Daily Minute Master Series
November 19, 2025
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
Meta Announces that ‘Core’ 2Africa Undersea Cable Project is Complete
A day after reports indicated that Meta’s long-running “2Africa” undersea cable project has been delayed once again due to concerns around regional security, Meta has reported that the majority of the project is now complete, while also tacitly acknowledging that some elements remain unfinished.
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Meta Wins Long-Running Antitrust Case Against the FTC
Meta’s long-running defense against the FTC’s attempt to force it to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp has come to an end, with a federal judge ruling that the company did not illegally stifle competition by buying the two competing apps.
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Snapchat Adds Public ‘Topic Chats’ to Expand its Use Case
Snapchat’s looking to expand its use case into public group chats, with the addition of new “Topic Chats,” which will enable users to join public discussions of popular topics, and could help to drive more engagement in the app.
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Data Shows That Meta’s AI-Based ‘Vibes’ Feed is Struggling to Hold Attention
So do people actually care about Meta’s various AI tools and options, like generating images of yourself in fantastical scenarios, or videos that depict whatever you choose? Are people actually using these tools on a large scale, or is Meta more excited about them than the public?
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Cloudflare explains Tuesday’s outage that temporarily took down ChatGPT
A blog post published Tuesday night by Cloudflare cofounder and CEO Matthew Prince has details on what caused its “worst outage since 2019,” pinning the issue to a problem in the Bot Management system that is supposed to control which automated crawlers are allowed to scan particular websites using its CDN.
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Google Brings Gemini 3 To Search’s AI Mode
Google has integrated Gemini 3 in Search’s AI Mode. This marks the first time Google has shipped a Gemini model to Search on its release date. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can access Gemini 3 Pro by selecting “Thinking” from the model dropdown in AI Mode.
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