YouTube is introducing “Gifts, Powered by Jewels,” which lets people support creators during vertical livestreams. This signals YouTube’s push into the virtual gifting space that TikTok has capitalized on for years. Key Features “Gifts, Powered by Jewels,” is available for members of the YouTube Partner Program in the United States and offers new ways to … Read more
Meta is reportedly developing a search engine index for its AI chatbot to reduce reliance on Google for AI-generated summaries of current events. Meta AI appears to be evolving to the next stage of becoming a fully independent AI search engine. Meta-ExternalAgent Meta has been crawling the Internet since at least this past summer from … Read more
WordPress announced over the weekend that they were pausing plugin updates and initiating a force reset on plugin author passwords in order to prevent additional website compromises due to the ongoing Supply Chain Attack on WordPress plugins. Supply Chain Attack Hackers have been attacking plugins directly at the source using password credentials exposed in previous … Read more
Someone on Reddit asked a question about making a sitewide change to the code related to a website with ten languages. Google’s John Mueller offered general advice about the pitfalls of sitewide changes and word about complexity (implying the value of simplicity). The question was related to hreflang but Mueller’s answer, because it was general … Read more
Google announced it’s pursuing lawsuits against two groups that have sought to exploit the company’s services and users. Lawsuit Targets Scammers Abusing Hype Around AI The first lawsuit targets scammers who misled social media users about Google’s new AI chatbot Bard. “As public excitement in new generative AI tools has increased, scammers are increasingly taking … Read more
Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team. In late February a new filter called “Bold Glamour” took TikTok by storm. The Bold Glamour filter uses AI to drastically alter the facial features of those who use it and is … Read more
