Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico’s top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators

seattletimes.com New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children.

Twitter Touts ’Seamless‘ Blocking of Child Abuse Content as Elon Musk Faces Increase EU Scrutiny

decrypt.co Social media giant Twitter says a new system to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platform was “deployed seamlessly,” testing technology…

US Mulls Export Bans on AI Software to China

thedailyupside.com Sometimes when you’re playing hardball, you have to go soft. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the US government might escalate its trade war with China by blocking US…

Shiba Inu Investors Move to New ICO, Targeting 1000% Returns

cryptonews.com threatens a bearish breakout of a key technical pattern, investors are moving their attention to a new ICO as they target 1000% returns that they are unlikely to get with…

Questions swirl over the future of TikTok. Who could own it? How will the platform operate?

latimes.com TikTok on Wednesday faced a formidable threat to its business, with a new law signed by President Biden that could dramatically change the way the popular video app…

How GE went from an iconic conglomerate to 3 distinct companies

marketplace.org When General Electric split into three separate businesses last month, the transition marked the end of a storied company that was for decades a fixture of American life —…

Meta will let advertisers create campaigns using new generative AI tools

seattletimes.com Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is testing new tools that will let advertisers create marketing material, including images and messaging, using…

The 3 Best Metaverse Stocks to Buy in May 2024

investorplace.com Here are some of the top metaverse stock to buy today Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is still losing billions of dollars on the metaverse. In fact, in the company’s latest…

What I Learned From Spending $5.9 Million on Marketing Last Year

entrepreneur.com Road-tested tips to 6X your revenue per lead, double your social media leads and increase sales conversations. I know because I lived it! Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur…

Earnings Superstars: 3 Stocks Primed to Outperform This Quarter

investorplace.com Companies have generally managed to perform well against the consensus of earnings forecasts, with around 77% of S&P 500 firms reporting in Q1 considered earnings…

Meta’s AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds

techcrunch.com Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October. Now, instead of only being able to…

How tech will impact the biggest election year in history

siliconrepublic.com In the latest episode of For Tech’s Sake, we speak to Liz Carolan about what could be seen as a ‘make or break year’ for tech and democracy. In 2024, more than 2bn people…

This chart shows just how absurd Trump Media's valuation is

aol.com None It's well known that Trump Media stock trades at a premium valuation, but one chart shows just how absurd it is. • None Trump Media is the parent company of Donald…

Steve Huffman Says Reddit’s ‘Real People’ Content Is Increasingly Valuable in the Era of A.I

observer.com Reddit surprised Wall Street yesterday (May 7) when it reported record user and revenue growth in its first quarterly earnings release as a publicly traded company.…

Disney, Uber, Starbucks, And McDonald's Send A Powerful Signal To Investors But Momo Crowd Oblivious

benzinga.com To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Please click here for an enlarged chart of Walt Disney Co DIS. • This article is about the big picture, not an…

Regulators are forcing big tech to rethink its AI strategy

economist.com Trustbusters have big tech in their sights. On March 25th the European Commission opened a probe into Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Meta (which is…

How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads

economist.com All models are wrong, goes the statisticians’ adage, but some are useful. This time last year, plenty of pundits’ models started looking more wrong and less useful. The…

X urged to answer content moderation questions

euronews.com The platform reduced by four languages its coverage within the bloc. Online platform X has received a request for additional information about its decision to reduce its…

New S&P 500 AI Play Slides On First-Quarter Earnings As It Joins Index

investors.com joined the S&P 500 index Wednesday morning as shares sank after the company reported earnings and revenue declines in the first quarter. Vistra stock has gained more than…

Meta Adds Enhanced AI Creation Tools for Facebook and Instagram Ads

socialmediatoday.com Meta’s adding more generative AI tools for advertisers, including enhanced text and image generation, creative expansion, text overlays, a centralized collection of AI tools…

Meta Adds More Elements to Its Verification for Business Subscription Package

socialmediatoday.com Meta’s expanding access to its Verification for Business subscription package for brands, which enables you to buy a blue checkmark for your brand’s Facebook and/or…

Reddit Increases User Base and Revenue Year Over Year in First Quarter After Going Public

statista.com The terms web 2.0, social media and social networking originated in the mid-90s. But the company most commonly associated with kicking off the age of large-scale publication…

Mycocycle uses mushrooms to upcycle old tires and construction waste

techcrunch.com Usually, when something starts to rot, it gets pitched in the trash. But Joanne Rodriguez wants to turn the concept of rot on its head by growing fungus on trash to turn it…

Meta Tests Instagram To Threads Cross-Posting

socialmediatoday.com This is probably a good time to remind you that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean that you should. With that in mind, today, Meta has confirmed that it’s…

Want to Get Richer? 3 Best Stocks to Buy Now and Hold Forever

finance.yahoo.com A group of large technology companies deemed the "Magnificent Seven" has broadly defined investing success over the past decade. If you held any of these stocks, you'd…

OpenAI is reportedly trying to poach Googlers for an AI-powered search team

aol.com May 8, 2024 at 7:22 AM • None OpenAI is targeting some Google's employees, The Verge reported. • None Sam Altman's company is trying to poach Googlers for a ChatGPT search…

3 Tech Stock Darlings to Scoop Up After Q2 earnings

investorplace.com Over the past year, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and cybersecurity propelled the tech sector to new Wall Street heights. As a result, the…

