Apple and Sydney Opera House Announce Yearlong Creativity Collaboration

iclarified - Apple and the Sydney Opera House are teaming up on a yearlong collaboration designed to support Australian creativity through new art, design, and culture initiatives, with a particular focus on young people and hands-on participation.Continue ReadingShar…

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Apple to Showcase Art Projects Made in Procreate on th Sydney Opera House

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Apple will project iPad art onto Sydney Opera House

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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.

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X launches Exclusive Threads to paywall content for subscribers

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X's Exclusive Threads feature lets creators paywall the end of tweet threads

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X is reinventing its Creator Subscriptions. Heres what to know.

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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

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Google Loses Key Legal Battle in Massive Canadian Advertising Antitrust Case

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - The Competition Tribunal just shut down Google’s attempt to use a constitutional challenge to block a major antitrust case here in Canada. The ruling, handed down on March 4, 2026, basically says Google’s claim that its rights were violated doesn’t hold w…

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Google (GOOG) Stock: Faces $91B Fine as Canadian Tribunal Dismisses Constitutional Challenge

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Google Loses Key Legal Battle in Massive Canadian Advertising Antitrust Case

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Google loses landmark constitutional challenge in Canadian adtech probe

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iPhone 17e vs iPhone 16e: What's the Difference and Should You Upgrade?

iclarified - iPhone 17e vs iPhone 16e is less about design changes and more about practical upgrades. Apple's new iPhone 17e introduces the A19 chip, a faster C1X modem, and support for MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging. Meanwhile, the iPhone 16e remains a strong valu…

#apple #chips #iphone #cpus #technology #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone #arm #advertising

Missing From Apple's Announcements: iPad 12 With Apple Intelligence

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iPhone 17e vs iPhone 16e: What's the Difference and Should You Upgrade?

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15 things you get for $200 more on iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 17e

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Snag a ‘Free’ iPhone 17e With These Carrier Pre-Orders

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iPhone 17e Has 8GB of RAM as Expected

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Apple Explains 'MacBook Neo' Name

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Until a last-minute leak revealed the MacBook Neo name, it was widely assumed that Apple's lower-cost MacBook would simply be named "MacBook." After all, Apple offered a plain "MacBook" from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2019. In the end, Apple did…

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A18 Pro inside: performance trade-offs and rival comparisons (5)
Preorders, availability, and the odd missing iPad (3)
Tim Cook stays quiet as execs front the MacBook Neo (2)
Why Apple named it 'MacBook Neo' — branding explained (3)
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A18 Pro inside: performance trade-offs and rival comparisons

Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo Threatens Windows OEMs and Chromebooks

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MacBook Neo vs. M5 MacBook Air: what's better for you?

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By any other name: A18 Pro is just as good a Mac chip as M4 for most

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You Can Pair Your MacBook Neo With an Apple Studio Display

32 hrs / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

The Bargain-Basement MacBook Neo Exposes the Insane Price of Another Key Apple Product

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Preorders, availability, and the odd missing iPad

The Case of the Missing iPad

29 hrs / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Everything Apple Announced This Week, From iPhone 17E to MacBook Neo

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The new Apple products are finally live at Amazon: Shop the new MacBooks, iPads, and more right now

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Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Go outside and smell some flowers Meta’s flagship service, Facebook, is experiencing an outage.…

#digitalmarketing #business #internet #facebook #bugs #ads #advertising

Facebook accounts unavailable in worldwide outage

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Facebook down LIVE as worldwide outage impacts UK and US. Facebook is down for users across the world, with reports of an outage flooding in from the UK, US, Indonesia, Ireland, Canada, the Philippines, Greece and Australia

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Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business

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Facebook accounts unavailable in worldwide outage

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X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of ‘armed conflict’

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Creators who break the rules will get a three-month suspension, and if they continue to violate the policy, they'll be permanently banned.

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X creators face 90-day pay suspension for unlabeled AI war clips

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X Warns Against Creator Payouts Over Undisclosed AI War Videos

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Elon Musk’s X Finally Tries to Stop the Epidemic of AI-Generated War Footage

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AI-generated war footage is becoming a problem, X is taking a stand against it by *checks notes* demonetizing bluechecks for 90 days when they share it without a label?

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Fake war footage is a problem as old as social media. AI has just supercharged it.

