Tech Meme

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024  —  Zeta said LiveIntent’s database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists  —  Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene  —  VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Rockstar plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC, 14 years after its PS3 and Xbox 360 debut, via the Rockstar Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29  —  It will arrive on October 29 with zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare bundled in.  —  Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta begins rolling out new AI tools that let advertisers expand the aspect ratio of their videos and generate an Instagram Reel video ad from a static image  —  Meta Platforms Inc. today said it’s rolling out a full-screen video tab on Facebook and Instagram in recognition of the fact … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Arkin / NBC News: A bipartisan coalition of 14 US state AGs file lawsuits accusing TikTok of damaging minors’ mental health and collecting their data without parental consent  —  The legal broadside alleges TikTok violated state laws by falsely claiming its service is safe for young people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Helen Reid / Reuters: Filing: Shein’s UK business made £1.55B in 2023 revenue, up 38% over a 16-month period to the end of 2022, as the fast fashion group prepares for a London IPO  —  Shein’s British business made 1.55 billion pounds ($2 billion) in revenue in 2023, a filing by the online fast-fashion group showed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they’re reported for copyright violations  —  Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals  —  – Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that’s used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pew Research Center: US adult TikTok users follow lots of mid-tier influencers and creators but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists  —  Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics Lees verder op Tech Meme