This Political Startup Wants to Help Progressives Win … With AI-Generated Ads

This Political Startup Wants to Help Progressives Win … With AI-Generated Ads

I confess to Hutchinson that if I were a politician, I would be scared to use BattlegroundAI. Generative AI tools are known to “hallucinate,” a polite way of saying that they sometimes make things up out of whole cloth. (They bullshit, to use academic parlance.) I ask how she’s ensuring that the political content BattlegroundAI … Read more

Alicia Silverstone Shares Update After Seemingly Eating Toxic Fruit

Alicia Silverstone Shares Update After Seemingly Eating Toxic Fruit

Alicia Silverstone is updating concerned social media users about her well-being after she posted a TikTok of herself appearing to eat a poisonous fruit earlier this week. In a follow-up Instagram post on Tuesday, the “Clueless” star joked, “Alive and well! Don’t worry… I didn’t swallow 😉😛.” Instagram users flooded her comments section with relieved … Read more

The internet’s love for ‘very demure’ content spotlights what a viral trend can mean for creators

The internet’s love for ‘very demure’ content spotlights what a viral trend can mean for creators

NEW YORK — It’s not just you. The word “demure” is being used to describe just about everything online these days. It all started earlier this month, when TikTok creator Jools Lebron posted a video that would soon take social media by storm. The hair and makeup she’s wearing to work? Very demure. And paired … Read more

People horrified to discover how often you should wash jeans

People horrified to discover how often you should wash jeans

Jeans have come a long way since they were originally made as practical workwear for miners and labourers. Now available in every fit, colour and style, no wardrobe is complete without at least one pair. However, figuring out how often they should be washed can be tricky. A study from the University of Alberta found … Read more

Democratic National Convention gives special access to 200 content creators

Democratic National Convention gives special access to 200 content creators

The content creator platform at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill. Democratic National Convention staff More than 200 digital content creators will attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week with dedicated “creator credentials” that will grant these influencers special access to the party’s convention. “Bringing creators to our convention will multiply … Read more

What TikTok’s ‘underconsumption core’ trend means for your money

What TikTok’s ‘underconsumption core’ trend means for your money

Sophie Hinn with a pencil holder her mom made out of trash. Courtesy Sophie Hinn Using only one water bottle. Finishing that tube of makeup before buying another. Owning furniture that’s been passed down through generations. This isn’t the lifestyle that social media influencers promoting their Amazon storefront or their brand discount codes show. So-called … Read more

Trump Media shares hit post-merger low as DJT slump continues

Trump Media shares hit post-merger low as DJT slump continues

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday touched their lowest price since they began public trading on the Nasdaq nearly five months ago after a merger. Trump Media, the company that owns the Republican presidential nominee’s preferred social messaging platform Truth Social, was trading … Read more

TikTok ‘finfluencers’ predicted the AI rally, can you trust them?

TikTok ‘finfluencers’ predicted the AI rally, can you trust them?

FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Investing in equities can be a complex exercise, warranting specialized guidance. From where can one get that advice? Some attempt to do their own research, poring over reams of financial indicators to identify potential winners, while others … Read more

Lawmakers letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about illicit drug ads

Lawmakers letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about illicit drug ads

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024.  Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter on Thursday expressing concern that … Read more

Cisco stock has best day since 2020 on earnings beat, 7% job cuts

Cisco stock has best day since 2020 on earnings beat, 7% job cuts

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins participates in a Bloomberg Television interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2023. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco shares jumped about 8% on Thursday and headed for their best day since March 2020, after the computer networking company said it’s cutting 7% of … Read more