Mental health is becoming less of a stigma: As more people acknowledge (and normalize treating) their mental health struggles, telemental services will grow.
Consumer healthcare costs keep climbing: Even with employer-sponsored health plans, annual costs are rising at pre-pandemic levels. Here’s what an average person will spend in 2023.
On today's episode, we discuss what AI-generated ads will look like, TikTok testing a new AI chatbot called Tako, Formula One finding a new way to advertise on its cars, ESPN offering its channel as a standalone streaming service, what using VR in a car will look like, visualizing the US workforce as 100 people, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, director of forecasting Oscar Orozco, and analyst Max Willens.
With 34 million developers, a massive app ecosystem, and a burgeoning ad business, Apple could fast-track its metaverse ambitions behind its MR headset announcement.
Privacy violations expose questions about data security in IoT devices and could lead to stricter regulations and potential impact on targeted advertising strategies.
California’s publisher bill could start a wave of state-level Big Tech challenges: Facebook has threatened to pull the plug on news content in response.
Disney reaches its goal of 7,000 job cuts: The entertainment giant has entered a complicated period with slow streaming growth and battles in Florida.
Lululemon’s sales grew 24% in Q1 as demand for premium athleisure stays strong: That same dynamic helped brands like On Running, Hoka, and Vuori record significant growth.
Google and Amazon play tug of war over startup Runway: AI is intensifying cloud wars as startups offer growth potential. Blinders to everything but AI could be an industry pitfall.
OpenAI takes on ChatGPT’s ‘hallucinations’: Broader issues of inappropriate AI use cases and bots’ failure to understand human complexity will continue to pose challenges for AI companies.
Monzo and Chip claim profitability, but UK conditions make their future outlook uncertain.
Most CU deposits are held by older generations. Here’s how CUs can appeal to a younger crowd.
They prefer smaller banks with good customer service. Regional banks’ lack of communication during a crisis is a lesson in what not to do.
The partnership opens up the provider to a massive merchant network, which can help it add users and grow volume.
Nvidia and WPPs groundbreaking AI partnership will mean fewer jobs: The impressive tech will give advertisers enormous flexibility but by their own admission will result in job cuts.
Twitter's valuation takes a tumble: Linda Yaccarino faces challenges as new CEO amid falling revenues and reputation damage.
Another TikTok data controversy: App’s storing of major influencers' sensitive financial data on Chinese servers contradicts CEO's previous claims.
China’s example would suggest that retail media has enormous headroom for growth in the US. Companies like Amazon have been growing their ad revenues by leaps and bounds, and yet ecommerce channel ad spending will still only represent 14.6% of the US digital ad market this year. In China, the share will be 38.1%.