Former LO and account executive selling a long term domain.
MortgageConsultingService.com
Website has been closed but the domain is still out in the web and will be easy to reestablish with a new site.
Make offer. Thank you

Top 6 Updates of last Week:

• Meta launches AI tools for ad creative creation and paid subscription tiers.
• TikTok sues US Government over divest-or-sell law.
• Pinterest launches Media Buyer Certification Course.
• X will soon allow advertisers to use AI for audience creation.
• Youtube launches a promotions tab for Creators & SMBs to run quick ad campaigns.
• Reddit is planning to launch search ads and a mixed feed. * Using ‘keyword + reddit’ on google > using reddit search.

Trending

• Sam Altman debunks the rumours of gpt-5 and search engine launch, announcing new updates to GPT-4. The launch of GPT-4o.
• Google’s CEO responds to Search Quality Issues.
• Constellation Brands launches creative review for Corona Extra.
• Apple’s Safari 18 is expected to introduce webpage summarization, web eraser and more.
• Reddit’s Q1 2024 report showed strong user and ad revenue growth, 48% YoY increase in revenue.
• Jack Dorsey has left Bluesky Board sharing the company is making the same mistakes he and his team at Twitter.
• Ofcom is pushing for better age verification, filters and other checks in new online child safety code.
• Apple apologies for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ ad campaign.
• Ocean Outdoor and Battersea Power Station launch new premium DOOH network.
• OpenAI’s pitch deck for publisher partnerships gets leaked.
• Hubspot posts $617.4 million revenue for the first quarter of the year.
• Temu and Meta are being blamed by marketers for ruining performance and paid social marketing.
• Instacart and NBCUniversal’s new partnership connecting CPG with Streaming, changing retail.
• Sony and Apollo are in talks to acquire paramount.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok is working on a collaboration feature similar to IG.
• TikTok shares new insights about brand and search experience on platform.
• TikTok to start auto-labeling AI-generated content to combat misinformation.
• TikTok is having ‘Creative Made Simple’ webinar for SMBs on May 16th.
  

  Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Instagram continues to gamify content creation experience, to make people publish more.
  
• Threads adds view counts on posts.
  
• Instagram’s new ‘Meme it’ DMs feature capitalises on Gen-Z’s heavy use of DMs for chats and content sharing.
  
• Influencers see more Instagram engagement with still images than Reels.
  
• Instagram is teasing a new creator revenue program ‘Spring Bonus’.
  
• Threads is testing cross-posting from Instagram globally.
  
• Instagram is testing an new UI for Carousels, with no dots.
  
• Despite IG adding 3-minute reels, they were found discouraging creators from creating long reels.
  

Meta 😅

• Meta’s newly launched AI creative tools for advantage+ campaigns.
• The feature to create reels from existing content is coming to Meta Business Suite.
• Meta’s turn away from the news industry has lead to 50% traffic drop to publishers.
• Error: Meta shares detailed targeting exclusion alert sent to advertisers was a mistake.
• Meta Business Suite adds ‘review’ feature to request post to be reviewed by other admins before publishing.
• WhatsApp launches new UI elements, giving the platform a new look.
• WhatsApp makes it easier to find new channels with categories.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X working on Analytics for X communities.
• Nintendo ends their X integration for Switch.
• X’s new algorithm update has lead to prioritisation of smaller accounts, says Elon.
• Chat History is now live for Gork AI on web.
• X is adding a ‘cast’ button to the iOS app.

Youtube 🕹️

• YouTube outlines its measures to ensure EU Election Integrity.
• Youtube expands testing of ‘Jump Ahead’ premium AI feature.
• MrBeast is parting ways with Night Media, Talent Management Company.
• Youtube testing a new shopping feed in Youtube Shorts.

Google 🔦

• Google launches new ‘Saved Comparisons’ feature for Analytics.
• Google Shopping Ads get conversion annotations.
• Google Search results without SGE jump to 65%, up from 25%.
• Google hides search results count under tools section.
• Google shares Disavow link tool will go away at some point.
• Google is defending lack of communication around Search Updates.
• Google’s site reputation abuse policy enforcement started on Monday May 6th.

Agency News

• Issa Rae’s Hoorae Media unveils Ensemble, a branded entertainment company.
• Omnicom is shuttering Honey & Sparks and the talent is being distributed.
• Nestlé Canada appoints Citizen Relations as Confectionery PR AOR.
• GE Lighting, a Savant company appoints Bakery as Social AOR.
• Rocket Cos. Puts its media account in review.
• We Are Social US partners with Valerie Moizel, CEO of The Woo to form Hello US.
• Virgin Active appoints We Are Pi for global brand transformation.
• Famous Footwear appoints Yard NYC and THE MAYOR as Creative AOR.
• Warner Bros appoints BigSmall to launch streaming service Max.
• Lovesac appoints Hearts & Science as media AOR.
• BUNTIN appoints Trex as Media Agency of record.
• IPG Health consolidates agency brand roster, launch of new Rise & Run brand.
• THIRD EAR appointed by Nissan North America and INFINITI USA as Multicultural AOR.
• Indie Agency Boathouse creates supplier diversity program, expanding external DEI efforts.