Next Bull Wave: 7 Stocks Ready to Dominate in the Upcoming Rally

investorplace.com Capitalize on emerging trends with the best stocks to buy for the next bull market surge If you’re on the hunt for stocks to buy for the next bull market, look no further.…

Don’t Sleep on Meta Platforms Stock. Why Its AI Bet Could Pay Off Big

investorplace.com The market doesn't trust Zuckerberg to do the right thing The market essentially said it doesn’t trust Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: ) CEO Mark Zuckerberg to target artificial…

Revisiting My 7 Stock Picks From Last Year: How Did I Do? Revisiting My 7 Stock Picks From Last Year: How Did I Do?

investorplace.com Understanding your losers is just as important as knowing your winners Accountability is important when it comes to investing. We all tend to remember our winners and ignore…

This is what one of Facebook's first employees says he learned working for Mark Zuckerberg before getting fired 9 months in

aol.com None Noah Kagan joined Facebook as a product manager in 2005. He says he was fired nine months later. • None But Kagan says the brief stint taught him a lot about Mark…

Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause

arstechnica.com Amazon Prime Video subscribers will see new types of advertisements this broadcast year. Amazon announced today that it's adding new ad formats to its video streaming…

AI Data Centers Focus Attention On This S&P 500 Nuclear Energy Stock

investors.com Constellation Energy (CEG) announces first quarter earnings and revenue early Thursday. Analysts expect a 400% EPS gain. Investors may be even more focused on how artificial…

Apple reportedly developing AI chips for servers

theregister.com Analysis We can add Apple to the list of tech titans developing their own custom AI accelerators – at least that's what unnamed sources are telling the Wall Street Journal.…

Ofcom to push for better age verification, filters and 40 other checks in new online child safety code

techcrunch.com Ofcom is cracking down on Instagram, YouTube and 150,000 other web services to improve child safety online. A new Children’s Safety Code from the U.K. Internet regulator…

Future of TV Briefing: Upfront ad sellers prep performance-based pitches to address ad buyers’ ROI obsession

digiday.com This Future of TV Briefing covers the latest in streaming and TV for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series →…

Meta adds more AI features for advertisers with new image and text generation tools

digiday.com Meta is expanding its generative AI ad tools with more ways to create images and text — but not yet giving marketers carte blanche for creative automation. Yesterday, Meta…

Red Hat unveils RHEL AI and InstructLab to democratize enterprise AI

venturebeat.com At Red Hat Summit 2024 in Denver, Colorado, the open source software leader announced major new initiatives to bring the power of generative AI to the enterprise. The…

Instagram Tests Cross-Platform Posting To Threads

mediapost.com In an effort to encourage more Instagram users to post their content to its X competitor app, Meta is testing the addition of a “Share to Threads” toggle located above…

Inside OpenAI’s new plan for fighting deepfakes

platformer.news On Tuesday, OpenAI joined the steering committee of a little-known but increasingly powerful standards body known as the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity,…

TikTok takes off the gloves with a lawsuit over potential ban in U.S

msnbc.com Hello and happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week’s top stories at the intersection of politics and technology. TikTok has filed a lawsuit seeking to…

Meta Unveils GenAI Tools for Business Advertising

pymnts.com Meta is rolling out a new way for advertisers to create marketing materials. Businesses can now use Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create images for…

Cramer explains how to maintain a 'balanced' portfolio as the economy slows

cnbc.com CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday said Wall Street is currently going through a tricky stage of the business cycle with the economy slowing but the Federal Reserve not yet…

Reddit Posts $575 Million Loss Tied to I.P.O. but Also Strong Growth

nytimes.com Reddit on Tuesday posted a more than $500 million quarterly loss in its first earnings report as a public company, largely due to stock-based compensation expenses incurred…

You’ll soon be able to visit this closed National Park area again

thestreet.com Those traveling to the Grand Canyon on a helicopter tour from Las Vegas or quickly driving in for a day trip rarely make it all the way to the less-visited North Rim, the…

Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report

cnbc.com Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares rallied 14% in extended…

The challenges facing TikTok as it confronts the US in court

aol.com TikTok made good on its promise to challenge a new law signed by President Joe Biden that could result in a ban of the video app in the US. The company, a subsidiary of…

Meta Continues AI Push With New Generative Image and Text Tools

adweek.com Meta introduced new products today that let advertisers use generative AI to create images and text. As artificial intelligence becomes more foundational to how marketers…

Arista Earnings, Revenue Top Estimates Amid New $1.2 Billion Buyback

investors.com on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus estimates and announced a new $1.2 billion stock buyback. Guidance for Arista stock came in…

Meta To Provide Advertisers With Automated Image, Text Variations For Ads

mediapost.com As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into advertising, Meta is introducing new ways marketers can use generative AI (GAI) to focus less on “mundane…

Meta’s AI ad update

adage.com As Meta delivers new tools to generate more ads, there are some guardrails for marketers to consider.

Meta's AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds

techcrunch.com Meta’s AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after…

How This ‘Do Nothing Portfolio' Can Beat the S&P 500

finance.yahoo.com A hypothetical stock portfolio has taken hands-off investing to a whole new level. Jeffrey Ptak, a chartered financial analyst (CFA) for Morningstar, recently devised a…