‘Love Island USA’ Brings Streaming Audiences Back To Theaters In A Franchise-First Event

In the streaming era, theatrical screenings offer franchises, theaters and platforms new ways to meet demand for shared viewing, expand partnerships and drive revenue.

How This World Cup Goalkeeper Built A 15 Million Follower Personal Brand Overnight

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha went from 50,000 to 15 million Instagram followers in a week. The personal brand lesson behind it works for any founder.

Instagram is coming for your living room with episodic series and live TV on Samsung
Instagram is coming for your living room with episodic series and live TV on Samsung

Instagram for TV is expanding to Samsung smart TVs across the United States, making the app available on the majority of connected TV devices in the country. Meta announced Monday that the expansion comes alongside several new features, including inter…

Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era
Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era

Today, I’m talking with Jack Conte, the CEO of Patreon. Jack last joined me on the show almost exactly five years ago, in the summer of 2021, and a lot has changed on the internet and in the creator landscape since then, so I was very excited to talk to him again, especially since his […]

TikTok’s AI slop problem is worse than you think — and kids are seeing the most of it

A new study suggests AI-generated junk content has become one of TikTok’s defining features. Worse still, children and educational content appear to be among the platform’s hardest-hit corners.

AI cheating tools are winning. Detection was never the point.
AI cheating tools are winning. Detection was never the point.

The videos are everywhere, and the offer is always the same. Let AI do your homework, and you will not get caught. According to a New York Times investigation, TikTok and YouTube are now full of tutorials selling students two kinds of tool. Humanisers …

Instagram’s Icon, Reimagined By Artists

Instagram invited six artists to rethink the icon users see day after day, resulting in flowers, whimsical cartoon bunnies and all-around razzle-dazzle.

Your Instagram photo dumps just got a caption for every single slide

No more forcing one caption to explain your entire carousel. Instagram’s per-slide caption feature is rolling out to everyone today.

LinkedIn will now show recruiters which apps you actually use, not just which skills you claim
LinkedIn will now show recruiters which apps you actually use, not just which skills you claim

LinkedIn launched Connected Apps, a feature that links the software you use to your profile and auto-generates descriptions of how you use it. The descriptions are based on real activity data from the connected app. Users cannot manually edit them. “On…

Teen Social Media Ban: Why Snapchat Is Frantically Locking Down

Amid international bans, Snapchat restricts teen accounts to ‘friends-only’ in a major update.