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Slate Magazine
1 month ago
Marketing

I'm Calling It Now: TikTok's on the Decline. Here's Why.

TikTok may be entering a challenging phase with clues like Universal Music Group pulling its catalog and a slowdown in user growth.
Concerns over ads, spam, misinformation, A.I. face filters, and conspiracies are impacting TikTok's popularity.
Entrepreneur
1 month ago
Marketing

Why Super Bowl Commercials Are the Ultimate Marketing Play | Entrepreneur

Super Bowl commercials have become a cultural phenomenon, with audiences eagerly anticipating creative ads from familiar brands.
Emotion and authenticity are key components of successful Super Bowl ads, with wholesome content and relatable themes resonating with viewers.
Social Media Today
1 month ago
Marketing

Snap Provides Tips for Advertisers Looking To Tap Into Super Bowl Discussion

Super Bowl promotions on Snap drive higher Ad Awareness Lift, especially when the campaign includes an AR Lens.
Using text and voiceover together can effectively communicate direct calls to action in Super Bowl advertisements, while featuring prominent shots of the product can entice viewers in food/beverage campaigns.
Celebrity/human presence, engaging storylines, and humor are key factors that drive better results in services campaigns such as sports betting, streaming, delivery, or utilities.
Black Enterprise -
1 month ago
Marketing

Buzzfeed And Culture Genesis Merge I Ad Partnership

Buzzfeed has partnered with Culture Genesis to market advertisements to diverse audiences.
Culture Genesis will include BuzzFeed's multicultural brands in its inventory, while BuzzFeed gains an advertising sales partner.
Benzinga
4 months ago
Marketing

Mark Cuban Challenges Elon Musk On Twitter Ad Efficacy - 'That's The Real World Today' - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Mark Cuban questions the effectiveness of advertisements on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, and raises concerns about advertisers' results on the platform.
Elon Musk has implemented changes on X, such as sharing advertising revenue with creators, but advertisers are leaving the platform.
Cuban emphasizes that if ads on X were effective, businesses would tolerate hate speech, but the platform doesn't provide the same returns as other platforms.
Mashable SEA | Latest Entertainment & Trending
4 months ago
Marketing

Not even Paris Hilton wants to advertise on Twitter / X

Apple, Disney, and Paris Hilton have suspended their ads on X due to the platform's association with antisemitic content.
X has been losing ad revenue since Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
Paris Hilton's partnership with X remains unclear following the suspension of ad campaigns.
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Scripps News
1 month ago
Social media marketing

Instagram, Threads to no longer recommend political posts

Meta will no longer actively recommend political content for Instagram and Threads users.
Meta is implementing controls for users who want to see political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Digital life
www.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
Digital life

Facebook at 20: From virtual community to censorship of reality

Facebook's business model is based on surveillance capitalism, gathering vast amounts of data on people and selling predictions to advertisers.
Amnesty International has denounced Facebook for manipulating emotions and targeting vulnerable individuals.
Mail Online
2 months ago
Digital life

Elon Musk's X a 'ghost town' - user traffic dropped nearly 20% in 2023

Twitter's American user base has dropped by nearly a fifth in one year.
There has been a significant decline in traffic to X's advertiser dashboard.
moreDigital life
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
National Football League

N.F.L.'s Rapid Embrace of Gambling Creates Mixed Signals

The NFL has embraced the gambling industry and has forged partnerships with sports betting companies.
The league simultaneously promotes responsible gambling while allowing advertisements for sports betting.
www.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

Netflix reports the money is rolling in and so are advertisements for Canadian subscribers | CBC News

Netflix plans to eliminate its cheapest, ad-free plan in Canada and the UK starting April 2024, pushing customers towards higher-priced plans.
Revenue in the last three months of 2023 increased by 12%, and plans with advertisements now account for 40% of all Netflix sign-ups in markets that offer them.
Los Angeles Times
2 months ago
Music

'California Soul' singer Marlena Shaw dies at 81

Jazz and R&B vocalist Marlena Shaw has passed away at 81.
Shaw's song 'California Soul' has been used in advertisements and sampled in numerous hip-hop songs.
Gadgets 360
3 months ago
Video games

Microsoft Is Exploring Ad-Supported Free Xbox Game Pass Access: Report

Microsoft is considering offering free game streaming in exchange for advertisements.
The goal is to expand geographically and reach gamers in countries where console gaming is not prevalent.
www.nytimes.com
4 months ago
Marketing

Let the Real Stretch Marks Rip

Advertisements for lingerie have traditionally presented an idealized and unrealistic version of the female form.
While some consumers appreciate the focus on 'imperfections' like stretch marks, others criticize the perfection and uniformity of these marks in marketing materials.
Newer underwear brands are challenging traditional beauty standards and embracing more diverse representations of bodies.
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Sun Sentinel
9 months ago
Miami

Are Florida's insurance regulators stretched too thin?

