Fact-Checking on Threads; McDonald’s Leans Into Anime; Temu’s Super Bowl Ad Jingle.

Finite Scroll #1

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Well, now you're here, so welcome to Finite Scroll, a weekly drop of what I've been reading or bookmarking about tech, social, culture, and all things extremely online. ✨

TL;DR, below is a list of links I can't stop thinking about — stuff you can read today, over the weekend, or as orphaned tabs you open in the background, only to come back to close in a few days. 🤳

• The Insatiable Ambition of LeBron James
• The 'Daddy' Will See You Now
• The music labels are still suing the internet companies. That's a warning for the AI industry.
• Crying in Apple Vision Pro
• Marques Brownlee Joins Ridge as Executive Board Member, Equity Investor, and Chief Creative Partner
• Why we're still humming Temu's Super Bowl ad jingle
• Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers and stop publishing on its site
• Almost half of marketing teams restructured in 2023, survey reveals
• The Shocking Death That Has Devastated Gamers for Decades
• Tinder is expanding ID verification to the US, UK, Brazil, and Mexico
• Reddit reportedly selling user content to AI company in $60M deal
• Meta Begins Testing Fact-Check Markers on Threads
• Why Advertising Needs to Start Taking Class Seriously
• Tinder, Hinge 'deliberately' turn users into swiping addicts, lawsuit says
• Where everyone's an influencer and everything's for sale
• What Happened to Baseball Jerseys?
• McDonald's Leans Into Anime with WcDonald's Campaign
• Tweencore: What the 13-and-under set is shopping for.
• Marketing cars on TikTok makes authenticity an OEM priority
• Meet Shein's typical shopper: The fast-fashion retailer attracts older and more environmentally conscious consumers than you might think.
• Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids.

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