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01/08/24: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday January 8, 2024 AI and metaverse technology and content company Futureverse announced the formation of Readyverse Studios, co-founded by Futureverse Co-Founders Shara Senderoff and Aaron McDonald, as well as Ernest Cline, the novelist and creator of the franchise Ready Player One, and Dan Farah, Ready Player One film producer. Later this year, Readyverse […]

01/02/24: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Tuesday January 2, 2024 The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging millions of Times articles were used to train automated chatbots that now compete with the paper. In addition to being held responsible for “billions of dollars” in damages, the Times is asking Microsoft and OpenAI to eliminate […]

12/18/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday December 18, 2023 Arkansas-based news publisher Helena World Chronicle has initiated a class action lawsuit against Google and parent Alphabet, accusing the company of engaging in anticompetitive practices that are “starving the free press.” In the complaint, the publisher alleges Google’s content aggregation methods impact its ad revenue and web traffic, adding that […]

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12/04/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday December 4, 2023 Add Walmart to the of companies that have stopped advertising on X/Twitter. “We aren’t advertising on X as we’ve found other platforms to better reach our customers,” a spokeswoman for the largest retailer in the country told Bloomberg News. The decision comes after X owner Elon Musk’s remarks during the […]

11/20/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday November 20, 2023 It was a wild weekend for OpenAI. The company’s board fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday; OpenAI’s president and co-founder Greg Brockman quit in solidarity, and three senior researchers followed suit. On Saturday, reports surfaced saying the board had been pressured into reconsidering its decision by investors like Microsoft, and […]

11/13/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday November 13, 2023 Meta unveiled a new feature allowing users to link their Facebook and Instagram accounts to Amazon so they can more easily make purchases by clicking on promotions in their feeds. “For the first time, customers will be able to shop Amazon’s Facebook and Instagram ads and check out with Amazon […]

11/06/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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  Monday November 6, 2023 IAB Tech Lab, has introduced the Data Deletion Request Framework as an addition to the Global Privacy Platform. “The ‘Right to Delete’ is a Data Subject Right (DSR) currently protected by the GDPR, 12 US state privacy laws, and additional privacy legislation, including Quebec Law 25,” said Jared Moscow, Director […]

07/31/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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Monday July 31, 2023 Microsoft is being investigated by the European Commission over whether it broke EU competition rules by tying Teams to Office 365 and Microsoft 365. In 2020, Slack Technologies alleged Microsoft illegally bundled Teams to its productivity suites for business customers. Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic have teamed to establish the Frontier […]

04/10/23: Cynopsis Media Tech Update

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Monday April 10, 2023 Twitter Blue subscribers will see 50% of ads on their timeline versus nonpaid users, and a visibility boost in search. “As you scroll, you will see approximately twice as many organic or non-promoted Tweets placed in between promoted Tweets or ads,” said the company of the feature. “There may be times […]

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