Next In Horror: ‘Monitor’ Filmmakers Matt Black & Ryan Polly Nearly Had Their Short Adapted By Someone Else Without Their Consent — But Seized The Opportunity Fo…

Monitor' directors Matt Black and Ryan Polly discuss the attempted theft of their horror short and adapting it for the big ...
The New York Times

Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War

State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence. By Tiffany Hsu Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A.

Builderius WordPress Page Builder Integrates Claude AI

Builderius page builder announced an experimental AI integration that can read and apply changes directly inside the builder.
TechCrunch

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

An internal research study at Meta dubbed “Project MYST” created in partnership with the University of Chicago, found that parental supervision and controls — such as time limits and restricted access ...
Deadline.com

‘Take Me Home’ Exec Producers Ai-jen Poo & Lydia Storie Launch Give Not Take Media To Develop Projects On Care, Aging & Disability

EXCLUSIVE: Ai-jen Poo and Lydia Storie, two of the exec producers of prize-winning Sundance film Take Me Home, have launched Give Not Take Media, a production company that will develop film and TV ...
MediaPost

IAB Unveils 'Project Eidos' To Accelerate AI-Enabled Measurement

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) this morning unveiled a new media audience-measurement initiative focusing on the role artificial intelligence (AI) can play in advancing the state of the art.
Ars Technica

“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and death. These can be the consequences for vulnerable kids who get addicted to social media, according to more than 1,000 personal injury lawsuits that seek to ...
Search Engine Land

Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro

Google now uses Gemini 3 Pro to generate some AI Overviews in Search. For more complex queries, Google relies on Gemini 3 Pro to power those overviews. The SEO toolkit you know, plus the AI visibility ...
Media Matters for America

Right-wing media are describing pro-immigrant Minnesota activists using the language of war

Right-wing media figures and outlets are using the language of war to characterize protests against the presence of violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota. While some in right ...
MinnPost

Do the majority of Americans use social media to get health information?

In two recent polls, a majority of U.S. adults said they use social media to get health information. July 2025 by KFF, a leading health policy research nonprofit: 55% said they use social media “to ...
The Washington Post

How China and Russia are using Maduro’s capture to sway U.S. discourse

Two days after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. Special Forces, a MAGA-friendly social media commentator who uses the name David Freeman shared news footage on X showing ...