June 1, 2025

YouTube

• YouTube introduces side-by-side ads for livestreams — Ads appear next to the video without interrupting the stream, allowing for smoother viewing and creator monetization.

• Google Lens is coming to YouTube Shorts — You’ll soon be able to tap and visually search anything you see in a Short without leaving the app.

Google & Gemini

• Gmail will now summarize your long emails with Gemini — Summaries will appear automatically unless you choose to disable the feature.

• Gemini is being integrated directly into Chrome — You’ll be able to interact with Gemini right from the address bar to summarize, research, or get contextual help.

Perplexity AI

• Perplexity can now generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and charts — A new tool turns natural language prompts into full data visualizations.

Anthropic & Claude

• Claude launches voice mode — You can now have real-time, spoken conversations with the Claude AI assistant.

• Anthropic CEO warns AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level jobs — Tasks like writing, summarizing, and basic research are at highest risk.

Instagram

• Instagram now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos — Your photos will appear exactly as shot, with no need to crop or adjust.

LinkedIn

• LinkedIn adds post analytics to show true impact — You can now track how your posts lead to profile views, job offers, or new followers.

• LinkedIn launches Job Ad Library — Browse job ads that companies are actively promoting, helping job seekers spot real-time hiring trends.

Spotify

• Spotify adds a Following Feed for podcasts — Catch all the latest episodes from shows you follow in one place. “In This Episode” section lets creators link to resources and guests — Makes podcast content more interactive and actionable.

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Holidays: 6/2/25

• National Rocky Road Day

• National Rotisserie Chicken Day

• National I Love My Dentist Day...

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May 31, 2025

• YouTube Launches Side-By-Side Ads for Livestreams. Learn more here.

• Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out. Learn more here.

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Events: 6/1/2025:

• National Cancer Survivors Day

• Global Day of Parents

• National Go Barefoot Day

• National Say Something Nice Day

• World Milk Day

June is:

• Pride Month

• National PTSD Awareness Month

• Men’s Health Month

• Great Outdoors Month

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May 18, 2025

• OpenAI Launches New AI Coding Agent. Read the full article here.

• YouTube Outlines New Ad Options and Usage Stats at BrandCast 2025. Read the full article here.

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Holidays: 5/19/25

• World IBD Day

• National May Ray Day

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April 18, 2025

• Recap of this week’s news.

Holidays:

On Saturday:

• Garlic Day

• Humorous Day

• Refresh Your Goals Day

• Poetry & The Creative Mind Day

And on Sunday:

• Easter Sunday

• Go Fly a Kite Day

• Volunteer Recognition Day

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April 14, 2025

• DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis revealed that Google plans to combine its Gemini language model with its Veo video generation model. Click here to learn more.

• OpenAI has updated ChatGPT so it can now pull context from your previous chats. Read the full article here.

• A new study from Microsoft shows that even top AI models still struggle to fix buggy code. Click here to learn more.

• YouTube rolled out a free AI-powered music generator called Dream Track. Read the full article here.

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Holidays: 4/15/25

• Tax Day

• Laundry Day

• World Art Day

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April 11, 2025

• Canva launched Visual Suite 2.0. Click here to learn more.

• Instagram now lets you repost content—like posts and Reels—directly into your followers’ feeds, not just Stories. Read the full article here.

• Recap of this week’s news.

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Holidays:

On Saturday:

• Big Wind Day

• Deskfast Day

• Only Child Day

And on Sunday

• Scrabble Day

• Make Lunch Count Day

• International Plant Appreciation Day

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April 10, 2025

• OpenAI launched a new program to help create domain-specific benchmarks for AI. Click here to learn more.

• Anthropic is rolling out pricier plans. Read the full article here.

• YouTube is broadening access to its likeness detection technology. Click here to learn more.

• Instagram is testing a fun new feature called Locked Reels. Click here to learn more.

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Holidays: 4/11/25

• Pet Day

• Day of Silence

• Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

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March 7, 2025

• Recap of this week’s news.

Holidays:

On Saturday:

• Genealogy Day

• Proofreading Day

• International Women's Day

And on Sunday:

• Get Over It Day

• Daylight Savings

• Check Your Batteries Day

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