Google Turns Finance Into a Chatbot
Say Goodbye to the Old-School Market Tracker. Google is giving its long-standing Finance page an AI overhaul and yes, that means a built-in chatbot for market Q&A. The update, rolling…
Friday
15 August 2025
Google Search ad revenue vs forecast
New WARC data shows that Google's search revenue grew by 11.5% year-on-year in Q2 2025. That’s well above the 7.8% growth forecast for the same quarter. Meanwhile, the overall paid…
BIG TECH IS PRINTING CASH AND SPENDING IT ON AI
Last quarter, Google, Meta, and Microsoft all reported huge profits. What did they do with it? They cranked the AI money tap wide open. That means: - Billions for infrastructure.…
Snapchat just hit 15 million paid subscribers
Meta is closing in on 9 million. X (formerly Twitter) is still below 2 million. All three just dropped aggressive summer discounts on their premium plans. 👉 Meta Verified: first…
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OpenAI in talks for share sale valuing ChatGPT maker at $500bn
OpenAI is in talks to let early investors and employees sell shares in a deal that would value the company at $500 billion, making it the world’s most valuable private…
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Apple’s AI team is collapsing in real time
In the past month alone, FOUR senior researchers from Apple’s foundational models team have quit, all heading to Meta’s new Superintelligence lab. This includes the team lead, who reportedly got…
Ecommerce Defies Search Traffic Collapse But for How Long?
Traffic Holds Steady While Other Industries Plunge, Raising Alarms About what's Coming Next. The widely predicted crash in ecommerce site traffic from search engines is nowhere to be seen, at…
Tuesday
12 August 2025Google has debuted Storybook
a new feature in its Gemini chatbot that enables users to generate personalized, illustrated bedtime stories complete with narration by simply describing the content they want. Users receive a 10‑page…
Snapchat just hit 15 million paid subscribers
Meta is closing in on 9 million. X (formerly Twitter) is still below 2 million. All three just dropped aggressive summer discounts on their premium plans. 👉 Meta Verified: first…
Genie 3 by DeepMind
Genie 3 by DeepMind is here and it’s a major leap in generative AI for real-time, interactive environments. Genie 3 creates playable, promptable 3D worlds that respond in real time.…
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Performance Max targeting just got an upgrade in the Google Ads API
Three long-awaited features are now live for Performance Max in the Google Ads API: – Device targeting at campaign level,. – Negative keyword lists,. – Age range exclusions. These give…
