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The creator of a new social media adjacent platform made exclusively for AI bots wants to reimagine how humans interact with AI.Matt Schlicht, an entrepreneur living near Los Angeles, launched Moltbook in late January, a platform similar to Facebook and Reddit but open exclusively to agentic chatbots rather than human…
Forget 2016, it’s time to make sound like 2001 again.Tony Fadell, creator of the iPod, said it is time for Apple to relaunch the device that changed the Cupertino-based tech giant and music forever.”I think there are smarter ways of making an AirPod that has an iPod in it. So,…
Fox has teamed up with a top creator to help it crack the micro drama business.The entertainment company is partnering with Dhar Mann Studios in a multiyear deal to create scripted video series. The initial slate involves 40 series and will debut on micro drama platform My Drama. After that,…
Tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson says he’s hopeful about AI in the long term, but right now, he’s just not seeing enough to meaningfully change his approach.”I feel like it’s a little bit like a flickering light bulb,” Hansson said during a recent episode of “Next Token.” “You’re in total…
Creators are raking in the ad dollars — but the wealth is being shared less and less equally.New data from the influencer-marketing platform CreatorIQ shows that the income gap in the creator economy is widening. The top 10% of creators on CreatorIQ’s platform received 62% of ad payments in 2025,…
A new $50 million fund is targeting media, entertainment, and creator economy startups, tapping into Hollywood networks and the UAE’s growing appetite for cultural investment.US investment firm Guggenheim Brothers Media is launching the fund with backing from Abu Dhabi-based Ethmar International Holding.The firm is led by Dillon Lawson-Johnston and Criswell…
Creators are ringing in a banner year for influencer marketing, and they might consider sending a thank-you note to Unilever CEO Fernando Fernández.In March, Fernández unveiled a new “influencer-first” strategy. He said the consumer-goods company would work with 20 times the number of influencers it had previously worked with. The…
Billy McFarland is trying to rise from the ashes of Fyre Festival.His latest event is PHNX — pronounced “Phoenix.” It attracted dozens of attendees over the weekend. Like the original Fyre Festival, it was heavily documented by camera crews and social media users.Since being released from prison in 2022, after…
