Social Media

Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

Pinterest Intros New Guides to Provide How-To Beauty Guidance

Pinterest Intros New Guides to Provide How-To Beauty Guidance
Pinterest Intros New Guides to Provide How-To Beauty Guidance
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Pinterest says it wants to help its beauty-focused online users employ that knowledge offline. The social media platform on Tuesday (Oct. 6) launched “Beauty Guides,”...

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TikTok Kicks Off Agentic Commerce Push With AI Shopping Assistant
TikTok Kicks Off Agentic Commerce Push With AI Shopping Assistant
October 05, 2026  |  Social Commerce

TikTok has introduced an in-app checkout solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, saying in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that these are the first of several...

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Fed’s Bowman Challenges Social Media Story Behind SVB Collapse
Fed’s Bowman Challenges Social Media Story Behind SVB Collapse
September 18, 2026  |  Banking

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse became shorthand for the digital bank run. Billions of dollars left quickly while warnings and speculation circulated online. Three years later,...

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Meta Offers AI as the Upsell for Free Social Media
Meta Offers AI as the Upsell for Free Social Media
September 16, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta is asking consumers who have never paid for Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp to pay for new versions of them that have more features. The...

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Gen Z Makes Credit Card Switching a Social Contest
Gen Z Makes Credit Card Switching a Social Contest
September 15, 2026  |  Credit Cards

For Generation Z, the search for a new credit card is extending beyond bank websites, comparison sites and direct mail into social feeds, where influencers...

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Anthropic Makes $13.7 Compute Deal With Trump-Linked Rum Group
Anthropic Makes $13.7 Compute Deal With Trump-Linked Rum Group
September 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has reportedly signed a $13.7 billion deal with Rum Group, a social media/AI infrastructure company. The six-year deal with Rum — which owns conservative-leaning video platform...

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How Pinterest Built an AI Engine Users Actually Trust
How Pinterest Built an AI Engine Users Actually Trust
September 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Pinterest is best known as a place where people go to find ideas, from home décor to weeknight dinners. Behind that simple experience sits one...

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Instagram Looks to Limit AI-Created Accounts Posing as Human
Instagram Looks to Limit AI-Created Accounts Posing as Human
August 31, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Instagram says its users don’t appreciate discovering that a human-looking profile is actually AI-generated. To that end, the Meta-owned social media platform announced Monday (Aug. 31) that it...

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