CoreWeave’s rise challenges Big Tech dominance: The startup is riding the AI wave thanks to a GPU stockpile and Nvidia funding. It still has to contend with tech giants’ wealth advantage.
Google's new "Notes" allows users to comment on search results: The company steps toward a more community-driven search experience, despite past social platform challenges.
Snapchat's India strategy: With Pulkit Trivedi's appointment, Snap emphasizes the country's role in global plans amid monetization challenges.
The partnership brings the Llama 2 language model to billions of future smartphones. On-device AI could enable wider adoption and reduce cloud costs.
Brand safety scandals prompt worries about Meta and YouTube’s size: Ads promoting illegal content and targeting children raise concerns about the ad duopoly’s ability to self-moderate.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether the way people watch sports has changed, if Uber and Lyft will ever be able to turn a profit, whether Peacock can keep its head above water, what happened to the TikTok ban, what The Walt Disney Co. should do with ESPN, who's not on the internet, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and analysts Bill Fisher and Max Willens.
Target shifts away from a nationwide distribution network: By placing goods closer to customers, the retailer is delivering orders faster and speeding up store replenishment.
As an optimization lever and digital currency, viewability has incentivized a web full of intrusive ad clutter. More than a fifth (21%) of observed ad impressions run on MFA websites that game viewability, according to a January 2023 study from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA).
Walmart expands drone delivery in Texas: Roughly 60,000 more households will be able to get food, groceries, and medicine delivered by drone.
Younger generations are more likely to discover new grocery products via social media and search engines.
The slowdown in discretionary spending hurt Petco’s Q2 results: The retailer’s supplies and companion animal business fell 9.4% YoY, and some shoppers are trading down to lower-priced food.
Digital health startups to watch: We spotlight value-based cancer care company Thyme Care and femtech provider Visana Health on the back of fresh funding.
ChatGPT is getting better at medical diagnoses: And almost two-thirds of US adults would trust a diagnosis made by AI versus a human doctor. But there are caveats to their trust.
Consumers compare independent vs. corporate medical care: They don’t have strong opinions on lesser-known brands, and factors like speed, convenience, and establishing relationships will be more important to earn their loyalty.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the current state of the affiliate space, bringing new light to influencer activity through "performance branding," the impact of programmatic ads coming to movies theaters, and how retail media aids affiliate marketing. "In Other News," we talk about the impact of programmatic ads coming to the movies and what YouTube's next anti-ad blocking measure will be. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Max Willens and Alexandra Forsch, president of Awin Americas.
Despite pioneering AR with Glass, Google grapples with technical setbacks and internal discord in its quest to compete with Meta's Quest Pro and Apple's Vision Pro.
The WGA rejects the AMPTP’s latest offer: The strong position of the unions means the Hollywood strike could easily extend beyond 2023.
Apple makes U-turn on repairability with California bill endorsement: The move contrasts with its historical opposition, aligning with growing consumer and sustainability trends in the tech industry.
Shein teams up with Forever 21 to grow marketplace selection, experiment with brick-and-mortar retail: Forever 21 will gain access to the former’s 150 million global customers to help it win back fast-fashion share.