Tinder is trying everything to return to growth, including bringing back a “Double Date” feature
Tinder, the OG swipe-centric dating app owned by , announced the launch of “Double Date” on Tuesday, a feature that allows pairs of users to match with other pairs ... betting on a (previously unsucc...
Reddit rips amid explosion in options activity
Stocks can move in strange ways. Look at , which is romping Tuesday despite little that would qualify as “new” news. The company unveiled some new AI advertising tools yesterday, but the stock only st...
Meta jumps on WhatsApp getting ads for the first time
WhatsApp is getting ads for the first time — news that sent the stock up 2% in early trading. Meta bought the popular messaging app more than a decade ago but has heretofore kept it ad-free . Now ads ...
Yahoo is still one of the most visited websites on the planet
Internet brands don’t tend to live very long. Myspace, Vine, Flickr, BuzzFeed, Napster, Bebo, Vice, Tumblr, and many more have exploded onto the scene before either fading into obsolescence, obscurity...
YouTube has taken down 220 million videos since 2018
According to a report from The New York Times on Monday , YouTube’s content moderation policies have been quietly relaxed after more lenient new guidelines were introduced in mid-December. video platf...
Meta CTO on where Apple’s Vision Pro went wrong: “It failed what the market wanted”
Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, the CTO of , says he knows where went wrong with its Vision Pro. “From an engineering standpoint, it’s wonderful and congratulations to that team. From a product standpoint, yo...
Reddit soars after suing Anthropic, alleging it trained AI on personal user data without permission
shares popped nearly 8% Tuesday afternoon after the social media platform filed a lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic. In the suit, Reddit alleges Anthropic engaged in “unlawful and unfair business a...
Meta in content talks with Disney for new VR headset: Report
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that is talking to Hollywood about licensing content for its new VR headset. Meta has been in talks with , indie horror film studio A24, and others, according to...
UBS doubles down on Netflix as traditional cable TV rivals cut new content budgets
UBS is going all in on , maintaining its “buy” rating and hiking the stock’s price target to $1,450 from $1,150 as the streaming giant continues to dominate the post-cable landscape. The firm cited ho...
Pinterest pops on Wall Street upgrade as user growth and ad business gain traction
shares climbed about 4% Tuesday after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to “overweight” (buy) from “neutral” and raised its price target to $40 from $35. Analysts said Pinterest’s growing user base, improvi...
Ad agencies fall on news that Meta will launch automated AI ad-creation tool
By the end of next year, hopes to launch a tool that will use AI to create ad campaigns, including creating the ads themselves from scratch, and target desired consumers by entering in only a few det...
Meta wants some of what Palantir is having
has taken a page out of playbook, signing a deal to develop products with military equipment supplier Anduril, including a “sci-fi style military helmet” named “Eagle Eye,” according to Core Memory ....
Meta wants to open retail stores like Apple
is preparing to expand its retail footprint, with plans to open physical locations and hire workers, Business Insider reports , citing internal communications. BI didn’t know how many stores the socia...
YouTube is the biggest thing on TV for the third time in 3 months
The platform accounted for 12.4% of American TV usage in April, the highest share it’s taken to date, as the nation switches to content from creators rather than huge production companies. Per monthly...
Cricket has helped power an Indian streaming platform to 280 million subscribers
For years, Netflix has led the streaming world order , churning out global, local, and increasingly live sports content to swell its subscriber base to more than 300 million. But while has left many ...
YouTube wants to monetize its growing TV dominance with AI-powered ad formats
It’s been a big week for TV, with the annual “upfront” period kicking off in New York, where television titans put on extravagant sales presentations to draw in big advertising advances — a mainstay o...
Meta is full of scams and knows it, WSJ report finds
Facebook and Instagram parent is “increasingly a cornerstone of the internet fraud economy,” according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited regulators, banks, and internal documents. Some stats f...
Data shows users are finally remembering that it’s called X now, not Twitter
Whether it’s a baby, a company, a pope, or a product, naming things is hard. When Mark Zuckerberg wanted to change Facebook’s name to better reflect his aspirations in the metaverse, a marketing team ...
The rise of microdramas raises the question: Was Quibi right all along?
The continued rise of microdramas — filmed specifically for phone screens, often a mere two minutes long, and typically action-packed — suggests that more people are looking to bite-sized, TikTok-ifie...
Meta says that Threads now has more than 350 million monthly active users
Social media giant reported its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday , and there was a lot to like: ad revenues increased 16% year over year; its AI data center plans are ramping up; and total revenue...