AI 🤨

• OpenAI increase AI content transparency with launch of new detection tools.
• Etsy’s plan to improve delivery tracking using new ML model.
• Absolut & Copy Lab launch copyright-free diverse images for fashion content.
• OpenAI and Stack Overflow announced an API partnership.
• OpenAI introduces Model Spec to better the model behaviour and explores how AI can generate explicit content.
• Eleven labs preview their music AI model.

Reddit & Pinterest

• Reddit announces new Public Content Policy, setting new parameters for data usage.
• Pinterest hires Former Levi’s CEO to Board of Directors.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• Microsoft is building a bigger and better LLM ‘MAI-1’ to fight Google.
• Bing tests clear distinction between free and paid search results.
• LinkedIn shares new insights on measuring B2B marketing campaigns.

Marketing & AdTech

• Bluesky adds new features; DMs, Improved custom feeds, Video and more.
• Shopsense launches retail media platform for second-screen shopping.
• GAP names Fabiola Torres new global CMO.
• Ocean Outdoor becomes official OOH supplier to London Fashion Week.
• Curb, a ride/hailing app launches Curb journey Connect, one-stop ad solution.
• Constant Contact launches new AI feature for Brandkit and Campaign Builder.
• 160over90 launches Integrated Creator Commerce service with Lumanu.
• Omnicom announces major expansion in India.
• Kantar Media hires Lucy Bristowe as CEO for UK & Western Europe.
• Instacart and Uber Eats partner, allowing customers to order Uber Eats food via Instacart.

I hope this helps to plan your week ahead. Follow for more.

Top 6 Updates of last Week:

• Meta launches AI tools for ad creative creation and paid subscription tiers.
• TikTok sues US Government over divest-or-sell law.
• Pinterest launches Media Buyer Certification Course.
• X will soon allow advertisers to use AI for audience creation.
• Youtube launches a promotions tab for Creators & SMBs to run quick ad campaigns.
• Reddit is planning to launch search ads and a mixed feed. * Using ‘keyword + reddit’ on google > using reddit search.

Trending

• Sam Altman debunks the rumours of gpt-5 and search engine launch, announcing new updates to GPT-4. The launch of GPT-4o.
• Google’s CEO responds to Search Quality Issues.
• Constellation Brands launches creative review for Corona Extra.
• Apple’s Safari 18 is expected to introduce webpage summarization, web eraser and more.
• Reddit’s Q1 2024 report showed strong user and ad revenue growth, 48% YoY increase in revenue.
• Jack Dorsey has left Bluesky Board sharing the company is making the same mistakes he and his team at Twitter.
• Ofcom is pushing for better age verification, filters and other checks in new online child safety code.
• Apple apologies for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ ad campaign.
• Ocean Outdoor and Battersea Power Station launch new premium DOOH network.
• OpenAI’s pitch deck for publisher partnerships gets leaked.
• Hubspot posts $617.4 million revenue for the first quarter of the year.
• Temu and Meta are being blamed by marketers for ruining performance and paid social marketing.
• Instacart and NBCUniversal’s new partnership connecting CPG with Streaming, changing retail.
• Sony and Apollo are in talks to acquire paramount.

TikTok 🎶

• TikTok is working on a collaboration feature similar to IG.
• TikTok shares new insights about brand and search experience on platform.
• TikTok to start auto-labeling AI-generated content to combat misinformation.
• TikTok is having ‘Creative Made Simple’ webinar for SMBs on May 16th.
  

  Instagram & Threads 🗂️

• Instagram continues to gamify content creation experience, to make people publish more.
  
• Threads adds view counts on posts.
  
• Instagram’s new ‘Meme it’ DMs feature capitalises on Gen-Z’s heavy use of DMs for chats and content sharing.
  
• Influencers see more Instagram engagement with still images than Reels.
  
• Instagram is teasing a new creator revenue program ‘Spring Bonus’.
  
• Threads is testing cross-posting from Instagram globally.
  
• Instagram is testing an new UI for Carousels, with no dots.
  
• Despite IG adding 3-minute reels, they were found discouraging creators from creating long reels.
  

Meta 😅

• Meta’s newly launched AI creative tools for advantage+ campaigns.
• The feature to create reels from existing content is coming to Meta Business Suite.
• Meta’s turn away from the news industry has lead to 50% traffic drop to publishers.
• Error: Meta shares detailed targeting exclusion alert sent to advertisers was a mistake.
• Meta Business Suite adds ‘review’ feature to request post to be reviewed by other admins before publishing.
• WhatsApp launches new UI elements, giving the platform a new look.
• WhatsApp makes it easier to find new channels with categories.

X (Twitter) 🕹️

• X working on Analytics for X communities.
• Nintendo ends their X integration for Switch.
• X’s new algorithm update has lead to prioritisation of smaller accounts, says Elon.
• Chat History is now live for Gork AI on web.
• X is adding a ‘cast’ button to the iOS app.

Youtube 🕹️

• YouTube outlines its measures to ensure EU Election Integrity.
• Youtube expands testing of ‘Jump Ahead’ premium AI feature.
• MrBeast is parting ways with Night Media, Talent Management Company.
• Youtube testing a new shopping feed in Youtube Shorts.

Google 🔦

• Google launches new ‘Saved Comparisons’ feature for Analytics.
• Google Shopping Ads get conversion annotations.
• Google Search results without SGE jump to 65%, up from 25%.
• Google hides search results count under tools section.
• Google shares Disavow link tool will go away at some point.
• Google is defending lack of communication around Search Updates.
• Google’s site reputation abuse policy enforcement started on Monday May 6th.

