Meta Connect will focus on AI and mixed reality, but does that include Apple?

marketwatch.com AI and mixed reality are likely to be the focus of Meta Platforms Inc.’s annual developers conference Wednesday. But the lingering question is whether Meta will address a…

Want a remote job? Tough luck

businessinsider.com Last month, the data startup Cribl posted a job opening for a people-operations analyst. There was nothing particularly eye-popping about the role. It offered a salary of…

EU's first DSA report: Twitter had the highest rate of disinfo in H1 2023, followed by Facebook; TikTok removed ~6M fake accounts; YouTube removed 400+ channels

theguardian.com The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk to comply with sweeping new laws on fake news and Russian propaganda, after X – formerly known as Twitter – was found to have the…

Futures Fall Ahead Of Housing Data

investors.com Dow Jones futures dropped Tuesday morning, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, ahead of key housing data. Sports betting giant DraftKings (DKNG) rose on an…

Some teens get nearly 5,000 phone notifications in a day, study finds. What's that doing to their brains?

nbcnews.com Fourteen-year-old Armita Mojazza is a huge Harry Styles fan, and TikTok knows it. Videos of Styles are "pretty much always" showing up as Armita scrolls through the…

Meta Quest 3 Takes On Apple Vision Pro: What You Need to Know

benzinga.com Meta Platforms Inc.’s META Quest 3 is set to compete head-to-head with Apple Inc.’s AAPL Vision Pro, and in this article, we have provided a factual overview of its release…

Even OpenAI’s Sam Altman is startled by how powerful he’s become: ‘I can’t imagine that this would have happened to me’

fortune.com Sam Altman was virtually unknown to the average consumer a year ago. Then OpenAI seemingly came out of nowhere, and its CEO suddenly became a powerful figure in the public’s…

You vs. 4,000 other applicants: Inside the frenzied scramble for remote jobs

aol.com Last month, the data startup Cribl posted a job opening for a people-operations analyst. There was nothing particularly eye-popping about the role. It offered a salary of…

Meta's Threads struggles to grow amid rivalry with Elon Musk's X, ranking ahead of only Tumblr

cnbc.com Meta's Threads real-time messaging app is struggling to attract new users like it did during its blockbuster July debut. The Twitter clone now ranks near the bottom of the…

How net zero by 5 Chinese tech giants, which account for 2.5 times Hong Kong’s annual emissions, can decarbonise 25% of Hang Seng Index

scmp.com How net zero by 5 Chinese tech giants, which account for 2.5 times Hong Kong’s annual emissions, can decarbonise 25% of Hang Seng Index Five Chinese information and…

Microsoft Reportedly Planning Xbox Crypto Wallet According to Leaked Documents

beincrypto.com Global software behemoth Microsoft is reportedly planning to integrate crypto wallet functionality into its flagship gaming console. Leaked documents from an ongoing legal…

Asia markets largely fall despite Wall Street rally

cnbc.com A view of high-rise buildings is seen along the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China on July 5, 2023. Asia-Pacific markets fell across the board despite a broad rebound on Wall…

Ripple Co-Founder Hails UK as FinTech Hub

u.today The UK has emerged as one of the most crypto-friedly countries, earning praise from Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen Chris Larsen, co-founder of the major blockchain company…

Ethereum Amasses $10 Billion Revenue in 7 Years

watcher.guru The cryptocurrency sector as a whole has experienced impressive expansion over time. Ethereum [ETH], the second-largest cryptocurrency, distinguishes itself for various…

Enterprise workers gain 40 percent performance boost from GPT-4, Harvard study finds

venturebeat.com A Harvard-led study has found that using generative AI helped hundreds of consultants working for the respected Boston Consulting Group (BSG) complete a range of tasks more…

Shock Crypto Leak Reveals Microsoft Could Be About To Blow Up The Price Of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP And BNB

forbes.com Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies—including ethereum, XRP and BNB —are trading sideways as the market braces for a fast-growing $17.7 trillion Wall Street earthquake.…

Futures: Key Inflation Data Looms As Stocks Bounce

investors.com Dow Jones futures were lower ahead of Tuesday's open, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures, in overnight trade. Tesla stock snapped a losing streak Monday, as…

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’

techcrunch.com Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith Whittaker (and I did),…

Is the Canada, Meta news standoff coming to the US?

npr.org Canadians are in a bit of a pickle when it comes to getting timely news updates through Facebook. The Canadian government passed a law requiring Meta and Google pay media…

Reels' Ad Surge Positions Meta As A Top Internet Pick: Citi Analyst

benzinga.com Citi analyst Ronald Josey reiterated a buy rating on Meta Platforms Inc META with a $385 price target. With Reels ad loads reaching 19% QTD vs. 17% in 2Q per proprietary…

Alexa's future is pay-to-play, departing Amazon exec predicts

theregister.com It looks like Amazon has finally started to get serious about generative AI, and if the company's outgoing director of Alexa and Echo devices is right, that means Alexa is…

Anti-Crypto Senator Bob Menendez Loses Key Ally, Refuses to Resign Amid Scandal

beincrypto.com The scandal enveloping New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez over his acceptance of bribes for political favors escalated Monday. Senator Menendez, the Democratic chair of the…

Spotify Will Translate Podcasts Into Other Languages Using AI

forbes.com Spotify will start using artificial intelligence to translate podcasts into other languages, the company announced Monday as part of a partnership with OpenAI, as Spotify…

