TikTok and Instagram try to curb user addiction
Both TikTok and Instagram are rolling out features to help address users’ well-being, hoping to break a cycle of addiction
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Amazon opens the piggy bank for live-shopping influencers
Amazon Live (the e-commerce giant’s version of QVC) is offering thousands of dollars in guaranteed money to influencers who will leave TikTok or YouTube to work exclusively for the service.
Invader turns traveling into an art-installation quest
Who needs the digital art of AR to gamify your life when Invader has been creating the real thing for the past 24 years.
The Jonas Brothers want to text you with Scriber
The Jonas Brothers are investing in a newly-launched subscription media startup dubbed Scriber.
White-noise podcasters make a racket on Spotify
Spotify has become the unwitting home of a white-noise podcast boom — static, calming sounds to help people relax or sleep.
TikTok introduces trend-creator crediting tool
TikTok is rolling out a new button for users to credit who inspired their content.
Netflix may green-light live streaming
Netflix is reportedly testing out a live-streaming feature that could transform engagement on its unscripted shows and comedy specials.
Twitter rolls out privacy-explainer game
Twitter has debuted a computer game that can educate users about how privacy works on the platform.
Wordle scores “tens of millions” new readers to The New York Times
Wordle's is continuing its streak as the hottest puzzle game in the world, netting The New York times millions of new subscribers and potentially hundreds of millions in revenue.
Top streamers look to get off merry-go-round of endless output
Video game streamers on Twitch, Youtube, and other platforms are burning out due to the demand of always-on streaming economics.