Agency News

• Issa Rae’s Hoorae Media unveils Ensemble, a branded entertainment company.
• Omnicom is shuttering Honey & Sparks and the talent is being distributed.
• Nestlé Canada appoints Citizen Relations as Confectionery PR AOR.
• GE Lighting, a Savant company appoints Bakery as Social AOR.
• Rocket Cos. Puts its media account in review.
• We Are Social US partners with Valerie Moizel, CEO of The Woo to form Hello US.
• Virgin Active appoints We Are Pi for global brand transformation.
• Famous Footwear appoints Yard NYC and THE MAYOR as Creative AOR.
• Warner Bros appoints BigSmall to launch streaming service Max.
• Lovesac appoints Hearts & Science as media AOR.
• BUNTIN appoints Trex as Media Agency of record.
• IPG Health consolidates agency brand roster, launch of new Rise & Run brand.
• THIRD EAR appointed by Nissan North America and INFINITI USA as Multicultural AOR.
• Indie Agency Boathouse creates supplier diversity program, expanding external DEI efforts.

AI 🤨

• OpenAI increase AI content transparency with launch of new detection tools.
• Etsy’s plan to improve delivery tracking using new ML model.
• Absolut & Copy Lab launch copyright-free diverse images for fashion content.
• OpenAI and Stack Overflow announced an API partnership.
• OpenAI introduces Model Spec to better the model behaviour and explores how AI can generate explicit content.
• Eleven labs preview their music AI model.

Reddit & Pinterest

• Reddit announces new Public Content Policy, setting new parameters for data usage.
• Pinterest hires Former Levi’s CEO to Board of Directors.

Microsoft & LinkedIn

• Microsoft is building a bigger and better LLM ‘MAI-1’ to fight Google.
• Bing tests clear distinction between free and paid search results.
• LinkedIn shares new insights on measuring B2B marketing campaigns.

Marketing & AdTech

• Bluesky adds new features; DMs, Improved custom feeds, Video and more.
• Shopsense launches retail media platform for second-screen shopping.
• GAP names Fabiola Torres new global CMO.
• Ocean Outdoor becomes official OOH supplier to London Fashion Week.
• Curb, a ride/hailing app launches Curb journey Connect, one-stop ad solution.
• Constant Contact launches new AI feature for Brandkit and Campaign Builder.
• 160over90 launches Integrated Creator Commerce service with Lumanu.
• Omnicom announces major expansion in India.
• Kantar Media hires Lucy Bristowe as CEO for UK & Western Europe.
• Instacart and Uber Eats partner, allowing customers to order Uber Eats food via Instacart.

I hope this helps to plan your week ahead. Follow for more.

I wanted to raise my concerns about the security aspects of the new Sonos web app.
While it's exciting to see the promises of 'enhanced user experience and better remote access' , it's essential for us to consider potential security risks that might come with it.
One concern stems from Sonos' history with security challenges. Take, for example, the discovery of security flaws in Sonos One wireless speakers during a hacking contest back in May 2023. These vulnerabilities could potentially enable attackers to execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information.
Another aspect to consider is the sign-in process for the web app. Currently, it only requires your Sonos account email address and password, with no additional layers of security like two-factor authentication or passkeys. This raises questions about the adequacy of measures to prevent unauthorized access.
Moreover, if you have locally stored music, it's likely on a PC or network storage device. Given recent issues with app upgrades, it's valid to question how well Sonos has ensured that a breach in the login procedure couldn't lead to exploitation of network links.
Common web application vulnerabilities like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Injection Attacks are also potential threats. It's crucial to understand what protections are in place to mitigate these risks.
While Sonos has addressed security issues in the past, the transition to a web-based platform introduces new challenges. We need clear communication from Sonos regarding the specific security enhancements and protections implemented in the new web app.

Is there a simple affordable way for me to do this? I need to ask a bunch if websites questions based on the homepage data and need a simple api solution that can crawl a url and then have a list of LLMs i can choose that can affordably read the data and feed the answers to my questions via API for each URL.
Or if nothing cloud i can try a simple local solution (not a coder) that could do it but scant really run any good models locally but my questions are simple so it might work.

I've got many years of experience in building, upgrading and repairing PCs, both as a job and for fun, but I haven't strayed from the standard desktop for awhile. The last time I worked with a smaller form factor was using a board that fit in one of the early Shuttle PC toaster cases, circa '04. I've also worked up machines with micro-ATX boards.
The searches I've done on this subject have largely returned information targeted at servers of one type or another. The target for this build is desktop use only. It's not just about running Linux on low-end hardware. I've got an old Chromebook that would work, but where's the fun in that?
I live in a very rural area (a farm in the southeastern USA) that has frequent power outages due to seasonal storms. Power restoration can sometimes take several hours. The system I'm going to build will be running on a UPS, but I have limited resources to purchase one. It's very quiet out there, and I prefer to keep it that way. The less power required and noise (and heat) generated, the better.
I'm seeking to build a relatively quiet fanless PC with low power requirements. I'm primarily looking for motherboard/processoRAM recommendations. Mini-ITX is preferred. I already have some 2.5" SATA drives to use. Hardware RAID options (at least RAID 1) would be a huge bonus but are not required. High performance (2024 gaming, etc), is not required, although I wouldn't turn it down if it's possible.
The PC will only be normally tasked with web browsing, some video playback (YouTube, low-res Prime, etc) and some open-source office software. I know there are vendors who offer complete package PCs like this, but I'd like to build one for the experience and for maximum compatibility with Linux (probably Debian, maybe Ubuntu). If it could run Windows 11 and not wheeze that would be swell, but that's not the target. I might run some older Windows apps thru WINE, but they aren't resource intensive; I've run them on much older Linux systems than what's currently available.
I'd prefer something with an external power supply that would fit in small form factor case, but this is not a deal breaker. A similar desirable case size would be the Shuttle XPC Slim. As far as vendor or manufacturer goes, I'm agnostic. Whichever one offers better options for this purpose is the one I'd rather go with, although I would strongly prefer to use a vendor that ships from the US.
For the mobo/proc/RAM combo, I'd like to stay under $400 US. Preferably *way* under but if it meets and surpasses all the requirements I could go that high. I've gone through a few vendor sites and compiled some shopping carts to get an idea, but it would be very helpful to see if anyone has had success with similar builds.
Thanks for any suggestions and for the community input in general.

