Jack Benjamin speaks with Pinterest performance VP Matt Crystal about AI performance tools, Pinterest’s lower-funnel strategy and why social media needs to become less “toxic”.

Box office revenue reached £63m, due in part to underperformance from Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel.

CEO Andy Jassy believes there will be continued growth its ads business, which, like AWS, drove double-digit growth in Q3.

While Meta’s investments in AI are paying off for advertisers, bets in smart glasses and Reality Labs, as well as higher costs associated with AI infrastructure investment, are leading to cost increases.

In May, Ofcom found People’s Forum: The Prime Minister, broadcast in February, in breach of due impartiality rules.

The UK’s economic outlook remains “fairly weak”, but the release of the budget could unlock stalled marketing spend.

Ad and subscription revenue for Google’s video platform during the past 12 months exceeded $50bn for the first time, parent company Alphabet revealed in its Q3 earnings report.

The social media challenger turned a profit for the first time in Q3 and reported strong 56% growth in ad revenue.

While the digital ad market grew 16%, video display rose by 26% — the fourth H1 in a row to post double-digit growth.

Analysis: The introduction of a clipping and sharing feature looks to capture a larger share of the social media conversation that has sprung up around the fandom of Netflix shows.