From A $10 Microphone To Oprah—How Tara Keeney Built ‘Look Who I Found!’ One Walk At A Time

You’ve likely seen Tara Keeney interviewing Oprah, Jay Shetty or Emma Grede on Instagram. Here’s how she built a new kind of 90-second show—and is walking the talk.

Reddit AI videos turn old text threads into narrated clips
Reddit AI videos turn old text threads into narrated clips

Reddit has started converting some text posts into short videos narrated by AI voices. Sarah Perez of TechCrunch reported that the test began on Monday on the web. The iOS and Android apps followed on Tuesday. It covers select English-language posts in…

Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack

This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.

YouTube view counts will rise on 24 August, and creator earnings will not
YouTube view counts will rise on 24 August, and creator earnings will not

From 24 August, YouTube counts a view the moment a video starts playing. No minimum watch time, across long-form, Shorts and live, everywhere. The YouTube view count will go up. Nobody will watch more. Nobody will earn more. What the rule was, and nobo…

Opening statements begin in the biggest consumer protection case in the US
Opening statements begin in the biggest consumer protection case in the US

Opening statements in the states’ case against Meta begin today in Oakland. The court seated a jury last week. The trial should run about five weeks. Twenty-nine state attorneys general brought the case in 2023. Lawyers for California, Colorado, Kentuc…

Meta might be on the hook for $1.4 trillion if it loses a landmark lawsuit and that would truly mark the end of social media as we know it

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are about to face their toughest trial yet. How the huge State AG’s lawsuit could force Meta to make some difficult decisions.

Instagram blocked the search terms. Its algorithm serves the videos anyway
Instagram blocked the search terms. Its algorithm serves the videos anyway

The genre is simple enough to describe. A man wearing camera glasses walks up to a woman in the street. He delivers a line and films her reaction without asking. The clip goes to Instagram, tagged as shot on Meta glasses. The woman is now content. Some…

Why Meta Smart Glasses Recordings Continue To Grow On Social Media

Smart glasses and cell phones are turning ordinary people into viral content without consent. The law offers little recourse. But an outraged comment section might.

It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok news influencers that seem to be everywhere in our feeds.  Why […]

Jamie Oliver’s New Vertical Comedy Shows What Brands Are Buying Now

Jamie Oliver’s new vertical comedy, created by Baby Teeth with Life360, shows how brands can use entertainment to reach established audiences.