Barespace nets €2.9M to expand its data-driven beauty OS worldwide
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Barespace, a software company focused on the beautyindustry, has raised €2.9 million in seed funding, bringing its total externalinvestment to €4.68 million. The round was led by Elkstone Ventures, wi...
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Hollow Knight: Silksong's launch crashed Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo stores
techspot - Customers looking to purchase Hollow Knight: Silksong, which launched on Thursday, encountered clogged servers on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo digital storefronts. The long-awaited side-scrolling action game quickly topped sales charts and garne…
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Hollow Knight: Silksong launch crashes video game storefronts
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - It turns out that people are really excited for Hollow Knight: Silksong. The Team Cherry-developed Metroidvania game officially launched at 10 a.m. ET across consoles and PCs worldwide, but people quickly turned to social media to report that Steam, the X…
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Former Meta employee claims ad metrics were manipulated
A former Meta insider has accused the company of artfully inflating its ecommerce ad metrics, leaving advertisers questioning the integrity of performance data. These allegations suggest that internal practices may have misled marketing partners—a claim that adds an extra twist to the ongoing narrative around tech transparency.
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Pinterest earnings reflect ad revenue boost despite EPS miss
Pinterest’s quarterly report revealed a 17% surge in ad revenue even as earnings per share fell short, prompting a 10% drop in stock value. Investors are left balancing upbeat revenue performance with lingering concerns over profitability.
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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
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Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations
Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Amazon is spending a fortune on AI infrastructure and CEO Andy Jassy sees a new way to pay for it with Alexa+.
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YouTube stops limiting ads on videos that use profanity early
Vincent Lin / mobilesyrup - YouTube has changed its ad guidelines policy to be more lenient with using profanity in videos. In a video announcement, Conor Kavanagh, head of monetization policy experience at YouTube, stated that with these updated guidelines, videos that used strong …
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YouTube reports strong earnings and ad revenue rise
YouTube reported a robust start to its social media earnings with ad revenue climbing to nearly $10 billion, highlighting the platform’s successful monetization strategy at a time when digital ad competition is fierce. The financial performance underscores YouTube’s market dominance and strong operational momentum.
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New Pew Study Confirms Google AI Overviews Decimate Publisher Traffic
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - A new Pew Research study confirms Google's AI Overviews devastate publisher traffic, with data showing only 1% of users click source links, fueling a global fight.The post New Pew Study Confirms Google AI Overviews Decimate Publisher Traffic appeared firs…
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Steam's Wildly Unclear New Rules On 'Adult Content' Have Already Seen Hundreds Of Games Delisted
John Walker / kotaku - If you’re a regular user of Steam, you’ll know that Valve’s industry-dominating PC games store is absolutely buried in adult-themed games. Sex stuff. Porn. So much of it. Scrolling the new release lists reveals the astonishing number of both crap and qual…
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YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform…
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Canada drops Big Tech tax to appease Trump
Emma Roth / theverge - Canada has scrapped its tax targeting Big Tech companies in the US after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade talks in response to the fee. On Sunday, the Canadian government announced that it will no longer implement the Digital Services Ta…
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President Trump Cuts Off Canada Over Digital Tax, Threatens Tariffs
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is ending all trade discussions with Canada, following the country’s decision to implement a new tax on American tech companies. In a statement posted to his social network Truth Social, Trump called Ca…
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The Steam Summer Sale is live with a fresh batch of big discounts
Anna Washenko / engadget - Get ready for your game library to grow, because the Steam Summer Sale is open and ready for business. The promotion runs through July 11, so you've got plenty of time to peruse all of the available deals, but there are a couple fun highlights in this sea…
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Intel: Accenture and AI Take Over Marketing in Sweeping Job Cuts
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Intel is outsourcing its marketing division to Accenture and replacing jobs with AI, a radical move by CEO Lip-Bu Tan to slash costs and reverse years of significant financial losses amid intense industry competition.The post Intel: Accenture and AI Take …
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Apple Shares PowerPoint Presentation That Can Help Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Mac
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Are you a student who is struggling to convince your parents to buy you a Mac for college? Apple has come up with a humorous solution for you.Apple today shared The Parent Presentation, which explains why a Mac is a useful tool in college. The customizabl…
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Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp
cnbc - Meta's plans to make WhatsApp a big business involve online ads, marking a major change for the communications app whose previous owners shunned advertising.
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Google’s AI Overviews are killing traffic for publishers
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Google’s AI Overviews and other AI-powered tools, including chatbots, are devastating traffic for news publishers, per a Wall Street Journal report.
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Meta Advances Toward Full AI-Driven Automated Ad Creation
Meta Platforms is setting its sights on revolutionizing digital advertising through an ambitious plan to fully automate ad creation and targeting using AI by 2026. This strategic push aims to streamline ad production and management, signaling a major shift in the way digital campaigns are conceived and deployed.
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