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FTC Says Meta is a Monopoly. But in Which Markets, Exactly?

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Central to the trial is one question: Just who, exactly, are Meta’s competitors? The FTC’s answer may be narrower than you’d expect.

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Social Media

TikTok Still Doesn’t Have a Buyer

We’re now less than one month away from the April 5 sale-or-ban deadline the Trump administration gave TikTok.

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Banks Ready to Offload $3 Billion in Previously Unmoveable X Debt

Banks expect to get 90 to 95 cents on the dollar. It’s actually not a bad deal, considering where things were just months ago.

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Social Media

TikTok Restored Services in the US. Now What?

After a brief blackout period from late Saturday, TikTok began restoring services to US users on Sunday morning.

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Social Media

The TikTok Ban Looms But Nobody Can Agree On What That Means

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The clock is ticking on TikTok. Or is it? And if it is, whose hand is on the alarm setting as of this morning?

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Reddit’s Expansion Hinges on AI Translation and Sprinkling in some Google Magic

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Reddit, the world’s newest publicly-traded social media company, intends to chase growth by breaking into new markets.

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Patent Drop

Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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Patent Drop

Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

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

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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

Meta’s Costly Reality Labs Bet May be a ‘Test Bed’ for AR Glasses

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Peripheral devices add another layer of friction onto the experience that stands to turn off users.

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Patent Drop

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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Patent Drop

Meta Patent Could Make AI Both Personalized and Private

Tech like this could keep Meta’s models from prompt attack data slips — or at least give it some “thought leadership brownie points.”

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Patent Drop

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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