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Grand Island Casino suffers swatting attempt after reported bomb threat

Grand Island Casino suffers swatting attempt after reported bomb threat Rachael Davies     New England’s Grand Island Casino received a swatting attempt and falsified bomb threat, sparking an investigation from local police. On Sunday (January 11), the Grand Island Casino in New England received a call that claimed multiple bombs had been placed throughout … Continue reading Grand Island Casino suffers swatting attempt after reported bomb threat

Performance Forced By Agentic To Take New Ride Through Funnel

Performance Forced By Agentic To Take New Ride Through Funnel by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, January 12, 2026 Marketers and technologists have spent years developing omnichannel strategies, only for AI to change everything. As many have pointed out, autonomous agents don’t browse sites they find the products and make the purchase. It’s changing performance … Continue reading Performance Forced By Agentic To Take New Ride Through Funnel

The myth of brand community in the age of data agency

As customers gain data agency, clean metrics stop masking the gap between engagement and commitment. By Jay Mandel    January 12, 2026   Dirty data damaged marketing — not because it was messy or incomplete, but because it trained systems to misunderstand people with confidence. Partial signals were treated as truth. Inference replaced intent. Surveillance … Continue reading The myth of brand community in the age of data agency

Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’

  Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’ The Universal Commerce Protocol introduces three new major AI features meant to reduce friction when online shopping. Jackson Chen Mon, January 12, 2026 Google To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that’s called … Continue reading Google’s new commerce framework cranks up the heat on ‘agentic shopping’

30 Congress members support bill to block political insider trading after Maduro Polymarket controversy

30 Congress members support bill to block political insider trading after Maduro Polymarket controversy Rachael Davies   Suswati Basu     Thirty Congress members have supported a bill that would prevent federal officials and political employees from using prediction markets that could be influenced by insider information. After an anonymous Polymarket user cashed out with … Continue reading 30 Congress members support bill to block political insider trading after Maduro Polymarket controversy

Governor Janet Mills allows Wabanaki Nations to launch online casino gambling despite opposition

Governor Janet Mills allows Wabanaki Nations to launch online casino gambling despite opposition Suswati Basu     Maine Governor Janet Mills announced on Thursday (January 8) that she is going to let LD 1164, a bill that gives the state’s Wabanaki Nations the right to run online casino gambling, become law. The move quickly sparked … Continue reading Governor Janet Mills allows Wabanaki Nations to launch online casino gambling despite opposition