As insurers project how a pile of new laws will affect profits and losses, regulators in Tallahassee are falling behind in their efforts to review and approve rate hike requests.Though the shortcomings are not immediately affecting consumers, if not repaired, policyholders could find themselves paying more than they should for insurance coverage or, if they move or buy insurance from another company, difficult to be tracked down if regulators determine they are owed refunds.
Business Insider
1 year ago
Marketing

A UGC creator made an extra $25,000 in 10 months explains what it takes to start making an income: 'This is a business, not a get rich quick scheme'

Salha Aziz made nearly $25,000 in ten months creating "user-generated content," she told Insider.She's turned making TikToks into a small business that helps her pay her mortgage and travel.She said it's a fun and profitable job that lets her be her own boss - and others can join the hustle.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Too Much Screen Time For Kids Leads To Heart Issues Later, Study Says

Excessive screen time in childhood and adolescence has long been linked to developmental delays, but new research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finds that screen time can lead to longer-term health issues.In the new study, researchers found that screen time during childhood is a risk factor for obesity, heart disease, and other health disorders in adulthood.
www.sfcritic.com
1 year ago
SF music

Tips for Enhancing Appearance

Invest in quality clothing that fits well to create an effortless, sophisticated look.Find the right haircare products tailored to your specific tress type for healthy and beautiful hair.Take care of your skin regularly with cleansing, moisturizing, face masks, sunscreen, and lip balm.Drink plenty of water for healthy and glowing skin.
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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Tech industry

Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform

One of Twitch's most popular streamers said on Friday that he was joining a rival streaming platform, Kick, in a significant blow to the Amazon-owned site and a sign of its increasingly strained relationship with content creators.Felix Lengyel, a Canadian known online as xQc, is signing a two-year, roughly $70 million contract, with incentives that could push the total to about $100 million, said his agent, Ryan Morrison.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

'Windows for Gamers' Rolls Dice With Your Security

Hacking.Disinformation.Surveillance.CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.An operating system marketed to gamers disables a host of Windows security features enticing users with promises of a smooth gaming experience which they may not realize is opening them up to potential attack.
TechRepublic
10 months ago
Information security

InfoBlox discovers rare Decoy Dog C2 exploit

Domain security firm InfoBlox discovered a command-and-control exploit that, while extremely rare and complex, could be a warning growl from a new, as-yet anonymous state actor.If you do a search for the most recent reports on Domain Name System attacks, you may have a hard time finding one since IDC's 2021 report noting that in 2020, 87% of organizations experienced a DNS attack during 2020.
Music Connection Magazine
1 year ago
Music

How Free Music Downloads Can Launch Your Career As An Emerging Artist

It's truly surprising that many artists hold the belief that offering free music downloads devalues their creative work.Despite this perception, they still choose to make their music available on digital streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple.This discrepancy raises questions about the underlying motivations and priorities of these artists.
App Trigger
1 year ago
Marketing

The importance of marketing in the gaming industry

The video game industry has become one of the most lucrative industries in the global market.Statistics show that the industry is set to reach $482.30 billion by 2027.The largest segment of this market is mobile gaming, which reached $116.43 billion in 2022.That means having a good game marketing strategy is essential to earning your slice of the pie!
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

People Are Using AI to Make a Dead Streamer's Voice Say Terrible Things

People are using AI to make the late YouTuber and StarCraft commentator TotalBiscuit's voice say whatever they want, including one transphobic statement Motherboard has listened to, and yet another example of how AI voice models can be abused without consent.John Bain, who was better known as TotalBiscuit to his millions of followers, died in 2018 from bowel cancer at the age of 33.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
France news

Bayer reaches $6.9 million settlement with New York over advertising for weedkiller Roundup

Bayer, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has agreed to pay $6.9 million to settle allegations by New York's attorney general that its Monsanto unit made false and misleading claims about the safety of the weedkiller Roundup.The sum comes on top of the billions of dollars Bayer has already paid to settle lawsuits claiming Roundup, one of the world's most widely used herbicides, causes cancer.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
France news

French-language activists sue over Notre Dame signs

A group of French-language activists has launched a legal action over signs at Notre Dame Cathedral being translated only into English and not any other language.The association, which won a similar case brought against the Eiffel Tower, believes failing to include other foreign languages leads to the increasing global domination of English. Louis Maisonneuve, a spokesperson for the Defense de la langue francaise (Defence of the French language), said the legal complaint was lodged with the Paris court on Monday, the Journee internationale de la Francophonie (international French-speaking day).
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Television

Their Show Flew Under the Radar. TikTok Blew It Up.

