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 AI Tells Users What to Ask Their Stylist

Pinterest AI Tells Users What to Ask Their Stylist
Pinterest AI Tells Users What to Ask Their Stylist
October 07, 2026  |  Social Commerce

A saved haircut on Pinterest now comes with a script for the stylist. Pinterest launched Beauty Guides on Tuesday (Oct. 6), PYMNTS reported. The artificial...

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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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