Insufficient AV safety testing keeps regulators blind: Autonomous semi-truck manufacturers could sacrifice jobs for lower logistics costs but truck safety ratings are still unknown. Independent research is needed.
Grocery delivery loses its appeal as shoppers look for savings: Sales and order frequency fell in February, while mass merchants used their pricing power to woo cost-conscious consumers.
Kroger looks to reduce its operational costs: The grocer is testing self-driving trucks at several Dallas-area locations.
Digital health startups to watch: This week, we spotlight home health tech company Maribel Health and mental health screening platform Aiberry on the back of fresh funding.
Patients are accessing care outside doctors’ offices: Faced with the ongoing shortage of primary care doctors, consumers are getting basic medical services from other sources.
AI + RPM could be a win for clinicians: Two tech companies are teaming up to provide data-driven insights for physicians who remotely monitor patients.
On today's episode, we discuss what to make of a seventh consecutive US monthly ad market decline, how ad prices look compared to before the pandemic, and what we expect ad spending in Q2 to look like. "In Other News," we talk about an initiative aimed at reducing barriers to buying ad inventory and sponsorships for women's sports, as well as how many Americans still have cable—and for how long. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Paul Verna.
TikTok is running out of time: TikTok bans are escalating across the globe, and opportunities for growth and expansion into a super app are fleeting. TikTok might need to separate from ByteDance to survive.
Samsung’s $230B bid to make South Korea a semiconductor superpower: A 20-year plan will result in five factories focusing on an array of chips that could secure South Korea’s dominance with no restrictions.
A writer’s strike would make streaming’s stock market problems worse: Writer and producer pay has fallen 23% in 10 years despite record profits, but streamers are hesitant to spend.
YouTube TV launches multiview: Feature enables sports fans to watch up to four streams simultaneously in another shot at Hulu.
Cord-cutting killed the regional star: That, plus streaming, has led to DIamond Sports Group’s Chapter 11 filing.
The gap between H&M and Inditex is getting wider: While Inditex records record profits, H&M veers toward a Q1 operating loss. (This article was written with the assistance of ChatGPT.)
Luxury retailer Cucinelli expects its revenues to rise 15% this year: That’s a three percentage point jump from its previous outlook as it is increasingly optimistic about its ability to expand into new markets.
Google quickens its pace in the generative AI race: Playing catch-up to generative AI rivals, it unveils enterprise and developer offerings this week. Performance and consumer privacy trump release timelines.
Crypto-friendly Swiss banks have given them a lukewarm welcome, and other banks have offered only limited services. This might be exactly what regulators want.
In the wake of SVB’s sudden downfall, more stringent regulation looks likely, including reviews of the threshold for stress testing.
Their deposits are safe, but they still have to find new lenders to park their cash. Some firms are steering clear—but others smell an opportunity.
Wix’s merchants can benefit from stronger fraud detection capabilities as card-not-present fraud risks increase.