On the night of April 6, the creators of Jury Duty, a hybrid documentary-sitcom in which an ordinary man unwittingly participates in a staged trial among actors, came together in Culver City, Calif., for a cast and crew screening of the series.The atmosphere was muted.Early reviews had been unflattering The Hollywood Reporter, earlier that day, had called it a bad show for benign reasons.
Eater LA
9 months ago
LA food

Dive Into the Supreme Satisfaction of Japanese Home Cooking at This SGV Gem

First-time visitors to Ducks won't know exactly what they're getting into.With an inconspicuous name that doesn't automatically conjure up a restaurant and a quiet location in a sleepy San Gabriel strip mall, Ducks can feel a bit like a mystery.But look through the glass door to find a cozy, 10-table dining room filled with the aromas of bubbling curry and fried tempura that have beckoned diners for over 25 years.
AdExchanger
9 months ago
Marketing tech

Viant And MediaMath, Stronger Together; Will Prime Go AVOD? | AdExchanger

Here's today's AdExchanger.comnews round-up... Want it by email?Sign up Two Become One here.Viant may buy MediaMath, knitting together the pair of well-known DSPs, Digiday reports.MediaMath is an OG player that sprang up back in 2007 and was once valued at $1 billion.But it's been on the market for a long time, starting its search for a home in 2020.
Exchangewire
11 months ago
Marketing tech

MGID First Ad Platform to Integrate with Google Web Stories

MGID, the global advertising platform, has announced the integration of Google Web Stories, formerly known as AMP Stories, into its platform, becoming the first third-party partner to support Story Ads and provide publishers with direct access to this additional stream of revenue.By supporting Story Ads, MGID allows mobile-focused publishers using its platform to deliver advertisements via visually rich, tap-through stories, viewable in Google Search, Discover and Images.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

How Data is Shaping Dynamic DOOH

As OOH advertising has shifted towards digitisation in-line with technological advancements, the channel has shown increasing influence over online activity.Research from Nielsen claims that OOH advertising is "the most effective offline medium in driving online activity" and can deliver up to four times more online activity per dollar spent than alternative channels such as radio and TV.
Brownstoner
9 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Crown Heights House With Garage, Oriel Asks $2.499 Million

While there are only a handful of interior photos to provide a glimpse of original details, this Crown Heights townhouse offers a generous amount of space and is part of an architecturally intriguing block.The semi-detached house at 1441 Union Street, which has been in the same family for decades, also has a garage.
Brownstoner
11 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

Brooklyn Heights Summer Rental for $19,500 a Month

If you are on the hunt for a summer rental, this one certainly isn't for the budget-minded, but it does have plenty of appealing features.The 23-foot-wide Greek Revival at 273 Hicks Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a two-family with a presumably more modest garden rental, but it is the four floors of living space above that are available for a summer of living in grand style.
Boston.com
9 months ago
Boston Red Sox

Why NESN broadcast Thursday's Red Sox game from the Green Monster seats

Red Sox The Green Monster has undergone many changes throughout the 111-year history of Fenway Park.NESN's Red Sox broadcasting crew took in Thursday's game against the Reds in a very different locale from their usual perch in the press box.Instead of the broadcast booth, Dave O'Brien, Tim Wakefield, and Kevin Youkilis called Thursday's game from the seats atop the Green Monster.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
US news

Prosecutors Scrutinize Political Nonprofit Groups for Fund-Raising Fraud

Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing at least 10 political nonprofit groups including five recently profiled in The New York Times seeking to determine if the groups defrauded donors, according to two recent subpoenas.The subpoenas, both signed by the same Manhattan-based federal prosecutor, sought recordings of the fund-raising calls made by two separate networks of political nonprofits that together have raised tens of millions of dollars.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Flush With Campaign Cash, Tim Scott Is Set to Join '24 Race

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will announce his candidacy for president on Monday and will enter the race with around $22 million cash on hand, making him one of the most serious competitors for the front-runner, Donald J. Trump, even as Mr. Scott has hovered around 2 percent in Republican primary polls.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Tech industry

Create a Private Social Space, Far From the Maddening Crowd

Even before the recent TikTok bans and mental-health concerns from the surgeon general, public attitudes toward social media have evolved.Many people are moving to online communities on less-populated networks like Nextdoor to get away from the overload of influencers, advertisers, data-mining and political divisiveness that often dominate the larger mainstream platforms.
RT @JohnLegere: Can’t wait to see what you have planned @lindayacc
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Tech industry

Elon Musk picks NBC advertising executive as next Twitter CEO

Linda Yaccarino speaks at an event on Sept. 27, 2016 in New York.The former chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal is set to become Twitter's next chief executive, succeeding owner Elon Musk.Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Twitter owner Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Friday that Linda Yaccarino, a veteran media executive who led advertising at NBCUniversal for more than a decade, will succeed him as the platform's next CEO.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Media industry

