Google targets sensitive advertising categories: The search and display giant is allowing consumers to see fewer ads on certain topics, but who decides what’s sensitive and what isn’t?
NBCU is searching for new standards in video advertising: The network is challenging competitors and bringing new solutions across the fragmented industry.
Almost one-quarter of US adult Netflix users aren’t paying to use the platform. The majority, or 63%, pay full cost, while 14% share the fee with other users. Netflix’s challenge is to figure out how to get freeloaders to pay their dues.
Victoria’s Secret adds Amazon to its ecommerce playbook: Selling on Amazon’s marketplace enables retailers to find online shoppers where they’re already looking. But doing so comes at a cost.
Podcasting finds favor with brand advertisers: US ad spending on podcasts is growing at double-digit rates and will pass $2 billion in 2023.
Chinese government looks to scale back regulation: Beijing eases controls on Big Tech companies, leading to a stock rally and optimism that short-term recovery can offset losses from factory closures.
Is AI becoming Big Brother? Human presence and emotional-state detection technologies are raising civil rights alarms bells. Although they could have merits for productivity, they’re also invasive and error-prone.
Apple survives supply chain shortages on way to post record sales: The company’s ability to navigate global shortages could be put to the test by prolonged pandemic-related factory shutdowns in China.
Big data meets tiny diamonds: Researchers cracked the quantum computing storage puzzle with a diamond wafer containing an unprecedented amount of memory. But don’t expect to buy one anytime soon.
The card network posted Q1 growth across the board—especially in cross-border volume—despite boycotting Russia.
On today's episode, we discuss Elon Musk buying Twitter, retailers' efforts on hybrid shopping, how to keep consumers' attention, the first Meta store, how much the average American gets back in their taxes, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Yory Wurmser and Blake Droesch and director of reports editing Rahul Chadha.
The payments behemoth singled out digital wallets as a way to boost engagement going forward.