🗞 Google Loses $500B in Market Value, Instagram Goes After Podcasters & Reddit Requires Logins

Alphabet drops over $500bn in a day after Google says its AI Mode is eating into search ad revenue. Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos to pull podcasters away from YouTube. And Reddit plans to make most browsing login-only, starting in test markets abroad.

Drew Schweppe

Nov 3, 2026

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3 min read