'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

Ivy Lee is the founder and editor of the independent Chinese-language magazine Sino Monthly.She likens it to milk: "Milk has nutrition.It's very inexpensive and very easy to get." Mary Yang/NPR EDISON, N.J.Bundles of free newspapers are stacked by the doors of Chinese supermarkets in New Jersey.
Social Media Explorer
10 months ago
Online marketing

AI-Powered Social Media Could Play Significant Role In The 2024 Election - Social Media Explorer

FILE-In this file photo taken on October 17, 2018, a man sits at his computer desk and works in front of monitors.... [+]
Copyright The Associated Press.All rights reserved.Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, is known for using social media as a way to share his views with the public.
Time Out New York
11 months ago
Books

10 rare and fascinating things to see at NYC's Antiquarian Book Fair

The world's finest antiquarian book fair runs all weekend in Manhattan.Historic books, precious first editions, massive maps and stunning drawings are packed into the Park Avenue Armory this weekend for the 63rd annual Antiquarian Book Fair.This festival for book collectors is known as the world's finest antiquarian book fair, and this year's showing doesn't disappoint.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Sports

Skis, Songs and Shots at a Supremely Norwegian Sports Festival

OSLO For two days before this year's Holmenkollen cross-country ski races, Espen Garder took his remote meetings from a heated tent in the forest.Breaks came only for lunch and battery charging at a restaurant up the hill.Garder, 53, had arrived early to claim a spot, not just for himself but also for the dozen Boy Scouts he leads.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Atlanta

Google targets low-income US women with ads for anti-abortion pregnancy centers, study shows

Low-income women in some cities are more likely than their wealthier counterparts to be targeted by Google ads promoting anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers when they search for abortion care, researchers at the Tech Transparency Project have found.The research builds on previous findings detailing how Google directs users searching for abortion services to so-called crisis centers organizations that have been known to pose as abortion clinics in an attempt to steer women away from accessing abortion care.
9to5Google
1 year ago
Tech industry

Android TV and Google TV ads continue to push ads for physical products, now including cars

Ads on Android TV and Google TV have always been moderately tame compared to other smart TV platforms, as they exclusively showed advertisements for TV shows and movies.But slowly, Android TV and Google TV ads have been starting to show physical products, including a new ad going around that advertises and Audi car.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
9 months ago
Privacy professionals

To Save the News, We Must Ban Surveillance Advertising

1. To protect the free flow of news and information, we must ban surveillance-based advertising and other practices that threaten online privacy.
2. All users should have the right to meaningful control over their personal data and the ability to make informed decisions about how it's used.
3. To
To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

To Save the News, We Must Shatter Ad-Tech

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1. Ad-tech companies have a stranglehold on journalism that needs to be broken in order to save the news industry.
2. Journalism needs to be protected so that it can continue to provide accurate and reliable information to the public.
SecurityWeek
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

Millions of Smartphones Distributed Worldwide With Preinstalled 'Guerrilla' Malware

A threat actor has control over millions of smartphones distributed worldwide thanks to a piece of malware that has been preinstalled on the devices, Trend Micro warned.It has been known for several years that smartphones, particularly budget devices, may be shipped with shady firmware that can give companies or other entities access to user data.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

New Tool Shows if Your Car Might Be Tracking You, Selling Your Data

Hacking.Disinformation.Surveillance.CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.A new tool that is free to use for consumers aims to better inform people about the types of data their particular car manufacturer might be collecting and sharing about their identity and driving patterns.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

On-the-Run Hacker Who Allegedly Breached Federal Cop Database Arrested in Florida

Image: Cathryn Virginia/Motherboard Hacking.Disinformation.Surveillance.CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.An at large hacker who allegedly accessed a U.S. federal law enforcement database that gave him and his co-conspirator access to information on anyone in the U.S. has been arrested in Florida and released on bail, according to court records reviewed by Motherboard.
BBC Sport
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

From Prima Donnas & Hooverettes to Hampden

It's come a long way since the days of the Aberdeen Prima Donnas, Cambuslang Hooverettes, Johnstone Red Rockets, Fife Dynamites and Tayside Toppers.And, while the team names are now not so evocative, Scottish women's football will take another significant step in its colourful journey when Celtic and Rangers meet in Sunday's first-ever Old Firm Scottish Cup final.
BBC News
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Northern Ireland keeper Trevor Carson: I gambled daughter's birthday money

When Northern Ireland goalkeeper Trevor Carson squandered his daughter's birthday money to gamble, he knew he had hit rock bottom.Gambling had taken over his life and things had to change.It's now been eight years since the former Sunderland keeper has placed a bet - but he continues to monitor the temptation.
Medium
11 months ago
UX design

