TSMC’s resilience leads to record revenues: The leading chip manufacturer now has the opportunity to seize more market share as competitors falter in the face of lockdowns.
Kroger looks to restaurants and retail partnerships to drive growth: As grocery margins shrink, the retailer enters the restaurant supply business and launches an ecommerce partnership with Bed Bath & Beyond.
Solar energy goes dark, in a brilliant way: Researchers create solar panels that generate electricity at night. It’s part of a sustainability revolution that’s using radiative cooling to boost green energy.
Lego and Epic Games make a play for tomorrow’s consumers: The companies are teaming up to create a family-friendly metaverse for kids.
Warner Bros. Discovery will flex power in streaming, film, and measurement: The historic merger is set to be completed soon, reshaping the media industry.
Canada’s digital audio audience is growing faster than any other digital medium we track in the country, including digital video viewers and social media users. This year, digital audio will match terrestrial radio in listenership and exceed it in engagement, according to our forecasts.
In 2021, more than three-quarters of the time that US adults spent listening to ad-supported audio went to AM/FM radio. Podcasts trailed way behind traditional radio, capturing just 11% of ad-supported listening, while Pandora, SiriusXM, and Spotify each accounted for less than 10%. AM/FM radio held a majority share across adult age groups and was the most listened-to ad-supported audio not only in the car (88%), but also in the home (72%) and workplace (68%).
California law challenges bias in AI hiring tools: Proposed amendments could make AI decision-making tools illegal for screening protected-class applicants—but would also slow down hiring processes on a monumental scale.
Talk-to-code is coming: A radical CodeGen initiative by Salesforce is underway to turn programming into a conversational task anyone can do. The era of the keyboard is ending.
On today's episode, we discuss the next normal for retailers, digital ads in refrigerated aisles, what the point of the Oscars is, the potential NFL+ streaming service, regulators coming for the app stores, what makes American cars unique, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Blake Droesch and Dave Frankland and director of reports editing Rahul Chadha.
Bolt acquired crypto startup Wyre Payments to help it stand out in the highly competitive one-click checkout space.
Influencer payouts on social media are fickle, but creators have little choice: Instagram and others are getting criticized for opaque monetization rules.
Seven major US incumbents are partnering to roll out a service that lets consumers share financial data with participating businesses.
eBay gets closer to stock-like collectibles trading: eBay Vault will speed up transactions and eventually include fractional ownership—just when other players seek to make collectibles more like stocks, crypto, and NFTs.