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Sources: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a discussion with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks — The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google launches topic authority to surface content for Search and News based on the source's notability of topic or location, reputation, and original reporting — Google has announced a search system named “topic authority” to help surface relevant, expert, and knowledgeable content in Google Search and Google News.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google plans to use generative AI to boost the relevance of Search ads based on query context and debuts a conversational experience for creating ad campaigns
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to experiment with running Search and Shopping ads, which are fully customized based on users' queries, inside its conversational AI Search tool
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Russian court extends Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention until at least August 30, per state news agency Rapsi, after investigators requested more time — WSJ reporter is deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully held — A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month — Streamer intros “extra member” option priced at $7.99/month for adding access to those outside account holder's household
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The uproar after right-wing outlet Daily Signal accused Fox of being pro-trans for following state laws signals an ongoing backlash after Tucker Carlson's exit — A conservative outlet is attacking Fox for being too respectful of trans employees. It's a sign of the times on the right.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
BuzzFeed debuts Botatouille, a free chatbot that suggests recipes from its food brand Tasty, and plans to offer AI-personalized services to sell subscriptions — Jonah Peretti, the company's chief executive, has embraced artificial intelligence more than most publishers.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire plans to put all its podcasts on Twitter beginning on May 30, after YouTube demonetized videos from Daily Wire host Matt Walsh in April 2023 — The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, plans to put its entire slate of podcasts, which are almost all recorded as videos …
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Bill Donahue / Billboard:
A US judge rules that a case claiming YouTube enables piracy by restricting access to copyright tools to record labels may not proceed as a class action lawsuit — The case claimed that YouTube offers tools like Content ID to record labels but refuses to allow “ordinary” copyright owners to use them.
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Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
Shutterstock plans to acquire Giphy from Meta for $53M in cash, after the UK CMA ordered Meta to divest the deal in 2022; Meta reportedly paid $400M for Giphy — Stock photos repository Shutterstock Inc (SSTK.N) said on Tuesday it would buy animated-images platform Giphy Inc from Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) for $53 million in cash.
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US Department of Education settles with a Georgia school district, which the agency says may have violated students' civil rights by removing some library books — The U.S. Department of Education reached a settlement with a Georgia school district after launching an investigation …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The UK's News Media Association launches the Public Notice Portal, an online service that aggregates the numerous public notices published by local newspapers — The News Media Association has launched its Public Notice Portal, an online platform that brings together the numerous public announcements published by local newspapers.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
In Mirror Group Newspapers' phone hacking trial, Alastair Campbell says he believes Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan ordered reporters to hack his bank account — Former editor allegedly told reporter to obtain details of Campbell's mortgage payments in 1999
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