A beginner's guide to inclusive UX design

1. Companies should prioritize customer service and satisfaction to ensure long-term success. Building trust and loyalty with customers is essential for any business to remain competitive in the marketplace.
2. Utilizing customer feedback and insights is an effective way to understand customers’ needs and preferences, and to develop products
The Messenger
10 months ago
Marketing

10 Tantalizing Social Media Chefs You Really Should be Following - The Messenger

Social media has become a platform for home cooks to show off their skills in the kitchen, and The Messenger turned to content creators to build a list of 10 online chefs foodies owe it to themselves to follow.There's tons of culinary talent on apps like TikTok and Instagram, and engagement levels and algorithms are propelling these creators into semi-stardom, earning them a pretty penny along the way.
The Motley Fool
1 year ago
Startup companies

2 Growth Stocks That Are Screaming Buys for 2023 | The Motley Fool

Building wealth through the stock market doesn't happen quickly for most investors.And trying to predict the movements of a stock or the market at large in hopes of hitting the jackpot is almost a guaranteed recipe for failure.On the other hand, taking a long-term perspective and investing in a variety of quality companies during bull and bear markets as they align with your investment philosophy and overall financial goals can help you build a robust, well-rounded portfolio with time.
Ars Technica
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled

Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security.While the OS itself and Google's Pixels have stood up over the years against software exploits, the never-ending flow of malicious apps in Google Play and vulnerable devices from some third-party manufacturers have tarnished its image.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

A lawsuit picks a bone with Buffalo Wild Wings: Are 'boneless wings' really wings?

Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Buffalo Wild Wings Can a "boneless chicken wing" truly be called a wing?That's the question posed by a new class-action lawsuit filed last week in federal court by a Chicago man who purchased a round of boneless wings in January at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Mount Prospect, Ill.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Criminal charges against recall proponents reveal underside of Buena Park politics

It was the day before the recall petitions against Buena Park City Councilmember Sunny Park were due.Michael Mahony, a longtime Buena Park resident and owner of a web consulting business, assembled a group of recall workers at a pizza restaurant in Fullerton, including his daughter Ashley Mahony and wife Victoria Primrose.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Online marketing

Elon Musk Suddenly Into Advertising Teslas After Buying A Huge Advertising Platform

CARINA JOHANSEN / Contributor via Getty Moveable explores the future of transportation, infrastructure, energy, and cities.After more than 15 years of not advertising Teslas, Elon Musk is suddenly into the idea of advertising Teslas now that he also owns Twitter, which relies on ads to make money.One of the most significant differentiators between Tesla and the rest of the auto industry has always been that the auto industry spends billions of dollars on ads every year and Tesla does not.
Bored Panda
10 months ago
Online marketing

40 Ads That Tried But Missed The Mark In The Funniest Way Possible, As Shared By This Facebook Page

Take a moment and consider the amount of tacky, poorly-made ads you see each day.And we are not talking about the ones you see on billboards or TV, with actual people giving them a green light.Some of these ads are trying to sell you on "miracle cures" that promise to " remove evil and negative energies from your life."
9to5Google
1 year ago
Online marketing

Google launches Ads Transparency Center as a searchable database

After launching My Ad Center last fall, Google is now introducing the Ads Transparency Center as a "searchable hub of all ads served from verified advertisers."The Ads Transparency Center will let you view all the advertisements a company has run using Google's networks.Each ad includes the date it last ran, format (text, video, etc.), and what region (country) it was shown in.
Theregister
10 months ago
Information security

WordPress plugin flaw puts 'millions of websites' at risk

WordPress users with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin on their website should upgrade after the discovery of a vulnerability in the code that could open up sites and their visitors to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.A warning from Patchstack about the flaw claimed there are more than two million active installs of the Advanced Custom Fields and Advanced Custom Fields Pro versions of the plugins, which are used to give site operators greater control of their content and data, such as edit screens and custom field data.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Information security

Software for sale is fueling a torrent of phishing attacks that bypass MFA

Microsoft on Tuesday profiled software for sale in online forums that makes it easy for criminals to deploy phishing campaigns that successfully compromise accounts, even when they're protected by the most common form of multi-factor authentication.The phishing kit is the engine that's powering more than 1 million malicious emails each day, researchers with the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Education

Ron DeSantis is About To Expand Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Law

Giorgio Viera / Getty Images Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign off on the expansion of a law meant to keep teenagers from learning anything about the birds and the bees until at least high school.The expansion of the Parental Rights in Education measurewidely known as Don't Say Gay because it prohibits teachers from talking about sexual orientation and genderpassed in the Florida Senate last week in a 27-12 vote.
www.vice.com
11 months ago
Education

Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed'

