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Stop Falling for the Coupon: How to Hire a Carpet Cleaner Who Won’t Ruin Your Floors
Let’s be completely honest about the carpet cleaning industry. It is notoriously unregulated. Literally anyone can buy a used, heavy-duty extraction machine, slap a magnetic logo on the side of a minivan, and start running internet ads offering to clean your entire house for an impossibly low price, like $99.But when you hire the cheapest operator in town, you usually aren’t getting a clean floor. You are getting a soaking wet carpet, hidden upcharges, and a sticky chemical residue that ac
Meta hikes ad prices in six countries
<p>The company announced location-based increases ranging from 2% to 5% and said it would no longer be covering the cost of digital service taxes and other fees.</p>
Facebook expands affiliate program to include brand links
<p>The new self-serve feature allows creators to select from a range of relevant products and earn sales commissions from their Reels content.</p>
Snapchat drives TV viewership, promotions
<p>A new study in partnership with Omnicom and Ipsos found that the app’s users are more likely to watch a show after discovering it on social media platforms.</p><p> </p>
LinkedIn is a leading source for AI answers
<p>Two news studies identified the professional social network as a key resource across multiple artificial intelligence chatbots.</p><p> </p>
YouTube expands access to likeness detection tools
<p>Government officials, journalists and political candidates will join a pilot group of users as the company tests its image misuse protocols.</p><p> </p>
Meta acquires AI-driven social network Moltbook
<p>Creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs as part of the deal, which aligns with the company’s previous artificial intelligence investments.</p><p> </p>
Show HN: Marketing Content Generator AI-powered multi-channel content platform
We built this for the Google Gemini 3 Hackathon. The platform takes product data (manual input or Shopify import) and generates marketing content across Instagram, Facebook, landing pages, and video.The core idea: small teams spend hours creating the same content reformatted for each channel. We wanted to automate that end-to-end pipeline with AI agents.Key pieces: real-time copy and image generation per platform, an AI Modify agent that transforms stock photos into product-specific visuals, com
Show HN: BuildHiFi – PC Part Picker for Home Stereos
I've been building hi-fi stereo setups for years with all sorts different budgets, different rooms, helping friends spec out systems. I even worked at a hi-fi shop for several months before I came scurrying back to tech (a good story, but, uh, out of scope here). I kept wishing for something like PCPartPicker.com but for stereo gear. A place to design and save my systems, check compatibility, and see exactly how everything works. So I built it.No sign-in required to create builds: just hit
Show HN: J2Download – A simple online downloader supporting 40 platforms
Hi HN,I built a small web tool called J2Download.It allows users to download videos and media from many social platforms in one place. The goal was to make something simple and fast that works directly in the browser.Currently it supports platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Vimeo, Reddit, Bilibili and many others.It also supports some music platforms like SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Spotify and Tidal.You just paste the media link and download it.Website:
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Meta acquires Moltbook
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Why the Internet Built for Friends Felt More Meaningful Than AI
At the beginning of the social internet there was a very simple promise. Technology would help people stay connected to those who were already part of their lives. There was no obsession with “audiences”, no creator economy, no algorithms deciding what you should watch next. The center of everything was human relationships. That is why platforms like Facebook, Orkut and even early YouTube felt meaningful to millions of people. They worked as extensions of real social life.Today the situation is
Show HN: ColumnLens – Query millions of rows in milliseconds on your Mac
We keep shipping data to the cloud to analyze it, but modern Macs have enough horsepower to query millions of rows locally in milliseconds. Even an 8GB MacBook Neo.I built ColumnLens because I wanted to stop uploading sensitive data to SaaS tools just to run a GROUP BY. It's a native C++ desktop app that opens 5GB+ CSV, JSONL, Parquet, and Excel files in about 3 seconds, then lets you query them with DuckDB's full SQL engine — JOINs, CTEs, window functions, all running on your machine.
2026 NCAA Men’s Tournament Ad Sales Seeing ‘Tremendous Demand’
CBS Sports and TNT Sports execs say March Madness is cutting through for advertisers, but they don't 'give too much specificity.'
Agency Creatives: Looking for Job Satisfaction? Consider Moving to the Brand Side
Brand marketers enjoy a better quality of life, according to a new survey.
Cannes Lions Names Agency Icon Susan Credle 2026 Lion of St. Mark Honoree
The lifetime achievement award honors Credle’s four-decade career.
Medical Waste Disposal: A Breakdown
In the United States alone, healthcare facilities generate over 3.5 million tons of medical waste each year. There are several types of medical waste, each requiring a specific disposal method. Certain categories of waste are highly regulated due to their dangerous nature.Common types of medical waste include trace chemotherapy waste, pathological waste and pharmaceutical waste. Trace chemotherapy waste must be stored in yellow sharps containers or yellow waste bags, while path
The Growth Paradox: Jeff Greenspoon of Kantar on Brand Power
Plus, how CMOs can protect their north star while experimenting boldly.
An Irish Comedian Turned the Big Arch Launch into a Global Burger War
A routine product launch became a global cultural moment, but not a single dollar of paid media made it happen.
How Washington’s AI Power Struggle Became a Marketing Headache
As Anthropic sues the Department of War and OpenAI deepens ties with Washington, industry leaders are watching the geopolitical alliances behind AI platforms.