Someone in a thread here mentioned Zybourne Clock—that game pitch on the SomethingAwful Forums that was just a bunch of badly-drawn concept art and way-too-ambitious, unconnected plot beats—and it gave me a brain blast thinking about all the little forum start-ups I've seen in my time, posted by excited kids who love drawing their OCs and imagining cool fight scenes, but don't actually know anything about game design or roadmapping a project.
I'm a big fan of the animatostreamer Khonjin, and one of his big, lifelong projects is the realization of a story called "Supermental," first seen in a now-deleted forum thread (I forget the name of the site, was one of those small-batch Jcink forums) where the idea was first pitched as a game that would be enormous in scope, an epic story, and combine "eight genres of gameplay in one game, including rhythm, RPG, fighting game mechanics, platforming, and more." That the thread was so old when I discovered it and everyone in it had likely been kids when it had been made told me that this incarnation of the game would likely never exist in any form, and the sheer scope and size of the game projected with nothing to show for it but pages of character desisgns and a single GIF of a platforming segment made in Game Maker was one of those really incredible high water marks left by the boundless ambition of youth.
At the time, Khonjin's primary work of note, the animated web series Khonjin House had concluded with a severe escalation in stakes and a direct lead-in to a new animated web series called Supermental, along with an accompanying ARG, so everyone who was invested was scrambling for clues across his entire history on the internet. We were also trying to figure out what Supermental was going to be about. Not even the the original game dev thread had any answers as to what the plot actually was. The discovery that the projected main protagonist of that old game idea, Jack, was the prototype for Jack Pent, the main antagonist of Khonjin House, definitely seemed to indicate some kind of relevancy, though.
Khonjin House had been full of little, unexplained names and references that were definitely going to be important to Supermental, and the fan speculation leading up to the little bits of reveal we got in the series proper was some of my personal favorite fandom activity I've ever participated in. Finding out who Smack was—a character who was often mentioned by name in the series but never seen—and then finding out that he and Pent hate each others' guts and have been trying to kill each other, AND THEN finding out Supermental was going to be prequel and that they used to be best friends was an incredible wave to be on.
And then we got the announcement: the Supermental animated series on YouTube was just to get the fans hyped up for the Kickstarter for the Supermental game, revived after all these years!
Unfortunately, it was too good to be true. The Kickstarter had an intriguing animated trailer, but no gameplay. Not even a mention of what gameplay would be like. We did get an update later on, showing it would be a SRB2-like 3D platformer with 2D sprite characters, but by then, the momentum had been lost. I donated to the Kickstarter, as did several fans, but we never reached funding and the project was canned.
All that was left was the ARG, which was still ongoing and was supposed to reveal what Supermental was actually about once it was solved. Unfortunately, the last shot in the foot for the whole thing came when Khonjin lost patience with everyone for taking too long to solve the clues and just lore-dumped the whole thing.
The plot of the game ended up being a super personal extended metaphor for gender dysphoria and transitioning, inspired by the struggles of a close trans friend of Khonjin's who had died. It felt like a story he had really wanted to get out into the world at all costs, for many, many years by then, ultimately resigning to a bitter, 2 a.m. paragraphs-long lore dump in a Discord channel. The mystery was over. I still have no idea how that would have translated to a platformer game, but hey—Super Paper Mario did alright, so who knows.
I still think about that a lot. Supermental for me is the reigning king of that sort of incredibly ambitious creative project you undertake with your friends when you're young, firing off aimlessly in any direction, struggling to be born, picking up more meaning and consuming other ideas as you grow alongside it. It's been a minute since I checked in on the status of anything related to it, and since Khonjin—to my knowledge—has uploaded or said anything pertaining to it, but I would like to see it realized in some form one day.
So, what are some of your favorite stories of stillborn projects? This isn't about Scalebound or shit like that. I want stories of game projects you discovered in forums when you were in high school that had tons character art but no one on the team who knew how to program. Kickstarters you were interested in but knew had no chance in Hell of clearing even a fourth of their funding goal because they didn't have a single screenshot of in-engine visuals on the page. Even other well-known failure stories are welcome here; I'm interested in learning about more infamous failures like Zybourne Clock as well, things y'all might no about, but that escaped my radar. Doesn't have to be games either; movies, animations, 'zines, comics... anything.

