August 14, 2024 A looming U.S. seaport strike could delay cargo for weeks or months Retailers like Walmart and other importers have been rushing goods in ahead of the September 30 expiration of the union contract covering some 45,000 dockworkers at three dozen U.S. seaports. BY Reuters A potential strike at U.S. seaports on the … Continue reading A looming U.S. seaport strike could delay cargo for weeks or months
Cities: Skylines II toxicity and more layoffs | This week’s gaming news This week’s headlines, now in video form! Jessica Conditt Wed, Jan 31, 2024 Engadget It’s an awkward time to be a PC player. The platform has more games covering more genres than ever, and even standard PC hardware can deliver pristine, photorealistic … Continue reading Cities: Skylines II toxicity and more layoffs | This week’s gaming news
By Joe Berkowitz January 20, 2024 Social media is broken. It feels impossible now to keep up with friends and news in the same place—to be informed, entertained, and part of a community all at once. As Ryan Broderick has written, there’s no longer anywhere to figure out what everyone’s talking about, and the … Continue reading I used LinkedIn as my only social media for 3 weeks. Here’s what happened
Cyber Week’s big sales numbers can blind brands to the need for a marketing strategy that connects with consumers year-round. RJ Licata on December 29, 2023 The success of Black Friday, the annual, in-person shopping bonanza complete with overnight camping for deals, has launched an entire season of markdowns. Cyber Monday, Cyber Weekend, and now, … Continue reading Cyber Week’s sales success depends on a year-round consumer connection
Google is rolling out a new feature in January that will impact 1% of randomly selected Chrome users globally. Nicola Agius on December 14, 2023 Google will begin testing a new feature that restricts third-party cookies by default in the coming weeks. The Tracking Protection tool will be rolled out on January 4, 2024, to … Continue reading Google will start phasing out third-party cookies in weeks with new feature
GPT-4 will have access to more up-to-date info, let users create book-length prompts and be better at understanding instructions. Constantine von Hoffman on November 9, 2023 The biggest AI news this week was OpenAI’s announcement of a new version of ChatGPT, called GPT-4 Turbo, which will have several significant improvements over previous versions. These improvements … Continue reading A new ChatGPT and more in this week’s AI-powered martech releases
61% of C-suite executives and IT professionals are concerned about their employees’ knowledge of how to use AI. Constantine von Hoffman on November 2, 2023 What’s the point of adding AI to technology if no one knows how to use it? Nearly two-thirds (61%) of C-suite executives and IT professionals say they are concerned about … Continue reading This week’s roundup of AI-powered martech releases
A brief look at the incredibly high costs of building, training and operating AI, along with our roundup of this weeks martech-related releases. Constantine von Hoffman on October 12, 2023 The cost of building, training and operating AI is enormous. At SemiAnalysis, Dylan Patel and Afzal Ahmad estimate it cost Google more than $ 100 … Continue reading This week’s AI-powered martech releases
A new study finds 75% of marketers preferred the human or human-aided execution of a creative brief over the AI version. Constantine von Hoffman on October 5, 2023 Good news fellow flesh-and-blood-based life forms! Half of human marketers say their fellow humans do better with a creative brief than our artificial intelligence rivals. That’s according … Continue reading This week’s AI-powered martech releases
Here are the artificial intelligence-powered marketing technology products, platforms and features announced this week. Constantine von Hoffman on September 28, 2023 Before we dive into the roundup, here’s a quick look at some recent research on marketers’ use of AI: More than half (51.3%) of global marketing leaders say cost is a significant barrier when … Continue reading This week’s roundup of AI-powered martech releases
