Meta announced a range of new in-app shopping updates at ShopTalk 2026.
Augmented reality developers will be able to create their own effects and integrate those clips into their Lenses using a closed-prompt approach.
The company said the number amounts to about 3.8 million Snaps per minute, although the app’s overall momentum appears to be stalling.
Advertisers will be able to include shoppable tiles and promotional overlays, which can help them reach the platform’s growing community of high-intent shoppers.
The app introduced Total Snap Takeovers and is developing a Snap-specific promotional option in an effort to win more marketing dollars.
Kalshi and Polymarket have moved to restrict insider trading on the same day lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to ban popular sports event contracts.
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2000 as a biopharmaceutical company developing eye care products and is now betting big on the Sky protocol and stablecoins.
Strategy is increasingly turning to perpetual preferred stocks to fund its Bitcoin strategy, with the company adding 90,000 BTC to its balance sheet so far this year.
Rising inflation concerns weigh on Bitcoin’s breakout as traders refuse to take on bullish positions, despite Monday’s 4% price bounce.
When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.
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