I do not understand why the web player looks as bad as it does or is as difficult to use as it is (what's playing is on the right margin but the play/pause is at the bottom but to add a song to my liked playlist its a teensy + on the lower left, stuff like that). I just want something that's easier to use is all with what's playing in the center of the screen. Was looking for a site skin or maybe a wrapper but the one I found I don't think works. Any advice is welcome, thank you!

Doesn't look like their web site has anything special for a new client for BYOD mobile plans. Located in Ontario. Looks like ~$60 is the cheapest for data without other Rogers services?

I like Omegle web hope it will grow up fast, but damn it there are too many horny guys on the site, and I can't find anyone who really want to talk without showing is dk, sometimes I found some normal person, but as soon as they visit the site they suddenly stop using it. When could it be possibile finding some interesting people on the site? Avoiding creeps.

Bonjour à tous !
J'ai déjà posé des (petites) fenêtres PVC moi-même, mais c'était sur du "neuf" (cabanon en parpaing) avec les trous parfaitement rectangulaires, etc.
Maintenant j'ai le projet de remplacer des fenêtres existantes, sauf que bâtiment est très ancien et que les fenêtres sont cintrées. Pas de beaucoup, moins de 5cm de différence de hauteur entre le milieu et les côtés (pour 140cm de largeur), mais ça suffit pour faire exploser le prix des fenêtres chez les différents fournisseurs en ligne (et encore, pour ceux qui proposent cette option... un site web bien connu de fenêtres vraiment pas chères écrit dans la FAQ "Vendez-vous des fenêtres triangulaires, trapézoïdale ou cintrées ? Non, nous vendons uniquement des fenêtres carrées et rectangulaires")
Du coup je me dis que c'est pas 5cm qui va me baisser ma luminosité... mais qu'on peut mettre une fenêtre rectangle dans un trou cintré ? Comment boucher la petite zone arrondie ? J'imagine qu'un bout de placo ça va pas le faire. C'est des murs de 60cm d'épaisseur, et l'encadrement est en brique rouge avec clef de voûte en pierre de taille. Si je perce verticalement par le dessous, je peux y fixer des trucs ? Genre fers à béton au scellement chimique, puis coffrage en bois dans le cintre, on rempli de béton, on attend que ça sèche, on enlève le coffrage, on met une nouvelle fenêtre ? C'est pas grave si il n'y a pas de fenêtres du tout pendant quelques jours, c'est des pièces inoccupées et c'est bientôt l'été

- May 13, 2024

The Good:

• BuzzFeed's flagship brand continues to be the leading player in digital media with high time spent compared to other digital and legacy properties.
• The company is leaning into AI to extend its leadership position and build the defining media company for the AI era.
• BuzzFeed has stabilized its business by selling Complex, strengthening its balance sheet with more cash and less debt.
• The majority of BuzzFeed's users now come directly to its owned and operated sites and apps, indicating a shift away from platform-dependent distribution.
• Direct traffic referrals are now the largest source of traffic for BuzzFeed, with 90% of audience time spent on owned and operated properties.
• BuzzFeed has seen growth in direct traffic and deeper engagement among its most loyal users.
• The company has rolled out several new AI-powered features and formats that have driven record levels of engagement.
• Programmatic advertising revenues across BuzzFeed and HuffPost grew year-over-year for the third consecutive quarter.
• BuzzFeed's Commerce business has strong partnerships with major retailers and has driven significant revenues for the company.
• The company is focused on leveraging first-party data and engaged audience to attract dollars from Retail Media Networks.
• The restructuring program announced in February is expected to yield approximately $23 million in annualized compensation cost savings.
• BuzzFeed paid down a significant portion of its outstanding debt and increased its cash balance.

The Bad:

• Overall revenues for Q1 2024 declined 18% year-over-year to $44.8 million.
• Advertising revenues declined 22% year-over-year, driven by ongoing pressure on the direct sales channel and lower monetization on third-party platforms.
• Deposit revenues declined 19% year-over-year due to nonrecurring custom content campaigns.
• Commerce and other revenues declined 9% year-over-year due to less promotional spend by retailers and lower audience traffic.
• BuzzFeed's Q1 adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $11.3 million.
• U.S. time spent on BuzzFeed's properties declined 16% year-over-year due to ongoing declines in referral traffic from third-party platforms.
• There are ongoing revenue pressures and lower third-party platform monetization that continue to impact overall revenue growth.

The Ugly:

• None.

Earnings Breakdown:

Financial Metrics:

• Overall revenues for Q1 2024 declined 18% year-over-year to $44.8 million.
• Advertising revenues declined 22% year-over-year to $21.4 million.
• Programmatic advertising revenues across BuzzFeed and HuffPost grew year-over-year for the third consecutive quarter.
• Deposit revenues declined 19% year-over-year to $13.1 million.
• Commerce and other revenues declined 9% year-over-year to $10.2 million.
• BuzzFeed's Q1 adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $11.3 million.
• BuzzFeed paid down a significant portion of its outstanding debt and increased its cash balance.