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X Will Stop Paying People for Sharing Unlabeled AI-Generated War Footage

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New Podcast Alert: The Globe-Spanning, Multi-Newsroom Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes

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X to require AI labels on armed conflict videos from paid creators, citing ‘times of war’

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X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of ‘armed conflict’

3 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

How the experts figure out what’s real in the age of deepfakes

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Pinterest lands $1B Elliott Notes, launches $3.5B buyback as shares pop 10%

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Pinterest has announced a $1 billion strategic investment from affiliates of Elliott Investment Management. Additionally, the company unveiled…

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Activist investor Elliot takes a $1B stake in Pinterest, betting on AI-driven growth

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Pinterest Secures $1 Billion To Boost Share Repurchases And Growth

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Pinterest Lands $1 Billion Investment Amid AI Push

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Pinterest shares pop 8% as activist Elliott Management takes $1 billion stake

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Pinterest (PINS) Stock Soars on Elliott’s $1 Billion Capital Injection

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Pinterest lands $1B Elliott Notes, launches $3.5B buyback as shares pop 10%

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Meta starts testing its AI shopping assistant

Mariella Moon / engadget - Meta has started rolling out an experimental AI shopping tool to some users in the US, according to Bloomberg. At the moment, it’s reportedly only showing up on desktop browsers when select users visit Meta AI on the web. They’ll know if they have access …

#ai #ecommerce #meta #genai #business #technology #assistant #advertising

Meta Tests AI Shopping Tool That Uses Location and Gender to Recommend Products

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Meta begins testing experimental AI shopping assistant in the US

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Meta tests AI-powered shopping search to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini

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Meta Tests AI Shopping Tool to Challenge ChatGPT and Gemini

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Meta starts testing its AI shopping assistant

3 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Meta Explores AI-Powered Shopping Research Tool

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After ChatGPT and Gemini, Meta AI wants to go shopping for you

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London-Based Onetag Onetag Acquires Italian AdTech Firm Aryel

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Onetag, a provider of global programmatic advertising and smart curation solutions, has acquired Milan-based Aryel, a specialist in immersive and interactive advertising technology. The acquisition positions Onetag to further its growth as a …

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London-Based Onetag Onetag Acquires Italian AdTech Firm Aryel

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Onetag acquires Aryel to build a new programmatic ad exchange

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Onetag Acquires Aryel

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X lifts cryptocurrency and gambling bans for paid promotions

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - X removed cryptocurrency from its list of prohibited industries for paid promotions, reversing a ban in place since June 2024. The policy shift also lifted restrictions on gambling promotions while adding pharmaceuticals, tobacco, weapons, and weight loss…

#crypto #techpolicy #digitalmarketing #law #media #contentmoderation #ads #advertising #regulation

The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.

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X ads ‘Paid Partnership’ labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags

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X lifts cryptocurrency and gambling bans for paid promotions

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X Reverses Crypto Advertising Policy: New Paid Partnership Guidelines for Content Creators

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Apple says it has "a big week ahead." Here's what we expect to see.

Andrew Cunningham / arstechnica - Apple is taking an "ain't broke/don't fix" approach to most of its gadgets.

#hardware #apple #business #supplychain #pricing #manufacturing #macbook #technology #gadgets #advertising

Apple teases 'big week'; low-cost MacBook and launches incoming. (5)
Other: Mac mini AI use and macOS downgrade guidance. (2)
Studio Display refresh rumors hint at Pro model, higher specs. (3)
Touchscreen MacBook debate revives Jobs' objections amid design fixes. (2)
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Apple teases 'big week'; low-cost MacBook and launches incoming.

Get Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air M4 for $1,049 with this weekend deal

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Apple says it has "a big week ahead." Here's what we expect to see.

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What Apple's launching in March, and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

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A cheap MacBook is the perfect way for Apple to win over Windows users

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Apple’s hotly-awaited low-cost MacBook might not be so low-cost, after all

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Other: Mac mini AI use and macOS downgrade guidance.

How to downgrade from macOS 26 Tahoe on a new Mac

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Why is everyone obsessed with the M4 Mac Mini? Turns out, Clawdbot makes it your 24/7 AI agent

7 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Studio Display refresh rumors hint at Pro model, higher specs.

Apple Testing Two Studio Display Models With Upgraded Audio and Ports [Leak]

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Studio Display Pro rumors resurface after code references suggest a premium model

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Two More Studio Display 2 Upgrades Leaked in New Report

7 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Touchscreen MacBook debate revives Jobs' objections amid design fixes.

New Touchscreen MacBook Details Emerge, Plus What to Expect at Apple's Big Event video

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Steve Jobs Said a Touchscreen MacBook Wouldn't Work. But Times Have Changed

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Two More Studio Display 2 Upgrades Leaked in New Report

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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …

#startups #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #business #privacy #altman #digitalid #digitalprivacy #advertising

The global infrastructure of digital ID is being built right now — and nobody voted for it

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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

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Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Verification Service Is Coming to a Gap Store Near You

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Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands

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Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams

PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is suing advertisers who have allegedly impersonated celebrities to defraud consumers. The tech giant announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it had taken “technical enforcement actions” against the accused scammers, such as suspending their payment method…

#meta #social #aiethics #genai #cybercrime #scam #contentmoderation #litigation #ads #advertising

Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams

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Meta sues advertisers in Brazil and China over 'celeb bait' scams

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Meta reveals huge scammer crackdown

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Anthropic can't stop humanizing its AI models, now Claude Opus 3 gets a retirement blog

Jonathan Kemper / the-decoder - Anthropic is retiring its Claude Opus 3 AI model and letting it publish weekly essays on Substack. The company says it conducted "retirement interviews" to ask the model about its wishes, and it "enthusiastically" agreed. The move is a prime example of ho…

