Category: Data-Labor-Technology Stories

Happy winter break to all who celebrate! Whatever your holiday is, TVSpy hopes it’s the best ever. Personally, we celebrate Festivus. We’ll be off Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In the spirit of the holiday, we give you a multitude of stories from around the country to keep you informed about the good: a Grand Rapids,…

X has raised its U.S. Premium+ subscription price from $16 to $22/month and $168 to $229 for annual subscriptions, citing enhanced access to Grok AI models, more creator benefits and even less ads as
reasons for the price hike.

Instagram is teasing AI-powered video capabilities that will soon allow creators to take on new backgrounds, outfits, vibes and Muppet versions of themselves in-stream.

Greg Wayne, director of research at Google DeepMind, calls the technology “a parrot on your shoulder. “It can see what you’re going and talk with you about it.”

It was the second-highest opening ever for a PG-rated December movie, an animated film based on the video game series. Walt Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King”, also opening, underdelivered with a $35
million start.

ByteDance has developed technology that allows humans to have a conversation with a “socially intelligent agent,” based on human traits. The technology is called introverted, intuitive, feeling and
perceiving (INFP). It’s an audio-driven head generation framework for dyadic interaction that can make one image talk with a human or talk with another agent.

The agency will handle all markets except for China. The incumbent was WPP’s Mindshare, which held the account over two decades.

Burger sculptures made out of coins were placed in front of the brand’s competitors, but also close to Smashburgers in NYC, Houston and Denver.

A Harris Poll survey finds that just 48% of workplaces now host regular in-person holiday events. 79% of workers would rather have a bonus than a party.

One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”