Spotify’s new features let listeners explore the people and stories behind their favorite music
Spotify new features will showcase who’s behind your favorite songs, how music is connected, and what inspired the tunes.
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Adobe to acquire digital marketing platform Semrush for $1.9 billion
Adobe is acquiring the digital marketing platform Semrush for around $1.9 billion. In a press release on Wednesday, Adobe says the deal will allow it and Semrush to give marketers insight into how their brands appear across the web. The acquisition builds on Adobe’s existing suite of marketing tools that help businesses manage digital campaigns […]
TikTok is letting users control how much AI content they see
TikTok is testing a new control that will let users manage how much AI-generated content appears in their video feed on the app. To help make the filter more effective, the app will also soon start adding invisible watermarks to AI content. The new AI slider will appear along with TikTok’s other content controls under […]
Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on
Less than two years ago, TikTok was a crisis situation on Capitol Hill. The chair of the House Select Committee on China called it “digital fentanyl” that brainwashes young Americans into supporting Hamas. A former national security adviser said letting TikTok remain in the US under its Chinese owner “would be akin to allowing Soviet […]
Newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion
Newsletter platform beehiiv announced a massive expansion to its platform on Thursday, including offering real-time analytics and AI website creation.
TikTok launches its own version of Instagram’s broadcast channels
TikTok is rolling out “bulletin board,” a new one-to-many messaging feature that mirrors Instagram’s broadcast channels. The tool lets creators and brands share text, images, and videos directly with followers.
Threads targets podcasters with new features, aiming to become the home for show discussions
Threads is targeting podcasters with new features, including dedicated links in the bio and more visible links in the feed.
Patreon is adding tweet-like features and more recommended content
Patreon is introducing a suite of new features, and some of them are reminiscent of traditional social media platforms. The most obvious callback is something Patreon is calling Quips, which — you guessed it — are essentially tweets. Quips are smaller text, photo, or video posts that are public by default and open for anyone […]
Baseball broke containment during the World Series
With the swing of a bat, another October came and went for those of us who love baseball. As languid and habitual as the rest of the season can feel, October baseball at its best is pure chaos: Night after night, there’s a promise of something new, that you might see something that’s never happened […]
Hot subpoena summer
On July 1st, Perez Hilton uploaded a YouTube video with breaking news. “Hello everybody, it is Perez, the queen of all media, the original influencer, and allegedly, I have been subpoenaed by Blake Lively,” Hilton said, stretching out the four syllables in the word “allegedly” as far as they could go. Since the actress sued […]