A high school principal in Florida has resigned after school board members discovered she'd written a $100,000 check from the school's funds to someone posing as Elon Musk online.Dr. Jan McGee worked at the Burns Science and Technology Charter school, a STEM charter school in Oak Hill, Florida.According to local news reports, McGee wanted to raise money for the school and had been trying to get Musk to notice her for sometime.
Semafor
10 months ago
Media industry

Semafor Media: In the mid-tail | Semafor

THE NEWS Breaking Points Some of the most listened-to podcasts in America are struggling to sell ads as the audio business shifts toward the vast, mostly independent, "mid-tail."The New York Times has shipped episodes of the paper's flagship show The Daily in recent months without a full slate of paid advertisements, opting to air promotions of other Times content or podcasts.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Mental health

Ad watchdog cracks down on misleading health and beauty claims

The advertising watchdog is banning growing numbers of advertisements that exaggerate the benefits of health and beauty treatments such as Botox, lip fillers and diet aids.The Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) action is part of a crackdown against beauty clinics and manufacturers of aesthetic products over how they promote themselves.
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
10 months ago
Marketing

The Subvertising Movement: Protecting your Brand from "Brandalism"

Heard of the climate activists defacing advertisements, billboards and bus shelters?Brandalism is a recent anti-advertising movement which uses a brand's own assets and marketing channels against the brand itself, through replacing legitimate advertisements with spoofs and parodies (known as "subvertising").
A brand needs to be prudent in response to these acts and attuned - from a public relations perspective - to the sensitivities involved.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Bruce McCall, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a Retrofuture,' Dies at 87

Bruce McCall, whose satirical illustrations for National Lampoon and The New Yorker conjured up a plutocratic dream world of luxury zeppelin travel, indoor golf courses and cars like the Bulgemobile Airdreme, died on Friday in the Bronx.He was 87.His wife, Polly McCall, said his death, at Calvary Hospital, was caused by Parkinson's disease.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
Health

Foods and drinks packaged for kids are higher in sugar and lower in nutrition, study shows

Colorful labels and cartoons on packaging might be a good indicator that a snack isn't the most nutritious, according to a new study.Products with marketing that appealed to children were higher in sugars and lower in all other nutrients, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.
www.vice.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Drone Explodes Over Kremlin, Russia Alleges Putin Assassination Attempt

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to use drones to assassinate Vladimir Putin.Overnight on Tuesday, two drones were spotted above the Kremlin.In footage shared on social media, one of them appeared to explode in the air near the dome of the residential area of the capitol building.In the aftermath, Moscow said it was able to disable the drones, and blamed Kyiv for the attack.
Futurism
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Dozens of News Sites are Using AI Chatbots to Churn Out Questionable Content

As far as synthetic, AI-generated content goes, we might just be at the tip of the iceberg.In new report, NewsGuard, a firm that measures the credibility of online news sources, identified a whopping 49 websites producing content that appeared to be either mostly or entirely AI-generated in the month of April alone.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Wild West': Republican video shows AI future in US elections

Campaign messaging to become faster, more misleading as US enters uncharted territory' of advanced technology: Expert.It has become common fare in United States political campaigns: advertisements that make sweeping claims of dystopia if the opposing candidate wins.Manipulated, underexposed images and cherry-picked headlines combine to build a crescendo of doom.
Yahoo Finance
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mark Zuckerberg says AI boosts monetization by 30% on Instagram, 40% on Facebook

Meta ( META) stock hit a new 52-week high on Thursday as investors celebrated the company's return to revenue growth.One of the key drivers: artificial intelligence.Further integration of A.I.helped drive Meta's first revenue increase in three quarters, the company said on Wednesday.Reels monetization is up over 30% on Instagram and over 40% on Facebook on a quarterly basis as A.I. plays a larger role in the platforms.
Futurism
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Entire AI-Generated Articles

Earlier this year, when BuzzFeed announced plans to start publishing AI-assisted content, its CEO Jonah Peretti promised the tech would be held to a high standard."I think that there are two paths for AI in digital media," Peretti ."One path is the obvious path that a lot of people will do - but it's a depressing path - using the technology for cost savings and spamming out a bunch of SEO articles that are lower quality than what a journalist could do, but a tenth of the cost."
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Will Smith Eating Spaghetti Hill Haunt You For the Rest of Your Life

Image generated by u/chaindrop on Reddit In recent months, advancements in AI-generated media are everywhere: generated photos of historical events that never happened, voices that mimic humans closely enough to break into a bank, and films made using AI instead of animators.But out of all of the creepy, overhyped, or doomsday-ushering examples of AI in the wild, this text-to-video monstrosity of Will Smith eating spaghetti is the most freakish by far.
Gas Cars Aren’t Going Anywhere
www.vice.com
11 months ago
Cars

