Month: August 2024
Ad group sued by Elon Musk reportedly disbands
GARM was an initiative formed in 2019 by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA); the idea was to stop advertising on social media platforms that don’t meet certain safety standards. In its lawsuit, X said that GARM “organized an advertiser boycott of Twitter.” The lawsuit from the platform formerly known…
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Google and Meta reportedly skirting their own rules to ad target young teens, shows why tech giants cannot regulate themselves
Google and Meta have reportedly been rolling out ads targeting young teens, which skirt the former’s policies prohibiting such actions. According to a report from the Financial Times (via Engadget), Google created a marketing campaign targeting the 13-17-year-old demographic, advertising Instagram to YouTube users in that age range. To circumvent its…
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There’s a cheap LED camera light hidden inside this fake film roll
Even if you switched to a digital camera decades ago, TTArtisan’s Mini LED Light is a fun reason to carry around a film cartridge. Instead of a roll of 35-millimeter film inside, there’s a rechargeable battery and an array of 15 LEDs. It’s not the brightest camera light you can…
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ADT admits security breach after hackers advertise stolen data on the dark web
Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained “some limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.” TechCrunch reports that ADT’s disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT customer records. The…
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10 Best Smart Speakers (2024): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri
Chatty assistants from Amazon, Google, and Apple are popular. But which one is right for you? Source
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You can start asking AI for your next YouTube video idea
Coming up with great ideas for YouTube videos can be hard, so YouTube is testing Brainstorm with Gemini, a new way for AI to be your inspiration. As explained originally in a YouTube Creator Insider video and spotted by TechCrunch, Brainstorm with Gemini employs the Google Gemini family of AI…
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