AI’s ‘Napster’ moment, but much bigger: The frenzy around generative AI’s abilities has triggered the first lawsuit claiming copyright infringement by Microsoft and OpenAI. The outcome could have global ramifications.
A new study has found lenders’ climate targets fall short of what’s needed to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
Denied credit due to low credit scores, many UK consumers are turning to more expensive options to weather the cost of living crisis.
The UK-based startup will offer all online businesses a free version of its cyber fraud detection tool, forever.
Fifth Third Bank launches 1% Cash/Back card to attract consumers looking for interest-free lending: But it’s up against widely available 2% cash back cards in a highly competitive industry.
The Fed reports increased consumer borrowing: Credit card balances are rising as consumers struggle with inflation and other economic challenges.
A new tax rule, which requires digital payment apps to report business payments over $600 to the IRS, doesn't apply to Zelle.
As ecommerce growth slows, Shopify hedges its bets: The ecommerce platform is enhancing its lending services, seller tools, and enterprise solutions as part of its “everything but the kitchen sink” growth strategy.
Popularity with Gen Z isn’t enough to stop a US reorg at TikTok: With ad sales slowdown looming, the company is shuffling leadership and hoping social commerce moves pay off.
Faith in Meta’s ad business gets another heavy shake: An AdExchanger report alleges that employees took secret payments from advertisers to fix rampant tech issues.
Retail media is one of the hottest advertising and retail topics of 2022. Why? For starters, it’s growing—and fast.
Advertisers are ditching a tumultuous Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s erratic behavior, combined with an underwhelming (or downright concerning) earnings season for Big Tech.
Many US companies are cutting their investments in China: The country’s COVID-related lockdowns have led many retailers and brands to shift manufacturing elsewhere to avoid disruptions.
On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the early changes at Twitter, whether stores within stores really work, what to expect now that Netflix Basic With Ads is here, a drone Candy Crush ad in the sky, Sainsbury's playing the loyalty long game, an explanation of the ways US consumers cut costs, how much Americans love cheese, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha and analysts Suzy Davidkhanian and Max Willens.
Sweatcoin leads US mobile health apps in traffic, with 15.0 million unique visitors in August. Fitbit and MyChart rank No. 2 and No. 3, with 12.5 million and 12.1 million unique visitors, respectively.
Throttling processors risks slowing innovation: Semiconductors are a battleground in the tech cold war between the US and China, and now manufacturers are scaling down performance to comply with chip bans.
Call of Duty transcends gaming’s slump: Activision Blizzard’s shares are up following a Call of Duty sales milestone. With Microsoft’s deal still pending, competition and a recession could test its resilience.
Spanish is powering Latin America's podcast prowess: The region is now 20% ahead of Western Europe, though China looms on the horizon.