A handful of stocks have driven this year’s rally. That’s becoming a serious problem on the way down

marketwatch.com Stock-market strategists have been complaining about the dangers of a lopsided U.S. equity market all year. Now it looks like those concerns are finally being validated as…

Sam Altman thinks we should feel good, but not great, about him as our AI leader

marketwatch.com As the face and media-anointed conscience of generative AI, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman understands that people are terrified of artificial intelligence — and he…

What Does It Mean to Be An 'Authentic Leader,' Anyway? Here's What You Need to Know

entrepreneur.com Authenticity may be an overused term, but more than ever, people expect leaders to share something real about themselves. Here's how to make the leap. Opinions expressed by…

The Bull Case on WW International ( $WW )

optionmillionaires.com WW International's purpose is to, ‘…inspire lasting weight loss through behavior change, nutrition science, and real connections…’ while never giving up the food you love.…

The Booking.com Decision Shows the True Scope of the EU’s Big Tech Crackdown

wired.com When the European Union issued new rules for the internet earlier this year, officials in Brussels envisioned a system that would stop US Big Tech from growing out of…

How much money Instagram influencers make

aol.com None Influencers on Instagram earn money in many ways and dozens shared with us how much they make. • None From sponsored content to getting tipped on IG Live, creators…

Partisan Oversight Meets Partisan Antitrust

lawliberty.org On August 21, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) communications with its counterparts in the…

CHART OF THE DAY: The S&P 500's top 7 stocks have soared more than 50% in 2023, while everything else is 'basically flat'

aol.com None The S&P 500's top seven stocks have gained more than 50% this year, Apollo's Torsten Sløk wrote. • None But the rest of the benchmark index's stocks have collectively…

These 5 Club stocks have defied the S&P 500's recent slide

cnbc.com September has been unkind to stocks – living up to its historical reputation as the weakest month for the S & P 500 . This time around, the bond market has been a major…

META Stock Price Predictions: Next Stop $375. What Then?

investorplace.com InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips As long as Meta Platforms can continue to generate robust revenue as a social media giant, there's no reason…

These Are The 12 Stocks Driving The S&P 500 Higher In 2023

investors.com The S&P 500 is up 12.5% so far in 2023, even with the stock market in a correction. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) is up just 1%. But several megacaps are…

Can Meta woo Gen Z with AI chatbots?

theweek.com is reportedly gearing up to release a host of generative artificial intelligence chatbots, known internally as “Gen AI Personas,” aimed at capturing the attention of users,…

Futures Fall As 10-Year Treasury Jumps To New High

investors.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped Monday, as the ongoing stock market correction worsened. The 10-year Treasury yield spiked to new highs Monday. Key inflation data…

Meta Says that Threads Engagement Is Lower Than It Would Like, as It Continues to Build the App

socialmediatoday.com While the Threads team continue to refine the app, in the hopes of providing a true alternative to X, the early buzz around the platform has clearly eased, which could be…

Shopify Audiences Adds Integrations With Snap, TikTok and Criteo to Target Customers

pymnts.com Shopify Audiences added new integrations with major advertising platforms Snap, TikTok and Criteo. The partnerships expand the reach and efficiency of Shopify Plus…

X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature

techcrunch.com Last month X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that video calls would be coming to the app formerly known as Twitter as part of its transition into an “everything app.” Now, new…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Worries About AI ‘Under-Regulation’

pymnts.com Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, said government artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is nothing to fear. Speaking during a trip to Taipei Monday (Sept. 25),…

Meta Looks Set to Unveil its New AI Chatbots This Week, Available in Various Personas

socialmediatoday.com Is anybody else disappointed at the lack of interesting, innovative generative AI tools being rolled out by social apps? Generative AI is being hailed as a milestone…

Snapchat+ Adds 1 Million Paying Subscribers In Three Months

mediapost.com As other leading social platforms are struggling to build their paid subscription models, Snapchat+ has taken off in popularity over the summer. Since June 2023, Snapchat’s…

Stocks On Pace For First Consecutive Monthly Decline This Year

forbes.com Can End Of Quarter Buying Come Through And Help Markets • Personal Consumption Expenditures Data Later In The Week It’s been a rough couple months for investors. Since…

TikTok's strategy for US dominance is straight out of Amazon's playbook

businessinsider.com TikTok Shop TikTok launched its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop, on September 13, 2023. The social app's shopping business will be driven by FOMO and trends, fueled by its…

Offices remain half full after latest round of RTO mandates: Taking away hybrid could be a ‘betrayal’

cnbc.com Since the beginning of the pandemic, corporate bosses have used Labor Day as a benchmark to call workers back to offices. And in the last year, some of the companies who…

The Secret Ingredient of ChatGPT Is Human Advice

nytimes.com Nazneen Rajani, a researcher with the artificial intelligence lab Hugging Face, is among the scientists working to sharpen chatbots using hand-tailored examples from…

Elicit is building a tool to automate scientific literature review

techcrunch.com For researchers, reading scientific papers can be immensely time-consuming. According to one survey, scientists spend seven hours each week searching for information.…

The daily business briefing: September 25, 2023

theweek.com The Writers Guild of America declared victory on Sunday after reaching a tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios that would end a months-long strike. The proposed…