Product Metrics:

• BuzzFeed's flagship brand continues to be the leading player in digital media with high time spent compared to other digital and legacy properties.
• The majority of BuzzFeed's users now come directly to its owned and operated sites and apps.
• Direct traffic referrals are now the largest source of traffic for BuzzFeed, with 90% of audience time spent on owned and operated properties.
• Direct traffic across BuzzFeed web and app properties grew 3% versus Q4.
• BuzzFeed has rolled out several new AI-powered features and formats that have driven record levels of engagement.
• Deeper engagement among BuzzFeed's most loyal audience, with the number of pages per web visitor growing for 4 consecutive months.
• Programmatic advertising revenues across BuzzFeed and HuffPost grew year-over-year for the third consecutive quarter.
• BuzzFeed's Commerce business has strong partnerships with major retailers and has driven significant revenues for the company.
• The company is focused on leveraging first-party data and engaged audience to attract dollars from Retail Media Networks.

Source: Decode Investing AI Assistant

Today i worked like usual and Chrome forget password/sessions on every site, i'm web dev and not stupid, but why Chrome did this 2-3 times a year ? it's really frustrating. I have ubuntu 22.04 and Chrome 124.0.6367.201 My friends also have similar issues when they entered some password and Chrome don't suggest it to them. How can i make sure that this stupid bug won't reappear ?

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On web site it says ea fc 24available on ps plus till Offer ends 18/6/2024 14:30 GMT+5:30. Does that means i will have to buy it after that to play or i can still continue to play as long as i am a ps plus member ?

I love the idea of Kosmik but the execution isnt quite there yet. I plan on trying it out further but theres a couple of things that get in the way. This is my first impressions review and what i intend as constructive feedback
Usability (testing on windows 10)
Smaller stuff easy to improve (but are creating attrition for me constantly)

• (BUG) For me right-click -> create if i dont navigate correctly to the desired option the sub-menu with the options disapear while the main right-click menu still shows. I need to close the menu and re-open it to try again
• Lack of basic keyboard functionality like shift+arrows for selecting text
• Wich is very weird- on one hand things like text editing are telling me 'this is mouse first', meanwhile i cant drag the canvas with the mouse, only by pressing space...?
• Im constantly confused by the delete key not working, instead only the backspace deletes cards
• Cards can only be resized on their corners
• I expected dragging urls would add then to the canvas and bookmarking being some sort of traditional bookmarks. Took me awhile to figure it out
• Theres a Tag button on the browser, but applying tags to the open browser and later closing the browser dont make that url appear anywhere searching for that tag
• 'Bookmarks'(urls on canvas) for me are failing to show any image or preview beyond the default space station illustration (except for kosmik own website)...
• ...and then the app prevents me from resizing the cards RATIO- i can make the card smaller but i cant make it more of a rectangle or very small, im forced to have a big square repeated ilustration for each, and with no alternative like folding then
• Absent settings for the overall app and smaller features or options- like ui size, custom keyboard shortcuts, dark mode

At least on windows feels a bit undercooked. I dont know wether some of those are design choices or features still missing but i feel the design a bit at odds- in some parts it conveys 'use mouse only/first' in others it demands keyboard, and in the mean time some of the common design patterns both for mouse and keyboard arent used or use some non-tradional choice- making it harder to learn, creating some confusion or wrong expectations.
For example the bookmark icon is a vey tradional and ubiqutuous skeumorphic symbol for a very common feature that saves urls or files in a list, tradionally urls. Some apps get away using then for favorite files, photos or other things given their context so the user can imagine the equivalent in a given context... but here it shows alongside the in-app browser, next to an url... Maybe a different icon, like a card with a Plus sign and a tip 'add to canvas'?
I dont understand why tags are in the browser if apparently they only work with cards added on the canvas. If the intent was treating the open browser as a canvas element then said browser should be like a card (for example being able to open multiple browser windows in different universes) as if they were cards. Right now the browser is like a temporary tool...
If the intention (im trying to deduce here) was to apply tags before bookmarking so the bookmark already apply said tags then both operations would work better together- 1 button, the add-site to canvas, and that button opening up a prompt to add tags before confirming if desired.
Overall- Service, app, marketing
I was a bit misled regarding expectations because of a video/moto 'best browser for research' - so i installed it expecting more of a Browser with a canvas then a canvas with a very limited in-app browser. So i came expecting multiple tabs or adding extensions...
I dont mean to say the app should be like a browser BUT it is a interesting area to improve and turn into its differential, given some of the competition and how most people would be using it alongside a browser anyway
In a general sense my impressions:
From the 'best browser for research' perspective:

• Some missing browser features creates attrition, like quickly switching between 2 sites (tabs or some alternative) or having common used urls quickly acessible (like favorites/bookmarks in a traditional sense)
• For example if i have a site i commonly use or search and wanted to quickly open the app requires we add then to a universe. If i make a universe of 'favorites' they will only open those sites on that particular universe... if i want those common shortcuts elsewhere id have to add then to each and every universe...?
• Given the research goal, existing features like tags and search i was expecting things like bookmarks could have descriptions. I can add a bookmark to a universe then create a text/note explaining it on 1 universe...
• ...but then i cant add that same bookmark and that text and its tags in another universe, unless i made a new repeated bookmark and written the same thing again
• Therefore 2 feature suggestions: (1)some bookmark list or browser, where the bookmarks can also have tags even if they exist globally (2)optional description for bookmarks, that would be acessible if/when theyre added from bookmarks to a canvas
• Some useful features from some browsers or famous extensions are great for research, like saving and reopening sessions...
• ...or searching through your history
• Theres complete obscurity how the app handles logins, cookies... or options for different profiles. We can make different universes, but i see no way of having different profiles/spaces (with different universes each) where one im logged in with my work mail and the other my personal one.