Gas Cars Aren't Going Anywhere

JOSEPH PREZIOSO / Contributor via Getty Moveable explores the future of transportation, infrastructure, energy, and cities.The Environmental Protection Agency announced stronger proposed emissions regulations for cars and trucks today.The EPA projects the new rules will push the industry towards two-thirds of light duty vehicle salesthe ones most people buy such as cars, SUVs, and pickupsbeing electric by 2032 and about half of medium-duty vehicles like the very large pickup trucks, box trucks, and school buses.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Parenting

Sperm donor who fathered at least 550 kids banned by Dutch court

Court says under Dutch guidelines, sperm donors are allowed to produce a maximum of 25 children with 12 mothers.A Dutch court has banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive.
Washington Post
11 months ago
Parenting

Dutch court bans sperm donor who fathered at least 550

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch court on Friday banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
RIP to the man who created an animitronic hellscape in which to buy milk
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Stew Leonard Sr. Dies at 93; Founded Disneyland of Dairy Stores'

Stew Leonard Sr., a folkloric retailer who expanded his namesake stores into merchandising meccas replete with petting zoos and mechanical singing farm animals, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Manhattan.He was 93.The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son Stewart Jr. said.Mr. Leonard opened his original store in Norwalk, Conn., in 1969 as a destination that promised fresh milk because it was built around a bottling plant.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
11 months ago
Intellectual property law

What Not to Look For: Establishing Secondary Meaning in Product Design Trade Dress

"Over the decades of intense promotional activity, [Plaintiff] has advertised its products using many different themes, but never did it advertise that consumers should look for any of the things it now claims constitute protectable trade dress as source-identifiers."- E.D. of VA in TBL Licensing
Brand owners frequently encounter significant challenges in obtaining federal trade dress registration.
Patently-O
1 year ago
Intellectual property law

Models v. Strip Clubs and the Lanham Act

by Dennis Crouch
Rights to use a person's Name-Image-and-Likeness or NIL generally fall within two categories of intellectual property: rights of publicity and rights of privacy.Rights of publicity protect commercial value that a person has developed in becoming a celebrity.Rights of publicity can also protect against resulting false impressions created by a seeming endorsement.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Marketing

Arms Manufacturer Says TikTok Cat Videos' Are Keeping It From Making Ammo

The Norwegian defense company Nammo said it can't expand its factory and make new ammunition because TikTok's new data centers nearby are using up all the electricity.As reported by the Financial Times, Nammo is a large defense company that's co-owned by the Norwegian government and a defense company in Finland.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Marketing

CYBER: Why Does Congress Want to Ban TikTok?

Image: C-SPAN Screenshot.Hacking.Disinformation.Surveillance.CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.America is thinking about banning the most popular social media app in the world.TikTok has exploded in the past few years and whether you love it or hate it, you can't deny its huge influence.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago firefighter accused of running 'erotic massage' business from home

A Chicago firefighter is accused of running an "erotic massage" business from his Northwest Side home, officials said.Brendan A. Kennedy-Gasior, 37, charged with promoting prostitution, a felony, appeared in court Friday and was released on bond after Cook County Judge Kelly Marie McCarthy set bail at $5,000.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Liz Shulman: What a schoolyard rooster taught me about my social media-numbed students

From August to November, I taught high school English alongside a few roosters who lived in a coop in the courtyard outside my first-floor classroom.Hatched in an incubator in the science department in the spring of 2022, the roosters became, during these few months, the most vocal sentient beings at my school.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

Explaining the Ties Between Alvin Bragg and George Soros

WASHINGTON As a potential indictment looms over former President Donald J. Trump, he and his allies have sought to tie the Manhattan district attorney bringing the case to a familiar Republican specter: George Soros, the financier and Democratic megadonor.Mr. Soros, who has backed Democratic candidates and causes as well as democracy and human rights around the world, has for years been a boogeyman on the right, confronting attacks that portray him as a globalist mastermind and that often veer into antisemitic tropes.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Books

Parent Calls Bible PORN' and Demands Utah School District Remove It From Libraries

Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens A Utah parent has filed a request to ban God's most popular blog, the Bible, from schools, citing and ridiculing a law passed last year that removed dozens of books from schools and libraries last year.Get this PORN out of our schools!they wrote in their request for the removal of the book.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Environment

IPCC Says Current Plans Are Insufficient to Tackle Climate Change' As Emissions Keep Increasing

Limiting global warming to 1.5 or two degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels has become an even greater challenge due to continued increase in greenhouse gas emissions, a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns.The IPCC said the current plans put forth by the world's governments and corporations are insufficient to tackle climate change but that all the tools and strategies we need to do so are currently available.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

