H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently
2/14/2025 7:46 PM
Three veterinarians who work with cows have tested positive for prior infections of H5 bird flu, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The finding may not seem surprising, given the sweeping and ongoing outbreak of H5N1 among dairy farms in the US, which has reached 968 herds […]
Read MoreStreaming used to make stuff networks wouldn’t. Now it wants safer bets.
2/14/2025 7:46 PM
Opinion: Streaming gets more cable-like with new focus on live events, mainstream content. A scene from The OA. Credit: Netflix There was a time when it felt like you needed a streaming subscription in order to contribute to watercooler conversations. Without Netflix, you couldn’t react to House of Cards’ latest twist. Without Hulu, you couldn’t […]
Read MoreCondé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out “hallucinations”
2/14/2025 7:46 PM
Condé Nast and several other media companies sued the AI startup Cohere today, alleging that it engaged in “systematic copyright and trademark infringement” by using news articles to train its large language model. “Without permission or compensation, Cohere uses scraped copies of our articles, through training, real-time use, and in outputs, to power its artificial […]
Read MoreBurning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
2/14/2025 7:46 PM
It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up her legs. Any light touch made it worse, and over-the-counter pain medicine offered no relief. On the third day, the 30-year-old, otherwise healthy woman from New England went to an emergency department. Her exam was […]
Read MoreApple teases launch for “the newest member of the family” on February 19
2/14/2025 7:46 PM
Big news for people who prefer their product announcements to be pre-announced: Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the company has something brewing for Wednesday, February 19. Cook referred to “the newest member of the family,” suggesting a launch event focused on a single product rather than multiple refreshes throughout its product lineup. Most rumors […]
Read MoreBuzzFeed Looks to Launch Its Own, More Positive Social Media Platform
2/12/2025 7:09 PM
A couple of times every year, a buzzy new social platform generates interest, and marketers start asking questions about whether it’s worth creating a profile, and/or what the opportunities might be. Normally, my qualification for covering one of these new apps is 10 million users, because any lower than that, and it’s just not relevant. […]
Read MoreReddit Announces Market Insights Partnership With Intercontinental Exchange
2/12/2025 7:09 PM
As it continues to evolve its business offerings, Reddit has announced a new partnership with Intercontinental Exchange to facilitate the development of advanced data and analytics products for the financial industry. The new collaboration will see the creation of systems that link real-time Reddit chatter and trends with market analysis, providing deeper contextual insight into […]
Read MoreTikTok Rises to the Top of the App Download Charts in January
2/12/2025 7:09 PM
Some small shifts in the app download rankings for January, with ChatGPT taking the crown as the most downloaded app on iOS, and TikTok rising to the top of the combined app downloads chart. As you can see in the latest rankings from app analytics provider AppFigures, TikTok jumped to the top of the list […]
Read MoreMeta Launches Digital Safety Program for Middle Schoolers
2/12/2025 7:09 PM
In honor of Safer Internet Day, Meta has announced the launch of a new digital literacy program for middle schoolers, which aims to highlight the dangers of online interaction, and how kids can spot concerns, and avoid such, both in its apps and across the web more broadly. Created in partnership with Childhelp, the new […]
Read MoreYouTube CEO Outlines Key Areas of Focus for 2025
2/12/2025 7:09 PM
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has announced his four pillars of focus for the year ahead, as the platform looks to lean into emerging usage behaviors, and align with the creative AI shift. Each year, Mohan publishes an overview of what he’s focused on, based on key trends, in which he also includes some valuable usage […]
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