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Utah and Snapchat have taken each other on multiple spins around state, federal and appeals courts since the laws were initially enacted in 2023. (CN) — The state of Utah asked a federal court judge on Thursday to dismiss a Snap Inc. lawsuit seeking to prevent the state from enforcing new laws aimed at protecting children from social media companies. Utah Attorney General Derek Brown and Katie Haas, director of the Utah Department of Commerce Consumer Protection Division, accused Snapchat and its owner Snap Inc. of filing a new lawsuit in federal court to avoid the state’s enforcement of new social media laws while there is still pending civil enforcement in different courts. They asked the federal court to abstain from hearing any of Snapchat’s challenges to the Utah social media laws while those cases are ongoing. “There is one side in this case that is trying to avoid the effect of court decisions,” argued attorney Jimmy Rock, of D.C.-based law firm Edelson PC, representing the state of Utah. “It is not the state. It is Snap.” Snapchat’s attorney, Rush Atkinson of D.C. law firm Dunn Isaacson Rhee, argued that the matter had already been decided in federal court in the

Home Technology Snap partners with Perplexity to bring AI answer engine to Snapchat in 2026 in a deal worth $400 million Snapchat users will soon be able to ask questions and get real-time answers inside the app, thanks to a new partnership between Snap Inc. and Perplexity AI. The collaboration, worth $400 million, will make Perplexity’s AI engine a built-in feature of Snapchat’s chat experience starting early 2026. November 06, 2025 / 09:07 IST Snapchat Snap Inc. and Perplexity AI have announced a major partnership that will integrate Perplexity’s AI-powered answer engine directly into Snapchat, giving the app’s nearly 1 billion monthly active users a new way to explore topics and learn from verified sources. The feature is set to roll out globally in early 2026 and will appear inside Snapchat’s existing Chat interface. Users will be able to ask questions and receive clear, conversational responses without leaving the app. Snap says the collaboration is part of its broader effort to make artificial intelligence more personal and integrated into users’ daily conversations. Under the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap about $400 million over one year in a mix of cash and equity as the feature expands worldwide. Revenue from the

Under the agreement, Perplexity will compensate Snap through a combination of cash and equity, a revenue stream slated to kick in from 2026. Snap Inc. and Perplexity AI have struck a landmark deal valued at US $400 million, setting the stage for Perplexity’s AI-driven search engine to be woven directly into Snapchat. Beginning in early 2026, the integration will allow Snapchat’s vast user base, estimated at nearly one billion, for the first time to ask questions and receive conversational, verified responses immediately within the app. The deal was revealed alongside Snap’s third-quarter earnings, in which the company posted revenues of US $1.51 billion, slightly ahead of market expectations. Under the agreement, Perplexity will compensate Snap through a combination of cash and equity, a revenue stream slated to kick in from 2026. The announcement sent Snap’s share price soaring, climbing as much as 25% in after-hours trading.  Snap CEO Evan Spiegel characterised the collaboration as a step toward making AI-powered discovery an integral part of Snapchat’s experience, positioning the platform as a key distribution channel for intelligent agents. The Perplexity engine will complement Snapchat’s existing chatbot, “My AI,” which already leverages models from OpenAI and Google LLC.  In addition, Snap disclosed

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who will enforce the social media ban, said the list of age-restricted platforms would evolve with new technologies | Photo Credit: REUTERS Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts. The platforms join Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube in facing a world-first legal obligation to shut the accounts of younger Australian children from December 10, Communications Minister Anika Wells said on Wednesday. Platforms that fail to take reasonable steps to exclude children younger than 16 could be punished with a fine of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million). “We have met with several of the social media platforms in the past month so that they understand there is no excuse for failure to implement this law,” Wells told reporters in Canberra. “Online platforms use technology to target children with chilling control. We are merely asking that they use that same technology to keep children safe online,” Wells added. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who will enforce the social media ban, said the list of age-restricted platforms would evolve

