Meta and Snapchat want to ride the success of the technology behind ChatGPT
Mark Zuckerberg’s group is not behind in generative AI research. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg ANALYSIS – Scrutinized by the markets, the two groups announce that they want to release concrete functionalities as quickly as possible. Will artificial intelligence become a friend like any other? In the coming days, Snapchat will offer subscribers of its premium Snap+ service […]
The ValueAct activist invites himself to the capital of the New York Times
By getting its hands on 6.7% of the capital of the American media, the investment company wants the New York Times to deploy a more aggressive policy around its bundled offers. Trouble begins for the New York Times Company? The activist ValueAct Capital Management has just acquired 6.7% of the capital of the group which […]
New York times campaign accused of promoting ‘intellectual dispossession’
Par Le Figaro Published on 02/22/2022 at 4:41 p.m. – At the end of 2021, the American daily had more than 8 million subscribers. SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS – By suggesting that the saga Harry Potter could be “imagined without its author”, the American daily aroused strong reactions, in particular from opponents of the “cancel […]
On Instagram, the new reign of video upsets creators and advertisers
SURVEY – To compete with TikTok, Meta’s app is sharply increasing the visibility of its Reels video format. Creators of photo content are penalized. Instagram is changing its face. For several weeks now, the main thread of the photo application has given pride of place to short and vertical videos from accounts to which the […]
Elon Musk will meet with Twitter employees on Thursday
They will have the opportunity to submit questions to the boss of Tesla, who is threatening to withdraw his takeover proposal from the platform, complaining that he does not have enough information on the proportion of fake accounts. Elon Musk, who has made a takeover bid for Twitter, will meet with employees of the social […]
In the United States, the tech giants are up against a bill aimed at regulating their practices
In one month, tech lobbies spent nearly $15 million on ads against this text. If an industry’s concern is measured by its lobbying campaigns, then the US tech sector is deeply concerned about a bipartisan bill about to be considered by the Senate. According to the Wall Street Journalthe representative organizations of Silicon Valley, protesting […]
China still leads the United States at the global box office in 2021
In 2022, Hollywood intends to regain its crown against its Chinese rival. Thanks to Spider-Man, Hollywood hasn’t totally lost face. In the home stretch of 2021, Spider-Man managed to climb at full speed to the top of the global box office. In just a few days, the Sony studio blockbuster raised nearly $ 1.4 billion […]
a study highlights the failures of the political advertising detection system
Approximately 189,000 advertisements that were not declared as policies were not detected by the software. Facebook’s tools for detecting political ads around the world are most often failing, according to a report by researchers at KU Leuven and New York University, released Thursday. The study is based on nearly 34 million advertisements broadcast in around […]
Le 1 and America magazines confirm their success
Profitable, the two magazines are celebrating their anniversary and seeing their readership grow. On the one hand, a weekly magazine to unfold like an origami, centered on a single theme. On the other, an elegant quarterly on the United States. The first, 1, is about to blow out its fourth candle; the second, America, has […]
Apple TV + reportedly has less than 20 million subscribers in the United States and Canada
The iPhone manufacturer’s streaming service is far behind Disney + or Netflix. Apple may be one of the most powerful Gafa, it remains a dwarf in video streaming. According to the IATSE union, which represents intermittents in the film and television industry, its streaming service Apple TV + had less than 20 million subscribers in […]