The homepage was the entry point, the digital equivalent of the front page, before social media and search engines became the dominant means for readers to find content. But now that X/Twitter, Facebook and Google are directing less traffic...
The presidential campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump are engaged in a very public fight over the rules of their first debate, scheduled for Sept. 10. The wrangling — including Mr. Trump’s complaints...
As Brazil grappled with a flood of online disinformation around its 2022 presidential election, the nation’s Supreme Court made an unusual and fateful decision: It gave one justice sweeping powers to order social networks to take down content he...
New research suggests Google AI Overviews are having a significant impact on the visibility of publishers within search results.Google is now delivering AI-written summaries at the top of its search results for all users in the US and UK.
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Google is gearing up for the upcoming U.S. presidential election by rolling out safeguards for more of its generative AI products. Although the company already previously announced that it would restrict Gemini queries related to the election, it’s now...
LESS THAN THREE months after Apple quietly debuted a tool for publishers to opt out of its AI training, a number of prominent news outlets and social platforms have taken the company up on it.WIRED can confirm that Facebook,...
Twitch’s mobile app is getting a major update that puts its TikTok-like feed front and center. The company started testing the update earlier this year, and over the course of this week, the new app will roll out to...
Betting isn’t just for sports anymore.RELATED ARTICLECan reporters make bets on sports they cover? We asked a dozen newsrooms.November 2, 2023Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market startup that hired Nate Silver as an advisor a couple weeks back, is beefing...
In May 2023, Esaa Ahmed-Adnan, an Iraqi social media influencer who’s amassed more than 500,000 followers on Instagram with his videos about environmental issues, received a curious message from the platform. A sponsored post for a local restaurant he’d...
Amazon.com AMZN 0.38%increase; green up pointing triangle paid nearly $1 billion to acquire the live-video startup Twitch Interactive in 2014. A decade later, the retail giant has received little financial return from one of its bigger acquisitions.Known for hourslong...
