It s Saturday, and here s your weekly dose of what s shaking up tech, marketing, and AI. Let s dive in!

Social Media and Marketing Updates

• Instagram: Testing DM upgrades, a dislike button for comments, and Testimonials in Partnership Ads.

• Twitter / X: Launched Grok 3, but Elon jacked up Premium+ from $16 to $40/month. X users are upset 150% hike for AI perks and priority posts? Cancel culture s hitting the platform hard.

  YouTube: Rolling out Veo 2 AI from Google DeepMind for creators. Video generation s about to get a sci-fi glow-up on YouTube.

• LinkedIn: Added Email Open Rates and Sends to Newsletter analytics.

• WhatsApp: Testing social media links in profiles and an AI chat tab. Meta s turning it into a mini-social hub. WhatsApp Beta feature lets you customize voice message transcriptions.

• Digital Marketing: Meta s AI ad push is the talk of the town automated campaigns are a marketer s dream.