Why Gen Z is Ditching Old Online Platforms for More Control
Emerging social media platforms need to keep agency and discoverability top of mind if they are looking to engage and retain Gen Z creators.
Own, a new social media app, aims to tokenize the creator economy
Own is the latest alternative to TikTok to emerge in the market, featuring blockchain technology and a token economy.
This Is the Perfect Number of In-Office Days Needed to Keep Employees Engaged and Productive, According to a New Study
PwC’s three-month study of its employees revealed how many days of in-office work it takes for a company to run smoothly.
UPS Is Laying Off 20,000 Employees and Closing Over 70 Locations: ‘Reduce Cost’
UPS announced the move as part of its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday.
AI Just Took Over the Hottest Job…in AI
Prompt engineering was one of the best jobs in tech just two years ago, but not anymore.
Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons
Google on Tuesday is releasing three new AI experiments aimed at helping people learn to speak a new language in a more personalized way. While the experiments are still in the early stages, it’s possible that the company is looking to take on Duolingo with the help of Gemini, Google’s multimodal large language model. The […]
Google Wallet to add support for digital IDs in more states
Google announced on Tuesday that digital IDs are coming to more states and services in Google Wallet. The company also shared that Wallet is getting a way to privately verify age, and that the app is expanding to 50 more countries. Residents in Arkansas, Montana, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia will soon be able to […]
Google’s NotebookLM expands its AI podcast feature to more languages
Google’s AI-based note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM is making its Audio Overviews feature available in 76 new languages, the company announced on Tuesday. Audio Overviews launched last year to give users the ability to generate a podcast with AI virtual hosts based on documents they have shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal […]
Meta launches a standalone AI app to compete with ChatGPT
After integrating Meta AI into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, Meta is rolling out a standalone AI app. Unveiled at Meta’s LlamaCon event on Tuesday, this app allows users to access Meta AI in a standalone app, similar to the ChatGPT app and other AI assistant apps. To win over users, Meta is trying to […]
Meta needs to win over AI developers at its first LlamaCon
On Tuesday, Meta is hosting its first-ever LlamaCon AI developer conference at its Menlo Park headquarters, where the company will try to pitch developers on building applications with its open Llama AI models. Just a year ago, that wasn’t a hard sell. However, in recent months, Meta has struggled to keep up with both “open” […]
DHL Is Resuming Service to U.S. Consumers After ‘Panic and Confusion’ Over Stoppage
DHL initially stopped delivering packages over $800 to U.S. consumers on April 21.