I wonder if the app allowed for pages inside cards (not previews, rendered pages) would be a good alternative for things like tabs
From a general canvas-notation perspective

• Universes even tough created/saved locally are always in sync with the cloud - im one of those people that dont like having sensitive data on clouds because leaks and data theft by hackers exist (and do hit even huge companies). I wouldnt create some of the universes/notes i naturally would take in Kosmik, only more general browsing links and quick notes- unless it had an option for optional local-only universes
• A lot isnt covered in the FAQ and i couldnt find the answers, such as:
• I see no options for exporting universes or its notes in any way
• I could have no sense if images copy-pasted/dragged from the browser are like urls the canvas render (so no file size) or copy-pasted files that hit the cloud space quota- im under the impression theyre all copy-pasted (and i feel like they shouldnt, the app should consider every url as that and render the url)
• I can see nowhere how much space been used, left, etc

I have used waaay too many notes and canvas apps in my search for the apps that filled that niche for me like id like, and heck for years a good app with canvas was my most wanted feature that almost no one was doing save for few clunky flowchart apps.
Im glad that now theres been a boom of options and ive been giving everyone a chance- but still not one have all the things id like (i could pinpoint a frankenstein of features from different apps id wish into one)... Kosmik is already ahead of half of the competition (imo) just by having both a native app and web view options, and by the apps having the files locally+sync instead of rendering from the cloud only all the time (much faster and snappiers wich is a big deal for me) - and the web/browsing+canvas angle is a very interesting proposition
But that is where i got disapointed- the web-browsing in app alongside canvas is still very limited to hit the potential of that proposition. As it is right now, for example, i feel more confortable having any browser in a smaller window and copy-pasting urls into Kosmik then relying fully on the internal browser, save for quick search queries
I focus so much on the browser aspect not only because it was how i first found about kosmik but also because without that angle it falls short on some alternatives. Not completely btw, drawing tools and pdf handling seem to be great and ahead of some alternatives (some are good at drawing but barely beyond that, others better as notes but with terrible or no drawing)...
But i still feel like the 'best app for research' (browser+canvas/notes+pdf), emphasis on the browsing is the best angle, best bet for Kosmik to grow above alternatives... but extra emphasis on potential- i dont feel like its hitting that note quite yet, at least not on windows.
I will try to stick with Kosmik for awhile despite the clunkiness and attriction i feel, but not as id like to use it and more like a buffer between traditional browsing/searching and taking my notes- im planing on inserting Kosmik in between as quick notes for links before later refering to then on notes elsewhere... but i confess im sort of forcing this workflow just to keep using kosmik and keep tabs on updates- im sticking around in the hopes of what may come and not for what it currently is.
I have high hopes for the app and in my case (i lean more towards power user then casual) even if i use other apps a good better version of Kosmik in this niche would fit for me even alongside other apps. Heck i currently use 2 similars in tandem (similar in notes/canvas) for their different strengths and niches- and neither have carved web browsing research as their niche
Anyway, those were my very long 2cents. I hope the feedback is taken positively

Platform(s): Flash game on the cartoon network website
Genre: turn based rpg
Estimated year of release: anywhere in the 2010s
Graphics/art style: cartoonish, like the show itself.
Notable characters: This could have been an Adveture time or a gumball game, although I'm not sure. It had multiple characters from that universe, some did melee combat, some cast spells, healed etc. Standard rpg classes
Notable gameplay mechanics: The game was turn based but not really, each of the characters in the team had a cooldown based on their speed after which they became available to use, and you had to attack fast because enemies did not wait but rather attacked as soon as their cooldown timer ran out.

Firstly, I think that Firefox is best browser I can use, but I do have one problem with it. It becomes unresponsive if I open some web sites with too much data, like HD images, HD videos, etc. Even if I scroll down in Facebook too far Firefox becomes unresponsive.
How to solve this problem? I want either to stop Firefox to become unresponsive or to find way to shut it down faster when it becomes unresponsive. I can shut it down from Task manager (it is Windows 10 PC), but problem is that when Firefox becomes unresponsive my computer also becomes very slow and I have to wait several minutes for Task manager to open. I want faster solution that this. And is there some solution in Firefox settings to set an option that good and fast performance is priority instead of opening and showing every data from opened web sites?
Also, I do have bad graphic card and I do not want to change it soon, so I need solutions that do not include my graphic card. Any help?

Bonjour,
Créatrice d'un site web regroupant des informations non commerciales et non personnelles, j'ai beaucoup de questions juridiques avant la mise en production de ce projet / site.
LE SITE EN LUI-MÊME ET SON UTILISATION
J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Pour créer des conditions générales d'utilisation (CGU)
• Pour créer des mentions légales
• Pour la mise en place d'un système d'utilisateur·trice "vérifié·e" (i.e. faisant partie d'une organisation),
  • Cela doit-il nécessairement passer par la vérification d'une pièce d'identité et d'un contrat de travail (ou autre) ?
  • Est-ce qu'une adresse mail officielle peut être suffisante pour considérer que la personne fait partie de l'organisation ? (ex: [johndoe@sncf.fr](mailto:johndoe@sncf.fr))
  • En cas de fuite de données, quels sont les risques encourus par le·la responsable du site ?