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Anthropic upgrades Claude: better vision, scheduled tasks, education research (3)
CEO resists Pentagon demands; contract fight over safeguards (5)
Retired Claude writes Substack essays, blurring PR and personhood (3)
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Anthropic upgrades Claude: better vision, scheduled tasks, education research

Claude's Cowork desktop app now runs scheduled tasks so your AI assistant works while you sleep

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AI Is Emerging as a Thinking Partner in Education

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Anthropic acquires Vercept to give Claude sharper eyes for reading and controlling computer screens

8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

CEO resists Pentagon demands; contract fight over safeguards

Anthropic says Pentagon's "final offer" is unacceptable

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Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats 'do not change our position' on AI

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Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the Department of War

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Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s ‘best and final offer’

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Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I.

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Retired Claude writes Substack essays, blurring PR and personhood

Anthropic can't stop humanizing its AI models, now Claude Opus 3 gets a retirement blog

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Anthropic launches new marketing blog, pretends it's being 'written' by 'retired' LLM

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Anthropic gives its retired Claude AI a Substack

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"“These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” Amodei wrote in a blog on Thursday." www.ft.com/content/11d2...

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Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was charged with violating antitrust rules in the European Union, Reuters reports. The shift will show top-ranked rival services for hotels, fl…

#techpolicy #google #antitrust #business #europe #law #digitalmarketsact #eu #algorithm #advertising

Google prepares search overhaul in Europe, will boost rival services to satisfy EU rules

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Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 26, 2026

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When Google Is No Longer A Verb: Search Becoming Infrastructure via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

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Google To Test Showing Vertical Search Services In EU

8 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google To Test Search Changes In EU After DMA Charges, Per Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Apple Teases 'A Big Week Ahead' With Announcements Starting Monday

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple CEO Tim Cook today teased "a big week ahead," with announcements starting Monday. His post included an #AppleLaunch hashtag with a colorful Apple logo, along with a short video that ultimately shows an Apple logo on the lid of a Mac.Apple is reporte…

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Exclusive: Low-cost colorful MacBook expected in March (2)
On-site: Cook teases three-day launch schedule (7)
Report: Next announcements likely chip refreshes, not redesigns (1)
Reporter: Teaser video fuels touchscreen MacBook rumors (1)
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Exclusive: Low-cost colorful MacBook expected in March

Tim Cook Confirms Next Week Is Apple’s “Big Week”

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Apple low-cost MacBook launch set for March with new colors

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On-site: Cook teases three-day launch schedule

Apple confirms product launch flurry starting next week

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Tim Cook Teases 'Big Week Ahead' as Apple Prepares 3-Day Hardware Launch Starting Monday

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Tim Cook Teases ‘Big Week’ of Announcements Starting Next Monday

8 days / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

Tim Cook confirms a week of Apple product reveals

8 days / engadget / Kris Holt

Apple confirms new products arriving on Monday – MacBook and iPhone 17e incoming?

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Tim Cook takes to X to tease a big week of launches

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Apple Teases 'A Big Week Ahead' With Announcements Starting Monday

8 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Report: Next announcements likely chip refreshes, not redesigns

Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes

8 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Reporter: Teaser video fuels touchscreen MacBook rumors

Did Tim Cook just tease a touchscreen MacBook? Sure looks like it.

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Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes

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Tim Cook has posted to X a tantalizingly brief message about the start of March, saying that at long last, there will be multiple products debuting.

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Canva acquires Cavalry and Mango AI to dominate motion design

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Canva announced the acquisition of Cavalry and Mango AI on Monday to strengthen its animation and marketing capabilities. UK-based Cavalry develops 2D motion animation tools for advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Mango AI was building rei…

#ai #digitalmarketing #genai #business #apps #creativity #acquisitions #media #animation #advertising

Canva just bought Cavalry and MangoAI: Here’s what’s really happening!

10 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Canva acquires Cavalry and Mango AI to dominate motion design

10 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Canva acquires Manchester animation software group Cavalry

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Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing

10 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Why Tesla is fighting the DMV after already changing its product names

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Tesla has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against the California Department of Motor Vehicles, according to CNBC. The automaker seeks to overturn a DMV ruling which determined its marketing practices were deceptive regarding vehicle automatio…

#techpolicy #selfdriving #cars #government #tesla #law #automotive #litigation #advertising #california

Why Tesla is fighting the DMV after already changing its product names

10 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Tesla Goes After California DMV, Suing Over False Advertising Decision

10 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Tesla sues California DMV after it banned the term 'Autopilot'

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Ring’s Super Bowl Ad Generates So Much Backlash It Has Ended Its Partnership With Flock Safety

Tim Cushing / techdirt - Eight million ways to die. According to AdWeek, the price for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LX has soared to $8 million, after NBC opened in the summer by offering spots for $7 million. As AdWeek notes, “due to demand, the company has already r…