Snapchat parent Snap Inc. made a flurry of announcements during its NewFronts presentation to advertisers, including team-ups with Issa Rae and Live Nation as well as the launch of an in-app sports channel. At the event Wednesday night in New York, the company said it has also renewed its agreements with the NBA and WNBA … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing future crimes from occurring, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The initiative, called Know 2Protect, is what DHS described as a “first-of-its-kind” campaign that brings together public and private sector … Read more
Several major technology companies — including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Snap, TikTok and X — signed an accord Friday pledging to combat the use of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) in this year’s elections. The 20 participating companies pledged to “work collaboratively on tools to detect and address online distribution” of AI-generated content … Read more
Snap, parent of Snapchat, said to today it plans to reduce its global headcount of full time employees by about 10%, or more than 500 people, in its latest round of staff cuts amid copious tech sector layoffs from Amazon to Google to Microsoft. “In order to best position our business to execute on our … Read more
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, plans to lay off more than 500 employees, it revealed Monday in a regulatory filing. The social media company will cut its global workforce by about 10 percent, it said in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This translates to about 540 employees, based on Snap’s … Read more
