Hashtags aren’t dead, they’re just ‘on life support’ as AI reshapes discovery
Once the backbone of content discovery, hashtags have been quietly pushed to the margins as platforms evolve into…
Capstone and Marsden hotel groups merge to manage 45 properties
As part of the transaction, Capstone forms part of the enlarged Marsden Group, operating under a unified group…
AI music scam: North Carolina man admits US$8m streaming fraud
“Millions of dollars in royalties that Smith diverted from real, deserving artists and rights holders. Smith’s brazen scheme…
Tencent Cloud expands partnership with Blooming Talk to power global artist-fan messaging
Hong Kong – Blooming Talk, the mobile fan communication platform, has deepened its partnership with Tencent Cloud to…
AI chatbots are not your friends, experts warn – POLITICO
The worries are fueled by the sycophantic nature of chatbots, which aim to be helpful for their users…
OpenAI Confirms $200,000 Minimum Commitment for ChatGPT Ads
OpenAI is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200,000 as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT,…
US stocks dip as Meta surges while Microsoft slumps
AFP 29 Jan, 2026 07:03 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.…
France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams – POLITICO
The notice will be published “in the next few days,” a spokesperson from Dinum said. That follows an…
Sick of videos of cats painting? Online platforms offer filtering to fight ‘AI slop’
Brands like Equinox gyms and Almond Breeze almond milk have played off AI slop frustration in recent ad…
Architecture in the Age of AI: Change and Opportunity
Modern software architecture is facing a storm. AI is advancing faster than organizations can adapt, systems are growing…
After Minneapolis shooting, AI fabrications of victim and shooter
An authentic clip of the shooting, replayed by multiple media outlets, does not show any of the Ice…
Oscars to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029
But the new deal with Google-owned YouTube represents a bold new direction for the show at a time…