π Meta, Threads & Google: A Shifting Digital Landscape
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In Threads' dwindling engagement, social media's flawed hypothesis is laid bare. Merely weeks after emerging as the apparent heir to address social media's woes and generating over 100 million users in less than five days, Threads appears to be, well, fraying at the edges already with a recently reported 80% drop in daily active users since launch. By Rimma Boshernitsan via TechCrunch
take that! - GraemeThickins (@graemethickins)
Β Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage. Meta's (META.O) decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook, data from independent tracking firms indicated on Tuesday, as the company faces scorching criticism from the Canadian government over the move. By Katie Paul via Reuters
Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage - Mathew Ingram (@mathewi)
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Google tests watermark to identify AI images. Google is trialling a digital watermark to spot images made by artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to fight disinformation. Developed by Deepmind, Google's AI arm, SynthID will identify images generated by machines. By Tom Gerken via BBC
Google is trialling a digital watermark to spot images made by #AI in a bid to fight #disinformation. Will it work? - Theodora (Theo) Lau - εδζΌ (@psb_dc)
How Yahoo sparked a renaissance under new owners. Yahoo is on a buying spree to bolster its core products, most of which have miraculously survived nearly three decades of internet tumult. The tech giant on Tuesday said it had acquired StrictlyVC for its news site TechCrunch, marking Yahoo's fourth acquisition in the past year. By Sara Fischer via Axios
NEW: @Yahoo is on a buying spree, Itβs getting a rare chance to reinvent itself under new ownership, Its biz is very resilient, especially assets long forgotten by tech elite - Sara Fischer (@sarafischer)
Snapchat is jumping on the AI selfie train with 'Dreams'. After releasing its My AI chatbot earlier this year, Snapchat is now jumping on the AI selfie bandwagon with a new feature called Dreams. Located in the camera roll section of Snapchat called Memories, Dreams are the company's own take on the generative AI selfies that one-off apps like Lensa have already popularized. By Alex Heath via The Verge
Snapchat releases generative AI selfie feature called Dreams. The first pack of Dreams is free to make and each additional one costs $1 as an in-app purchase - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
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