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YouTube updates Shorts to make it even more like TikTok
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YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed
YouTube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short-form videos.The Google-owned...
CES 2023 brings focus to clean rooms and attention metrics at the C Space
January 6, 2023 | By Antoinette Siu Ivy Liu Electric quadcopters and earbuds that read your mind? Only at CES. That’s right, CES 2023 was back in full swing in Las Vegas and online, as companies showcase their upcoming consumer technologies — from flying cars to haptic suits. After two years of dips in attendance
Meta’s been blasted by the EU privacy watchdog for breaching GDPR — now what?
It turns out that Meta has been illegally forcing users to accept personalized ads across Facebook and Instagram for years — at least that’s the case in Europe. Earlier this week, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) ruled that the social media giant has been engaging in this practice, even after it changed its terms of
The esports salary market is headed toward a correction
The current economic downturn continues to expose the frailty of esports’ financial footing and critical need for reforms. Now, sky-high salaries for the best players — once deemed a cost of doing business for successful teams — is a cause for concern.That’s the worry making the rounds among esports circles these days. And those insiders
PepsiCo takes a test-and-learn approach to fragmented video landscape
January 6, 2023 | By Kimeko McCoy As the new year gets underway, PepsiCo Beverages is ramping up its video marketing efforts to better reach shoppers across an increasingly fragmented landscape. To do so, the company and its portfolio of brands are diversifying their media mix across several video ad platforms, especially streaming. “We need to
Future closes Atlanta office less than a year after it was billed as a new video production hub
January 6, 2023 | By Sara Guaglione Ivy Liu Future plc closed its office in Atlanta, Georgia last month, less than a year after it opened as the new video production hub, according to two former employees and one current employee who spoke with Digiday. A spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny the office closure
Twitter data breach shows APIs are a goldmine for PII and social engineering
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. A Twitter API vulnerability shipped in June 2021 (and later patched) has come back to haunt the organization. In December, one hacker claimed to have the personal data of 400 million users for sale on the dark web, and just yesterday, attackers released
Confluent expands Kafka Steams capabilities, acquires Apache Flink vendor
January 6, 2023 6:00 AM Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The ability to move, manage and process data in real time is the domain of data streaming, which is largely dominated by a series of open-source technologies. The ability to stream data is a core capability of the
U.S. VC investments and exits plummeted in 2022 | NVCA
The deal count in 2022 for the full year was 15,852, down 14% from 18,521 in 2021. And deal value was $238.3 billion, down 30% from $344.7 billion a year earlier, according to a report by Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). U.S. VC exit activity was 1,208 deals valued at $71.4 billion
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