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Young Lions India competition returns with print, marketing & digital categories
The India leg of the Young Lions competition is set to return this year with three categories: Print, Marketing and Digital. Open to professionals under the age of 30, the competition invites participants to respond to briefs across the three…
The Trump family's crypto portfolio is getting battered with the rest of the industry-but Melania's memecoin has fared surprisingly well
The crypto wipeout that vaporized $1 trillion in market value over the past three months has afflicted all corners of the industry—including the numerous crypto ventures tied to President Donald Trump's family. But while the family's…
The coming crypto apocalypse
A year ago, the most pro-crypto president in U.S. history had just returned to power after pandering to clueless retail crypto investors and receiving massive financial backing from semicorrupt crypto insiders. Donald Trump's second coming was…
Google AI Mode doesn't favor above-the-fold content: Study
Google's AI Mode isn't more likely to cite content that appears “above the fold,” according to a study from SALT.agency, a technical SEO and content agency. After analyzing more than 2,000 URLs cited in AI Mode responses, researchers…
I quit minimum wage nursery job & out-earn lawyers at 20 with no qualifications
AS SHE stood at the petrol pump after another exhausting 10-hour day working in childcare, Daisy Moore whipped out her credit card to make the payment. It was at this moment the nursery practitioner apprentice realised enough was enough, as her…
Eyewear Industry Reacts to Volatility With Performance, Colored, Vintage Frames for Spring 2026
MILAN — Against an uncertain outlook for the fashion industry at large, eyewear has emerged as a resilient segment, better positioned to weather macroeconomic headwinds, including tariffs, weaker U.S. exports and geopolitical instability…
TikTok's endless scroll is under threat in Europe
Time could be up for TikTok 's metronomic For You feed, which pushes videos to users with clock-like accuracy. The endless scroll that defines the TikTok experience has been flagged as part of a broader set of features that make the app addictive…
OpenAI begins testing ads inside ChatGPT
OpenAI is rolling out its first live test of ads in ChatGPT, placing sponsored messages directly inside the app for some users. The details. According to CNBC, the ads will appear in a clearly labeled section beneath the chat interface rather than…
Cardano Futures Explode 32,399.85% as Open Interest Falls, What's Next?
Cardano is trading in red, witnessing an open interest drop as the broader crypto market faces selling on Monday. Meanwhile, its futures volume has risen 32,399.85% on the Bitmex crypto exchange in the last 24 hours, coming in at $106.53 million…
Reddit says 80 million people now use its search weekly
Eighty million people use Reddit search every week, Reddit said on its Q4 2025 earnings call last week. The increase followed a major change: Reddit merged its core search with its AI-powered Reddit Answers and began positioning the platform as a…
A preview of ChatGPT's ad controls just surfaced
A newly discovered settings panel offers an first detailed look at how ads may work inside ChatGPT — including how personalization and privacy controls are designed. Driving the news. Entrepreneur Juozas Kaziukėnas discovered a way to…
EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU executive told Meta on Feb 9 that it must let rival AI chatbots use its WhatsApp platform, after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules. The European Commission said a change…
Billions invested to integrate AI into daily life
Some of China's largest technology companies have spent tens of billions of yuan this year to push artificial intelligence initiatives for the upcoming Spring Festival, marking their most significant effort yet to take AI applications out of labs…
OpenAI starts testing ChatGPT ads
OpenAI confirmed today that it's rolling out its first live test of ads in ChatGPT, showing sponsored messages directly inside the app for select users. The details. The ads will appear in a clearly labeled section beneath the chat interface, not…
Unlocking Africa's Economic Growth: Single Market Is The Answer … Moh Damush - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Moh Damush, Chief Executive Officer of Telecel Group, has underscored the urgency of building a digital single market to unlock Africa's economic growth, pointing to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a gateway to a unified market…
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