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Meet 6 academic projects showing promise to make real impact
Hi, Welcome Welcome back June 16, 2026 Meet 6 academic projects showing promise to make real impact BY Louise Imber Colleges and universities are at the forefront of innovative design. Collaborations linking students, professors, and groundbreaking technology bring seemingly impossible ideas to life. These schools are not only making rapid advances in sustainability, design, and healthcare … Continue reading Meet 6 academic projects showing promise to make real impact
AI is making answers cheap. Curiosity is priceless
June 16, 2026 AI is making answers cheap. Curiosity is priceless BY Eric Johnson We’re living through the most answer-rich moment in human history. Need a market analysis? A product brief? A launch strategy? AI can generate something polished in seconds. Some of it still makes my jaw drop. But there’s a growing risk inside companies … Continue reading AI is making answers cheap. Curiosity is priceless
Why marketers need both MMM & MTA in 2026
As tracking breaks down, combining top-down modeling with tactical attribution is becoming essential for budget decisions. By MarTechBot Published on June 15, 2026 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the … Continue reading Why marketers need both MMM & MTA in 2026
Consumers Ready To Accept Ads For Free AI Services
Consumers Ready To Accept Ads For Free AI Services by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, June 15, 2026 As AI platforms move from search and discovery into more agentic shopping environments, consumers are ready to make trade-offs, such as the acceptance of advertising in exchange for free AI services. Research from PSE Consulting released Monday reveals consumers have accepted … Continue reading Consumers Ready To Accept Ads For Free AI Services
Xbox plans layoffs, even after Microsoft CEO said company is ‘long on gaming’
June 15, 2026 Xbox plans layoffs, even after Microsoft CEO said company is ‘long on gaming’ BY Ella Chakarian In July, Xbox may be the next brand hit with major changes to its workforce. According to Bloomberg, people familiar with Xbox’s strategy said that it is “planning major job cuts next month,” although the scale … Continue reading Xbox plans layoffs, even after Microsoft CEO said company is ‘long on gaming’
Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training
Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and many, many more artists have had their work fed into AI models. By Anna Washenko June 15, 2026 Jamie Mccarthy/Getty Images We’re always glad to see more publications and groups digging deeper into artificial intelligence and … Continue reading Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training
Salesforce acquires Fin, formerly known as Intercom
Last month, Intercom became Fin. Now, it’s part of the Salesforce shopping spree for agentic AI platforms. By Mike Pastore Published on June 15, 2026 Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin, a customer agent vendor formerly known as Intercom, for approximately $ 3.6 billion. The deal comes only one month after … Continue reading Salesforce acquires Fin, formerly known as Intercom
Buzzy tech IPOs are overwhelming retail trading platforms
June 15, 2026 Buzzy tech IPOs are overwhelming retail trading platforms BY Chris Stokel-Walker SpaceX’s initial public offering lived up to expectations, making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire and minting more than 4,000 millionaires in an instant as the stock price blew past its asking price and kept rising—up 27% in the first few hours … Continue reading Buzzy tech IPOs are overwhelming retail trading platforms
Why I designed Charlotte Tilbury Beauty as a technology company
June 15, 2026 Why I designed Charlotte Tilbury Beauty as a technology company BY Charlotte Tilbury Being at the forefront of beauty technology has been one of my brand’s greatest superpowers since day one. It has been fundamental to how we disrupted the beauty industry, allowing us to scale expertise, accelerate innovation and move at exponential … Continue reading Why I designed Charlotte Tilbury Beauty as a technology company
Why talented women keep getting passed over for promotions—and 3 strategies to help
June 15, 2026 Why talented women keep getting passed over for promotions—and 3 strategies to help BY Kelly Mooney Are you heads down, cranking out work, staying late, and hitting deadlines? Have you consistently brought major projects in under budget, but no one seems to notice? Are you devoted to your employer, yet aren’t being promoted, … Continue reading Why talented women keep getting passed over for promotions—and 3 strategies to help