TRENDS
Artificial Intelligence: Hollywood is offering actors a frightening script
The threat to actors doesn’t just come from movie and TV studios trying to exert control and cut costs. It’s also from the coming torrent of AI tools that will mean just about anyone could recreate a person’s likeness and have them appear to engage in performances or acts without their consent
BUSINESS
Does Mark Zuckerberg even want Threads to replace Twitter?
Threads is going to have a hard time engaging people if posts lack wit, personality, and a taste of the real world. Meta seems to have decided it is not worth getting into politics, hard news and all the accompanying scrutiny, toxicity and negativity that social media, and especially Twitter, is now infamous for. The search for an alternative to Twitter continues
BUSINESS
Microsoft’s Activision win shouldn’t stop antitrust reform
The Microsoft-Activision case is the latest in a list of recent legal setbacks for US antitrust watchdog Federal Trade Commission, including an unsuccessful attempt to block Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. from acquiring a virtual-reality startup. The race to keep big tech in check is getting harder without the US Congress adopting new antitrust statutes
BUSINESS
Threads had big launch energy. Twitter is under pressure
For the first time since Elon Musk’s takeover, the app is at imminent risk of losing its status as the watercooler of the internet
BUSINESS
Twitter’s troubles are perfectly timed for Meta
BUSINESS
IBM can’t acquire its way into tech’s top ranks
BUSINESS
Amazon Prime suit puts subscription services on notice
BUSINESS
Reddit made the mistake of ignoring its core users
BUSINESS
Apple has 520 reasons why its $3,499 Vision Pro headset will prevail over Meta's Quest
BUSINESS
Apple’s pricey new Vision Pro headset is not to be dismissed
BUSINESS
Zelda’s legend proves great IP is timeless
BUSINESS
Uber really needs Lyft to stay in the rideshare race
BUSINESS
Bluesky repeats most of Twitter's mistakes
BUSINESS
In the ChatGPT age, prompting is the language to learn
BUSINESS
Twitter Blue Check Removal: Elon Musk needs journalists more than he thinks
BUSINESS
Are advertisers who remain wary of trolls actually returning to Twitter?
