Rappers are known to exaggerate for street cred. Mostly to create an aura of either authenticity or mythos to get fans to buy in. It’s the nature of the game. But there’s exaggerating, and then there’s just lying. A viral clip of one particularly outrageous lie is making the rounds again, three years later. It’s…
Google is adding AI image generation to AI Overviews and redesigning the Google Images homepage to mark the service’s 25th anniversary. Brad Kellet, Senior Engineering Director for Search, announced the changes in a company blog post. Image Generation In AI Overviews Image generation inside AI Overviews turns a text prompt into a custom image built…
One of the AI concepts currently reshaping the digital marketing industry is agentic commerce. It’s similar to the shift we’ve lived through in search over the past four years, where AI has reduced the friction needed to find things. Search used to mean digging through 10 blue links to assemble your own answer. Now you…
Today, the President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, announced plans for the EU to restrict social media platforms and other “digital services” for children under 13. The statement comes in tandem with the publication of a report on online child safety, in which members of…
Following a lighthearted week of quality time and family reunions, Love Island USA finally announced the four couples competing for the $100,000 first-place prize. After Corbin and Parmida were dumped from the villa in Season 8, episode 29, there were six couples left standing: Aniya and Carl, Kayda and Zach, Kenzie and Dylan, Melanie and Sincere,…
Spend five minutes on the World Cup side of TikTok or scrolling through X, and you might come away with one glaring conclusion: Everyone is rooting against Argentina. That is not exactly true, of course. Argentina has one of the loudest, most passionate fan bases in the tournament, and Lionel Messi remains one of the…
Google is clarifying its Smart Bidding update after advertisers questioned how budget-limited campaigns will behave beginning August 17. The original announcement around Smart Bidding changes was June 22. The update essentially changes how Target CPA and Target ROAS campaigns behave when they’re limited by budget. Today, many budget-limited campaigns outperform their bidding targets. Smart Bidding…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has finally completed its first voyage in front of critics, and the early reaction is basically: find the biggest screen near you. The first social reactions to Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic arrived after the film’s London world premiere and early press screenings. The movie, shot entirely with IMAX film cameras,…
Erling Haaland has become one of the 2026 World Cup’s biggest characters in China, and not just because he keeps scoring. The Norwegian striker has spent the past few weeks dominating the field, terrifying defenders, and helping push Norway deep into the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But online, especially on Chinese social media, he has…
Connor Storrie just earned his first Emmy nomination — but not for the role that turned him into one of the internet’s newest heartthrobs. The 26-year-old actor received the nod Wednesday for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. That was for hosting Saturday Night Live earlier this year. While many fans had hoped to…