Video Chat Site Omegle Shuts Down Due To Sex Abuse Suit

Video chat service Omegle, which matched random users with each other for video chats, has shut down after losing a key battle in a lawsuit brought by a sex abuse victim.

Car Companies Prevail In Privacy Battle Over Text Message Interception

A federal appeals court won’t revive claims that car manufacturers violated a Washington state wiretap law by allegedly intercepting and recording text messages from cellphones connected to on-board
infotainment systems.

Trade Desk Stock Craters 30% On Weak Q4, CTV Ad Outlook

The Trade Desk has issued a warning about a major slowdown in digital and CTV advertising — predicting a reduction in digital/CTV ad spending beginning in October, especially among automotive and
consumer electronics brands.

DoubleVerify Sails Through Q3

If the digital ad market is a storm, DoubleVerify (DV) is someone in a puffy down jacket and water-resistant boots. In other words, insulated. Thanks to its fixed-fee, volume-based model, DV can subsist when budgets flit from channel to channel or when ad rates decline. “Our business model doesn’t feel that pain when CPMs go […]

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Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution By Seeing Like an Algorithm

Researcher Fei-Fei Li’s ImageNet project provided the feedstock for the deep learning boom that brought the world ChatGPT and other world-changing AI systems.