In graphic detail: Gamers are warming up to in-game ads

The in-game advertising industry has grown in fits and starts, with some advertisers balking at the current lack of premium inventory available in the space.But new data from Comscore shows that more gamers than ever are ready and willing to consume ads alongside their games.Marketers have long been wary about entering the gaming spacedue to concerns that the average gamer is turned off by brand involvement.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Changes expected for city's minority business hiring ordinances - Austin Monitor

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by Chad Swiatecki
Proposed changes to the city's procedures for hiring minority- and women-owned businesses will likely come before City Council this spring or early summer, with consultants and a working group recommending 21 adjustments or substantial revisions to the hiring practices.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Marketing

Christian group spends big to promote Jesus with Super Bowl ads | amNewYork

The religiously wary, the spiritually curious - and anyone inclined to appeal to a higher power on game day - are the target audience for a Super Bowl ad campaign with a simple message: Jesus loves them.A group that includes wealthy Christian boosters is using the biggest megaphone TV marketing money can buy on Sunday to spread the word with two new ads that proclaim "He Gets Us."
FlowingData
1 year ago
Data science

Generative AI trade-offs

People have been having fun with generative AI lately.Enter a prompt and get a believable body of text, or enter descriptive text and get a photorealistic image.But as with all things that are fun on the internet, there are those who are looking to exploit the popularity.Maggie Appleton discusses the trade-offs:

There's a swirl of optimism around how these models will save us from a suite of boring busywork: writing formal emails, internal memos, technical documentation, marketing copy, product announcement, advertisements, cover letters, and even negotiating with medical insurance companies.
Frontendroom
1 year ago
JavaScript

Mastering the semantic versioning syntax in package.json: A Beginner's Guide

Packages are the heart of the NodeJS echo system.A package in NodeJS contains all the files required for a module.A module is a javascript library whose code can be reused in any javascript project.If you have worked on the NodeJS echo system, you might have already encountered a file named package.json.
Frontendroom
1 year ago
JavaScript

Use a fallback image when the image is failed to load

If images don't load, it is a nightmare for you as a developer.Sometimes images don't load and it creates a very bad user experience.The reason for not loading the images can be a range of issues - the network is slow and the image is large (large MBs) in file size, so the browser couldn't download it.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Reynoso launches Community Resource Information series to connect Brooklynites with city services * Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is launching a new initiative launched with his Department of Constituent Services: a series of community resource information sessions, where Reynoso's staff and city agencies will gather to walk Brooklynites through the resources and assistance available to them through the city government and local nonprofits.
Engadget
1 year ago
Marketing

Twitter opens its advertising platform to cannabis companies | Engadget

Twitter is loosening its advertising policies to allow cannabis companies to promote their brands on the service.The changes makes Twitter the first major social media platform to welcome cannabis ads within the United States."Going forward, Twitter is allowing advertisers to promote brand preference and informational cannabis-related content for CBD, THC, and cannabis-related products and services," the company announced in a blog post.
Business-standard
1 year ago
Marketing

7 in every 10 Indians likely to buy a product endorsed by an influencer

Showing the power social media influencers hold in the advertising industry today, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Thursday said 70 per cent of Indians are likely to buy a product they endorse.In its "Influencer Trust Report," based on a survey of 820 respondents above 18, ASCI said that 79 per cent of respondents trust social media influencers.
Independent
1 year ago
Graphic design

Andy Warhol works to feature in Ireland's largest exhibition of pop art

Works by Andy Warhol are to be shown in Dublin as part of Ireland's largest display of pop art.
he Pop Art Pioneers exhibition at Gormleys will showcase 2 million euro worth of works by Warhol and fellow US artists Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring and Robert Indiana.It will feature Warhol's silkscreen portraits, Lichtenstein's The Den, Haring's graphic designs and Indiana's LOVE artworks.
Medium
1 year ago
Graphic design

12 Side-Hustle for Designers in 2023 and Steps to Get Started

Designers are naturally creative and innovative individuals.They have a passion for bringing their ideas to life through visual representation.But, what if you could turn your passion into a side hustle and earn some extra money?That's right, in 2023, designers can earn money through a variety of side hustles that cater to their skillset.
RAPPLER
1 year ago
Marketing

Microsoft's Bing plans AI ads in early pitch to advertisers

The new Bing is a potentially lucrative opportunity for Microsoft that could earn the company $2 billion for every percentage point of market share it gains in the search advertising market
Microsoft has started discussing with ad agencies how it plans to make money from its revamped Bing search engine powered by generative artificial intelligence as the tech company seeks to battle Google's dominance.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Science

Something Strange Is Happening on the Sun, and We've Never Seen It Before

ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.This past week, a part of the sun's surface broke off and started circling the sun's north pole almost as if it were a giant polar vortexand scientists don't know why.Space weather forecaster Tamitha Skov posted a video of the phenomena to Twitter, sharing her excitement.
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