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Aussie Ban on Teen Social Media Use Is Trending. Will It Go Viral?

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Social media companies stand to lose billions in ad revenue if teens around the world are kicked off the platforms.

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Advisor Upside

Nearly Two-Thirds of Young Investors Take Advice From Finfluencers

Many of those same investors are also overly confident in their financial knowledge, according to FINRA.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Refuses to Take ‘No’ for an Answer on Warner Bros. Takeover Bid

The straight-to-shareholders pitch rests in part on the argument that a Paramount takeover is more appealing to regulators.

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Artificial Intelligence

When AI Hallucinations Amount to Defamation, Who’s Liable?

A handful of high-profile defamation-by-AI-chatbot allegations against big tech firms are already stacking up.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix Keeps Finding Ways to Steal Hollywood’s Spotlight

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Netflix shareholders have raised concerns that the platform is failing to juice its user-engagement metrics.

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Media & Entertainment

YouTube Is Beating Spotify in the Podcast Wars

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On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that one billion people are watching podcasts on the Google-owned YouTube every month.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year YouTube Became TV

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YouTube may have started off as a platform for small screens, but now it’s increasingly dominating the living room TV.

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Social Media

Australia Wants to Boot Kids off Social Media. Meta Says: Make Apple and Google Do It.

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government plans to introduce a law banning children from social media.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Highlights Costs and Benefits of Generative AI Video

Tons of companies are racing to build an AI video generation engine that actually works.

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Patent Drop

Google Social Media Patents Add to YouTube’s AI Upgrade

The filings add to Google’s larger bid to build AI into YouTube’s offerings, though AI could present risks in this context.

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