For years, the promise of advertising in private spaces like chat feeds was considered a line few social platforms dared to cross. Direct messages were sacred; they were intimate, unmonetised, and off-limits. But Snapchat, a platform that thrives on immediacy and ephemerality, has been quietly rewriting that rulebook. And now, with its expanded partnership with Integral Ad Science (IAS), it’s betting that transparency and third-party measurement will convince marketers that its most private space is also one of the most valuable. Every day, 469 million people use Snapchat to create, share and enjoy visual content. It’s a habit-driven platform, where communication and creativity blur into one. Sponsored Snaps, where ads that appear natively within Snapchat’s Chat Feed, represent an experiment in blending brand messaging with everyday social behaviour. For Snapchat’s advertising partners, this integration into the user’s chat inbox has become a high-stakes opportunity: intimate, high-frequency, but potentially intrusive. Yesterday, IAS announced an expansion of its measurement partnership with Snap Inc. to provide advertisers with third-party tools to validate and optimise ad effectiveness across Snapchat, including Sponsored Snaps. The move builds on a collaboration that began in 2018 and has since evolved to include Viewability, Invalid Traffic (IVT), Brand Safety

A 15-year-old boy is facing felony charges after Collier County deputies say a Snapchat video mentioning the Victoria Park neighborhood on Halloween raised safety concerns.The teen’s mother says the situation is a misunderstanding and that her son made a firework, not a bomb, and never intended to scare anyone.Victoria Park is a popular area for trick-or-treating, drawing large crowds of families each year, which deputies say is why the social media post was taken seriously.Natalia Giraldo, the mother of 15-year-old Enzo Vargas-Giraldo, says her son is a good kid who enjoys riding bikes with his friends and never meant to cause alarm.“He just was making fireworks,” Giraldo said through tears. “They’re trying to make it like he’s a bad kid, but he’s not. He was trying to make fireworks and that’s it.” According to the arrest report, deputies were alerted after a Snapchat video showed Enzo holding what appeared to be a 3-pound homemade explosive. In the video, he reportedly said he was “doing it tonight” and that “Victoria Park wasn’t safe.”Giraldo says her son told her it was meant to be a joke and that he learned how to make a firework from a YouTube video.“They like to play

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Snap is rolling out new personalization and customization features for its subscription-based social media platform Snapchat+, aiming to boost retention among its paying user base in an intensely competitive market. The updates, which include expanding its AI-powered pet avatars Bitmoji Pets, collaborative and group chat wallpapers, add to the existing customization features of Snapchat+, the company exclusively told Reuters. Squeezed between dominant platforms, such as TikTok and Meta-owned Instagram, in a crowded social media landscape, Snap is counting on new personalized features to deepen user engagement and attract paying subscribers. CEO Evan Spiegel has said Snap is in a “crucible moment,” and aims to reaccelerate revenue growth and improve gross margins. In August, the company stumbled to its slowest quarterly revenue growth in over a year. Spiegel is aiming to boost revenue by expanding Snapchat+ with premium features and has a target to make direct revenue “a durable multi-billion-dollar growth driver for Snap.” Snapchat+ has topped 16 million subscribers, more than doubling since early 2024, with over half of its members aged 21 or older, the company said. Internal data shared with Reuters shows Snapchat+ subscribers who utilize customization features, such as custom app icons and personalized chat wallpapers, have

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Charlotte Flair didn’t need the ring to make headlines this Halloween. The WWE star turned heads with a daring costume inspired by Julia Roberts’ “hooker” look from the 1990 film Pretty Woman—and she did it right from the SmackDown venue. Wearing a revealing white-and-blue cutout dress with thigh-high black boots, a black leather hat, and a red jacket slung around her waist, Flair confidently strutted through the hallway like she owned the place. The video, posted on her social media, shows her mumbling the words, “Pretty woman.” The footage was shot backstage at the same arena where WWE SmackDown took place. She wasn’t just dressing up—she was performing the part, walking with attitude and flashing her smirk as walked. For anyone who somehow missed the plot—Pretty Woman is the one where Julia Roberts plays a Hollywood hooker who ends up in a fairytale romance with a loaded businessman played by Richard Gere. Shopping montages, wild chemistry, and one of the most iconic glow-ups in movie history. While other stars were posting filtered selfies or throwback photos, Flair went full-on Hollywood street-style and turned a backstage hallway into her own personal runway. Charlotte Flair isn’t afraid to go all in when