Real world evidence can drive adoption of digital therapies: Komodo Health and Trinity Life Sciences are teaming up to bring a large base of real-world data to life sciences companies—something pharma will increasingly depend on to get doctors on board with their digital therapeutics.

Digital health startups to watch this week: We spotlight buzzy digital health funding rounds from mental health benefits platform Spring Health and medical data management company Flywheel, and detail why they’re worth watching.

Televised football’s recovery calms broadcasters’ nerves: Viewership was up significantly compared with last year and even broke a record, providing hope for this fall’s TV lineup.

A UN mortaroum request highlights the level of unease over certain AI tech. Doing so could threaten innovation in the US

The company officially landed the UK end of its massive fiber cable bolstering connectivity between the US, UK, Spain.

On today's episode, we discuss what the direct-to-consumer (D2C) playbook 2.0 contains, which D2C players are the ones to watch, and which spaces are ripe for D2C disruption. We then talk about what people currently expect from a loyalty program, how much context really matters, and how to avoid treating customers like data points. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Jeremy Goldman.

In an exclusive Q&A with Insider Intelligence, Dontá Wilson talks about why he sees “digital transformation” as a misnomer—and how “client transformation” is a better term for guiding banks’ digital strategy.

By bringing its consumer and merchant bases together, Square can grow its business, improve merchant satisfaction, and contend with fierce feature rivalries.

Add Capital One to the growing list of banks wading into BNPL: The bank will pilot the payment option with a group of familiar merchants, following other recent announcements by banking players that also plan to compete in the space.

Instagram wants users to turn their Stories into Reels: The biggest influencers already post videos to their Stories more often than smaller accounts, making them perfect to promote Instagram’s TikTok competitor.

Shopify lets merchants go worldwide: A new global commerce hub and a recent investment in marketing tools hint at Shopify’s future.