‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Slings Record Brand Deals. The Brands On Screen Tell The Real Story.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ set a $309 million promotional campaign record. But the brands that paid to appear on screen tell the real story about advertising’s future.

Do you support banning phones in schools? A new poll suggests 77% of adults are now in favor of a classroom ban
Do you support banning phones in schools? A new poll suggests 77% of adults are now in favor of a classroom ban

A new poll suggests that an overwhelming majority of adults support a classroom ban on phones. TechRadar readers can make their opinion known here.

Snapchat’s Spotlight algorithm now favors human-made videos over AI-generated ones

Snapchat will stop recommending fully AI generated videos on Spotlight, favoring authentic human made content instead, while still allowing AI edited videos to appear.

A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together
A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together

Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LE…

Brazil banned Bolsonaro from speaking. His AI avatar spoke anyway.
Brazil banned Bolsonaro from speaking. His AI avatar spoke anyway.

Brazil ordered Jair Bolsonaro to stay silent. Last weekend, a giant AI version of him addressed a campaign rally anyway. At the launch of his son Flávio’s presidential bid in São Paulo on Saturday, a video avatar of the jailed former president loomed o…

LinkedIn is crowdsourcing its fight against AI slop

LinkedIn is turning to the community to help combat its AI slop problem with a button that lets users flag AI writing.

Most Australian teens are still on social media three months into the under-16 ban
Most Australian teens are still on social media three months into the under-16 ban

Most Australian teenagers are still using social media three months after the country’s world-first under-16 ban took effect, according to a new study from the eSafety Commissioner that undercuts one of the government’s flagship online-safety policies….

Steven Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’ is losing its inner circle as it chases America
Steven Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’ is losing its inner circle as it chases America

Steven Bartlett has built one of the world’s biggest podcasts on the idea that the right people, obsessively managed, make the machine. Now four of those people have walked out the door. The star host of “The Diary of a CEO” has lost four core staffers…

LinkedIn Adds New Feature To Flag AI Slop

LinkedIn rolled out a new feature letting users flag any post that “Seems like AI slop.” Chief product officer Hari Srinivasan says it will feed the platform’s models.