 12x Microsof
Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?
To anyone upgrading their daily driver Mac this year, are you considering going to a Max + high memory config? eg. with the hope (now or in near future) of being able to do usefully run agents/LLMs locally on your main machine?Or is the few extra thousand dollars difference between a base and max-spec MBP still just better spent on literally any other practical option (like different harware, remote hardware, cloud AI subscriptions or credits). Or wait to see if there will be an M5 Studio o
YouTube creators can now like video comments in bulk
<p>The new Comments to Heart option will automate positive engagement and simulate personalized interaction on high-volume channels.</p>