​
SCRAPING
J'aimerais procéder à du "scraping", c'est-à-dire de la récupération de données en "lisant / scannant" les données publiques d'un site (sans passer par une API).

• Dois-je demander l'accès à l'entité / organisation détentrice du site ?
• Dans le cas où l'autorisation est accordée,
  • Est-ce qu'un mail confirmant l'autorisation est suffisant légalement ?
  • Sinon, est-ce qu'un contrat signé est suffisant légalement ?

​
CONSERVATION DES DONNÉES
J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Combien de temps maximum les données peuvent-elles être conservées ?
• Combien de temps ai-je pour fournir les données d'une personne demandant une restitution de données ?
• Lors qu'une personne demande à ce que son compte soit supprimée,
  • Combien de temps les données doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Les données peuvent-elles être conservées si elles sont anonymisées ?
• Les IP doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Si les IP doivent être conservées,
    • Doivent-elles être conservées sur la base de données du site ? par l'hébergeur ? autre ?
    • Dois-je conserver l'IP d'utilisateur·trice qui ne possède pas de compte (c'est-à-dire de personne ne faisant que consulter le site) ?
    • Combien de temps doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Si cela n'est pas obligatoire (les IP n'ont pas à être conservées),
    • Puis-je imposer à l'hébergeur de ne pas conserver les IP ?
    • Si oui, est-ce qu'une confirmation de l'hébergeur par un mail est suffisante légalement ? sinon par un contrat signé ? autre ?

MODÉRATION
Ce site permettra aux utilisateur·trice·s de créer du contenu. J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Les politiques de modération de contenu peuvent-elles être plus strictes que les lois ?
• Peut-on me poursuivre pour censure dans le cas où je procèderais à une modération (invisibilisation / suppression) de contenu ?
• Si du contenu illégal se retrouve présent sur le site et que cela est signalé, combien de temps ai-je pour procéder à sa suppression ?

​
En vous remerciant par avance

Bonjour,
Créatrice d'un site web regroupant des informations non commerciales et non personnelles, j'ai beaucoup de questions juridiques avant la mise en production de ce projet / site.
LE SITE EN LUI-MÊME ET SON UTILISATION
J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Pour créer des conditions générales d'utilisation (CGU)
• Pour créer des mentions légales
• Pour la mise en place d'un système d'utilisateur·trice "vérifié·e" (i.e. faisant partie d'une organisation),
  • Cela doit-il nécessairement passer par la vérification d'une pièce d'identité et d'un contrat de travail (ou autre) ?
  • Est-ce qu'une adresse mail officielle peut être suffisante pour considérer que la personne fait partie de l'organisation ? (ex: [johndoe@sncf.fr](mailto:johndoe@sncf.fr))
  • En cas de fuite de données, quels sont les risques encourus par le·la responsable du site ?

​
SCRAPING
J'aimerais procéder à du "scraping", c'est-à-dire de la récupération de données en "lisant / scannant" les données publiques d'un site (sans passer par une API).

• Dois-je demander l'accès à l'entité / organisation détentrice du site ?
• Dans le cas où l'autorisation est accordée,
  • Est-ce qu'un mail confirmant l'autorisation est suffisant légalement ?
  • Sinon, est-ce qu'un contrat signé est suffisant légalement ?

​
CONSERVATION DES DONNÉES
J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Combien de temps maximum les données peuvent-elles être conservées ?
• Combien de temps ai-je pour fournir les données d'une personne demandant une restitution de données ?
• Lors qu'une personne demande à ce que son compte soit supprimée,
  • Combien de temps les données doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Les données peuvent-elles être conservées si elles sont anonymisées ?
• Les IP doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Si les IP doivent être conservées,
    • Doivent-elles être conservées sur la base de données du site ? par l'hébergeur ? autre ?
    • Dois-je conserver l'IP d'utilisateur·trice qui ne possède pas de compte (c'est-à-dire de personne ne faisant que consulter le site) ?
    • Combien de temps doivent-elles être conservées ?
  • Si cela n'est pas obligatoire (les IP n'ont pas à être conservées),
    • Puis-je imposer à l'hébergeur de ne pas conserver les IP ?
    • Si oui, est-ce qu'une confirmation de l'hébergeur par un mail est suffisante légalement ? sinon par un contrat signé ? autre ?

MODÉRATION
Ce site permettra aux utilisateur·trice·s de créer du contenu. J'aimerais savoir (ou savoir qui contacter) :

• Les politiques de modération de contenu peuvent-elles être plus strictes que les lois ?
• Peut-on me poursuivre pour censure dans le cas où je procèderais à une modération (invisibilisation / suppression) de contenu ?
• Si du contenu illégal se retrouve présent sur le site et que cela est signalé, combien de temps ai-je pour procéder à sa suppression ?

​
En vous remerciant par avance

What's the point in paying £16 a month for a famous web development platform if it can't even handle basic web design? I've been building a website on a laptop for weeks and only just sent it to a friend to check in his browser. The layout is completely different. There are major gaps between blocks where I can't even have gaps because Squarespace won't let me. The header icons and spacing are entirely different. Nothing makes sense on his version. I have absolutely no idea what to do. And it's only just now that we've realised his website design is different as well, although it's more subtle so it took a while to notice. I'm completely at a loss. I was hoping to publish my site in a few days, but now it seems I have to cancel everything and put in a complaint, then pay more money for a different platform. This can't be real.