"Estonia-based Sentinel, which is developing a detection platform for identifying synthesized media (aka deepfakes), has closed a $1.35 million seed round from some seasoned angle investors — including Jaan Tallinn (Skype), Taavet Hinrikus (Transferw
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"Video meetings. While the move to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic may have made them mainstream, they are not without issues and more and more people are now opting out. For good reason. As it turns out, it’s really hard for our brains to s
"When we ask people what kind of news they want to see on Facebook, they continually tell us they want news stories that are credible and informative. Today, we’re updating the way news stories are ranked in News Feed to prioritize original reporting
"Two years ago, we launched News Consumer Insights (NCI) to try to solve a common industry challenge: News organizations were swamped with data. Our news partners big and small, national and local, shared a need to identify the metrics that actually
IAB Europe in partnership with IAB France are pleased to announce the launch of a new joint initiative ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Taskforce’. This follows on from IAB Europe’s recent release of ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Era Guide, to prepare bra
While another crisis has threatened to disrupt the media market Ring Publishing wants media companies to #BuildResilience.
They are offering a leading SaaS Publishing platform for free for 6 months to publishers committed to digital transformation t
'Criteo on Wednesday launched a self-serve ad platform for its retail media network.
The platform connects demand from brands directly to supply from retailers across Criteo’s network, said Geoffroy Martin, EVP and GM of retail media at Criteo. Previ
The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research
A Facebook Inc. team had a blunt message for senior executives. The company’s algorithms weren’t bringing people together. They were driving people ap
'Facebook is announcing a handful of new features that will allow users to show their support for small businesses and get the latest updates as those businesses deal with the fallout — economic and otherwise — of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The social ne
'Google today launched an update to its Duo video chat app (which you definitely shouldn’t confuse with Hangouts or Google Meet, Google’s other video, audio and text chat apps).
There are plenty of jokes to be made about Google’s plethora of chat opt
Amazon has anounced that it is trialing a new screening process through video conferening to prevent ingenuine third party sellers from trading.
This is a part of a series of seller-verification steps that the prominent shopping platform uses to overc
WhatsApp says they have seen a 70% drop in "highly forwarded" messages - the kind that may spread false information about the pandemic.
The World Health Organization has said the spread of fake news about the outbreak is an "info-demic".
"Two weeks ag
Publishers are getting new offerings to readers and advertisers in days instead of not weeks.
The Coronavirus has cornered the media industry to re-think how much time it takes to build, test and collect data before releasing a new product for readers
The Commission has proposed today an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union:…
"What we have seen in several market research that consumers sort of one day they want positivity and security from advertising - that's one thing. .... They tend to spend less time in shops for which they are doing quick and automatic decision and brand owners need to you know react to this kind of attitude meaning that brands need to be at customer minds and…
Regulation Meets Market & Innovation event series 2.: #Followthemoney
Digital ad market | Taxation | Brands in economic recovery
The digital economy and international taxation challenges are on the G20 Agenda - the Leaders’ Summit was virtually hosted by Saudi Arabia on the 21-22 November.
Following the G20 Leaders’ Summit,…
