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Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

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The company’s ad overhaul has largely worked in its favor based on its recent earnings report

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Snap’s Generative AR Patent May Target Developers, Brands

But Meta’s AI may have Snap’s beat “just in sheer volume” of data, one expert said.

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Big Tech

Meta’s Losing AR Developers to Snap

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Meta is bleeding third-party augmented reality developers to its rival, Snap.

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Snap Patent Could Use Your Phone to Make AR Glasses Lighter

For any company developing AR, a sleeker, longer-last form factor is the “end goal,” one expert said.

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Snap Continues Smart Glasses Push with Energy-Efficient Processing Patent

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The company unveiled a set of specs, as well as a new operating system for them, at its annual Partner Summit last week.

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Snap Patent Adds to AR Ad Bet as Meta Shuts Down Spark AR Studio

Snap may want to use AR to help you redeem your next free coffee.

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Snap Voice-Control AR Patent Highlights Roadblocks to Adoption

The company has struggled to get its smart glasses off the ground, and faces roadblocks in cost and form factor, experts said.

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Snap May Be Eyeing an AI Comeback

Snap could use AI to create more engaging experiences and “significantly strengthen Snap’s standing as a legitimate content platform.”

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Markets

General Catalyst Closes $6 Billion Fund

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It’s a possible sign that the VC industry’s newest chapter is a story of the haves and have-nots.

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Snap Patent Brings Emotion Detection to Workplace Surveillance

AI that’s meant to detect emotion is highly controversial.

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Snap Plays Catch Up to Apple, Meta with Spatial Audio AR Filing

The filing highlights that sound is a major part of the extended reality experience.

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Regulation

EU Plans Crackdown on Social-Media Misinformation as June Elections Loom

Ahead of the EU Parliament elections, the bloc is looking to hold Big Tech accountable for the spread of fake news.

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Snap’s Latest Patent Focuses on Hands to Control AR

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The company has struggled to get its AR glasses on people’s faces as the industry faces engineering and adoption issues.

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Snap Might Use AR to Make Reading Fun

The company’s patent for “enhanced reading” using AR glasses could create visualizations of what you’re reading.

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Snap’s Patent Could Help Advertisers Know What Makes Users Swipe

Snap wants to know what makes you click. But sarcastic teens could thwart the tech in its latest patent.

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Media & Entertainment

WPP Slashes Profit Outlook After Sluggish Quarter

WPP issued a reduction of its profit outlook for the second time in consecutive quarters on Thursday, citing major headwinds.

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