TikTok Shop scammers should watch their backs. Brands – and the TikTok algorithm – are increasingly embracing videos with influencers and AI-generated product images. The technology could put a dent in the businesses of creators who focus their content on shoppable videos designed to make money through TikTok’s e-commerce affiliate program. These creators are not
Jessica Salmi waited almost an hour on hold before her call was disconnected. Jason Marques’ administrator can’t say whether his next student loan payment will be $100 or $633. Robin Binkley is struggling to figure out what payment plan she qualifies for. As millions of borrowers navigate President Donald Trump’s sweeping student loan repayment overhaul,
A new generation of consumer social startups is emerging. From platforms focused on getting people to meet in real life to dating apps replacing Tinder or Hinge, startups are revolutionizing the digital social scene. The founders of these startups are addressing issues like loneliness, dating app fatigue, and general dissatisfaction with current social media headlines.
If you’ve noticed that websites have started to converge into a sans-serif beige haze, you’re not imagining it. One of the biggest advantages of AI has been allowing non-technical people to code their ideas into real, monetizable applications. As we wrote in April, anyone can create an app in a couple of hours, using tools
When Robin Olsen started applying for communications jobs three months ago, she noticed a change: The job descriptions had gotten longer. One combined communications and marketing, normally two separate functions, into one. Others seemed to have “crazy wish lists,” Olsen says. One was so overwhelmingly long that it made Olsen close it from her browser.
Lume isn’t just a modern and expensive lamp; it doubles as a laundry folding genie. And to hype and humanize this alien-like robo housemaid before it starts shipping this summer, the company behind it, has launched an all-out, high-gloss social media video blitz. There’s a commercial launch video, a 10-minute-long documentary about Syncere’s founders, and