Reddit Reveals New Research on Social Media’s Shifting Purchase Journey at CES 2025
Reddit has released new research at CES 2025 demonstrating how online conversations are becoming increasingly influential in consumer purchase decisions, challenging traditional forms of product recommendations and advertising. According to the research, released on January 6, 2025, 47% of social media users cite “irrelevant search...
OpenAI Reports Major Service Disruption Following Cloud Provider Failure
OpenAI has released an incident report detailing a significant outage that affected multiple services, including ChatGPT, on December 26, 2024. The disruption, which began at 10:40 AM and lasted until early evening, was attributed to a cloud provider data center failure that impacted the company’s databases. According to the...
AI Web Crawlers Emerge as Major Internet Force, New Vercel Study Reveals
A comprehensive study released by Vercel on December 17, 2024, has revealed that AI crawlers have become a significant presence on the internet, with OpenAI’s GPTBot and Anthropic’s Claude generating nearly 1 billion requests combined across Vercel’s network in the past month. According to the research, OpenAI’s...
Court Rules in Favor of WP Engine in WordPress Dispute with Automattic
A judge has granted WP Engine’s request for a preliminary injunction against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg in a significant ruling for the WordPress ecosystem, issued on December 11, 2024. The court order requires the defendants to restore conditions to their September 20, 2024 state within 72 hours. The ruling addresses multiple...
