Microsoft’s shrinking Surfaces: Microsoft’s hardware offerings were meager this year as the company focused on popular products while remaining mum on its more daring moonshots.

Intel on the ropes: Competition, uncertainty, and stumbling PC sales could have Intel preparing to lay off thousands of employees when it is also seeking billions of dollars in investment for new factories.

GM’s Ultium home solution: The carmaker is seizing tax credit opportunities to launch a home energy division to rival Tesla’s. Strong residential sector partnerships are a necessary ingredient for success.

81% of US institutional investors plan to increase their allocations to ESG products over the next two years.

The FCA is looking into bank employees’ use of WhatsApp and other messaging platforms after US regulators collected $2B in fines for their alleged misuse.

Though the technology is still nascent, banks need to prepare now.

In response to market uncertainty, PayPal is pushing further into checkout to grow its in-store traction.

Netflix brings on third-party ad measurement partners: The streamer is trying to ease concerns about its effectiveness and unusually high CPMs.

TikTok intends to build its own product fulfillment centers in the US, as evidenced by new job postings on LinkedIn, first discovered by Axios.

TikTok bets on social commerce to deliver significant revenues: The platform is reportedly planning to build its own network of fulfillment centers.

More than 90% of US digital coupon users will access the vouchers via smartphone this year. That figure is increasing slowly as tablet coupon adoption remains fairly stagnant.

Q3 wasn’t an easy quarter for Meta. Snap is in a tough spot. TikTok was the elephant in the room amid its rivals’ disappointing Q2 earnings calls.

Flying taxis could get you to the airport by 2024: Delta Airlines is teaming up with Joby Aviation to offer flying taxi service, but safety regulations for flying EVs could take longer than their road counterparts.

On today's episode, we discuss why we revised our B2B digital ad spending estimates, the B2C buying behaviors affecting how B2B products and services are sold, and the marketing tactics B2B marketers are focusing on. "In Other News," we talk about why LinkedIn laid off the entirety of its global events marketing team and why easyJet brought back its CMO role in a new form. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Kelsey Voss.

A proposed rule would make it easier to reclassify gig workers as employees: That could have severe repercussions for DoorDash, Amazon, Uber, and countless others that rely on the gig economy.

Meta’s Pro Quest: Mark Zuckerberg wants to replace laptops and smartphones with mixed-reality VR headsets, but he could fragment the metaverse by looking too far into the future.