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Welcome to a new ‘gloomcycle’ of news. Here’s how to stop compulsive scrolling | Margaret Sullivan
As Americans, we need to know what’s happening so we can act. But that doesn’t mean constant online immersion The threat of a world war. Political assassinations. Federal raids on unsuspecting migrants. There seems to be no end to terrifying news these days. In fact, it comes at us so unceasingly that numbness can set…
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows It has become a feature of modern life – millions of phones simultaneously buzz or sound the alarm as users are notified of breaking news deemed too important to miss. Now evidence is mounting that the prevalence…
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows It has become a feature of modern life – millions of phones simultaneously buzz or sound the alarm as users are notified of breaking news deemed too important to miss. Now evidence is mounting that the prevalence…
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows It has become a feature of modern life – millions of phones simultaneously buzz or sound the alarm as users are notified of breaking news deemed too important to miss. Now evidence is mounting that the prevalence…
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows It has become a feature of modern life – millions of phones simultaneously buzz or sound the alarm as users are notified of breaking news deemed too important to miss. Now evidence is mounting that the prevalence…
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WTF is ‘query fan-out’ in Google’s AI mode?
There’s one major way in which Google’s AI-powered search feature AI Mode differs from its traditional search engine — a complex technique used to answer a user’s question called “query fan-out.” AI Mode started rolling out to U.S. users last month, and publishers are still trying to figure out what it means for their SEO strategies.…
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Media Briefing: DoubleVerify casts itself as news ally in Cannes — as scrutiny mounts
2017 called. It wants its keyword blocklists back. Ask a publisher a few weeks ago what kept them up at night, and it wasn’t (just) AI-powered search eroding their traffic or ad tariffs squeezing margins — it was something far more familiar: keyword blocking. This is a member-exclusive article from Digiday. Continue reading it on…
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Crashing out: how gen Z adopted the perfect term for our unstable era
Overwhelmed by stress and social media, young people are finding new language to describe the inevitable irritation and anger that ensue … Name: Crashing out. Age: Psychologically ancient, lexically new. Continue reading…
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Why Hearst built an AI voice assistant tool for Delish
What started as a weekend experiment is now a fully-fledged AI voice assistant on Hearst’s recipe site Delish, helping home cooks follow recipes hands-free. Hearst’s senior director of AI initiatives, Alexandria Redmon wanted a personal chef assistant — something she could talk to while cooking, without smearing her phone with batter. Using OpenAI’s GPT large…
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Crashing out: how gen Z adopted the perfect term for our unstable era
Overwhelmed by stress and social media, young people are finding new language to describe the inevitable irritation and anger that ensue … Name: Crashing out. Age: Psychologically ancient, lexically new. Continue reading…