Meta’s Evenstar is transitioning to OCP to accelerate open RAN adoption
Meta is transferring its IP for Evenstar, a program to accelerate the adoption of open RAN technologies, to the Open Compute Project (OCP). Meta will contribute Evenstar’s radio unit design to OCP, giving the telecom industry its first open, white box radio unit solution. The TIP Open RAN community will leverage the Evenstar radio unit…
Three Mistakes I’ve Made Growing an Audience on Twitter/X as a First-time Content Creator | by Hector Linares | Aug, 2023
On June 1st, 2023, I finally decided to become a solopreneur and start by building an audience on Twitter. I’ve been a marketing manager for more than 7 years, so I should know this, right? That’s what I thought…Turns out it has been much harder than I expected. I’m passionate about Marketing Psychology, so I…
LinkedIn Business Highlights from Microsoft’s FY23 Q4 Earnings
Today, Microsoft announced Q4 FY23 Earnings. Included in the report on the financial performance were the following LinkedIn highlights: In Q4, LinkedIn’s revenue increased 5% year-over-year (7% in constant currency). LinkedIn’s revenue surpassed $15 billion for the first time this fiscal year and membership growth has now accelerated for eight quarters in a row, a…
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Samuel Corum / Getty Images Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bipartisan bill that lawmakers say is intended to stop online platforms from targeting and recommending harmful content to minors. On paper, the bill sounds like a necessary pushback against big tech platforms like Facebook and TikTok,…
How to watch Premier League for under £1 a month
TL;DR: A NOW Sky Sports Day Pass is available for just £11.98. This includes a Mobile Pass with access to 12 months of Sky Sports Premier League. Fans of the Premier League do not have to wait too much longer. The Community Shield takes place this weekend, which means the return of the Premier League…
‘Created By AI’ Warning Labels Are Coming To Social Media
In the current age, it’s harder and harder to determine when AI was involved in creating content. Labels are used to identify such content. … [+]This could be the first step towards determining whether AI has played a role. getty In our world, warning labels are ubiquitous. These alerts have already made their way onto…
Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music
Imagine a professional musician being able to explore new compositions without having to play a single note on an instrument. Or a small business owner adding a soundtrack to their latest video ad on Instagram with ease. That’s the promise of AudioCraft — our latest AI tool that generates high-quality, realistic audio and music from text….
App Store users are downrating Twitter’s rebranding to X with 1-star reviews
Many people have mixed feelings over Twitter’s rebranding to X, in preparation for its transformation into owner Elon Musk’s vision of an “everything app.” But on the U.S. App Store, users have been venting their frustrations over the name change, leading to a surge in 1-star negative reviews, a new analysis shows. According to data…
Announcing Our LinkedIn-Cornell 2023 Grant Recipients
LinkedIn and Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (Bowers CIS) embarked on a partnership, bringing together our collective research power to make technological advances that will further our goal to connect professionals with opportunities at scale. Through this partnership, we support Ph.D. students and faculty members on their research in areas…
YouTube uses AI to summarize videos in latest test
Google is experimenting with the use of AI to auto-generate YouTube video summaries, according to a notice on a support page dated July 31st. The page, which we spotted via Android Police, notes that these summaries will only appear next to a limited number of English-language videos, and will only be viewable by a limited…
Wordle today: Here’s the answer and hints for August 1
It’s an all new month, and we’re well into the second half of 2023. How’s your Wordle streak going? As always, we’re here with some tips and tricks to help you figure out the solution and keep that number climbing. If you just want to be told the answer, you can jump to the end…
How Partnerships Can Fuel Content Amplification To Drive Brand Awareness w/ James Tennant
Reading Time: 23 minutes 85% of respondents to a recent survey by Converge reported that brand visibility is the overall goal for content amplification. At the same time, the majority of those surveyed reported they had neither the time nor the resources to accomplish what they wanted. That’s a problem. CMOs today understand the importance…