Musk v. Altman goes to trial in Oakland

A four-week federal case over OpenAI’s soul, a diary entry, $150 billion in claimed damages, and the question of whether a nonprofit can become the world’s most valuable AI company.  The years-lo [...]

Pinterest just crossed $1 billion in quarterly revenue. The bet that made it work was not social media. It was search.

Pinterest reported its first billion-dollar quarter last week. Revenue hit $1.008 billion in the first three months of 2026, up 18 per cent year on year, with monthly active users reaching 631 million [...]

AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI

Why humans need to moderate humans. [...]

Snap and YouTube have reportedly settled another major social media addiction lawsuit

The companies are facing numerous other legal challenges. [...]

Meta settles bellwether Kentucky case, ending first school-district trial over youth mental health

The Breathitt County settlement closes the trial that had been set for June 12 in Oakland. Roughly 1,200 similar school-district suits sit behind it. Meta has settled the first US school-district laws [...]

The Rise of LLMs Is Not an Accident

Over three decades, I’ve watched consumer behavior evolve across television, search, and social media. Each shift changed tactics, but not the underlying logic of decision-making. What I am watching [...]

Meta is facing $1.4 trillion in state lawsuits over social media addiction

Meta is facing a massive lawsuit from four US states over the addictive designs of its platforms. [...]

Spotify now lets listeners clip and share moments from any podcast

Spotify has launched a feature called Podcast Clips that lets listeners select, trim, and share specific moments from podcast episodes. A new scissors icon in the Now Playing view opens a clipping too [...]

New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business

Plex is increaingly focusing on content discovery and streaming rentals. [...]