Google AI Overviews Are More Negative About Brands Than ChatGPT
Google’s AI Overviews Are 44% More Likely to Criticize Brands Than ChatGPT, According to New BrightEdge Analysis of Millions of AI Searches in 2026.
Meta Buys AI-Only Social Network Moltbook
Meta Acquires Viral AI Social Network Moltbook Where Bots Talk to Each Other and Plans to Bring the Team Into Its Superintelligence Labs.
YouTube Is Rolling Out Longer Unskippable Ads
YouTube Introduces 30-Second Unskippable Ads on TVs as Google Pushes Longer Commercial Breaks on the Platform’s Growing Smart TV Audience.
YouTube Ad Revenue Surpasses Major TV Networks
YouTube Beats Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery Combined in Ad Revenue With $40.4 Billion in 2025.
Oracle faces layoffs and $100B debt in Ellison overhaul
Oracle faces layoffs and $100B+ debt as Larry Ellison pushes a massive AI and cloud transformation strategy to compete with Big Tech rivals.
MrBeast Offers to Buy Ad Space on a YouTuber’s Forehead
MrBeast offers to buy all ad space on a YouTuber’s forehead after the creator says he plans to monetize jokes about his unusually large forehead online.
Anthropic sues Pentagon over alleged blacklisting
Anthropic sues the Pentagon after being labeled a national security risk, escalating a dispute over AI contracts and military cooperation with the US government.
OpenAI staff back Anthropic in Pentagon dispute
OpenAI and Google researchers back Anthropic as the AI startup warns its legal fight with the Pentagon could cost the company up to $5 billion in lost business.
Florida Man Arrested After Posting His Police Chase on TikTok
Florida teen arrested after posting video of his own high-speed police chase on TikTok, which investigators later used to identify and track him down.
NASA Issues Update on ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Risk
NASA confirms “city killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely pass the Moon in 2032 after new telescope data ruled out earlier fears of a potential collision.