July 08, 2026 How Polymarket plans to win back America’s trust after 4 years in exile BY Associated Press After four years in exile, the prediction market platform Polymarket has begun a well-funded campaign to sell a new version of itself to the American public. To do so, the company is trying to convince policymakers, regulators, … Continue reading How Polymarket plans to win back America’s trust after 4 years in exile
July 08, 2026 Oil prices surge over 5% as Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’ BY Associated Press U.S. stock futures slid lower and oil prices surged more than 5% after President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the interim agreement with Iran is over, though he will allow talks to continue. Futures for the S&P … Continue reading Oil prices surge over 5% as Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’
July 08, 2026 ADHD brains are prone to wandering. That’s a secret weapon in the workplace BY Jared Lindzon Some of the symptoms that create challenges for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may also contribute to a greater capacity for creativity under the right circumstances. Traits associated with the condition, such as distractibility, a … Continue reading ADHD brains are prone to wandering. That’s a secret weapon in the workplace
May’s HubSpot updates focused on making AI an active participant in your work, not just a tool you prompt. By Tyler Samani-Sprunk Published on July 7, 2026 From Breeze drafting documents and emails to an agentic automation builder that hints at where HubSpot is heading, roughly half of this month’s top updates are … Continue reading HubSpot’s May 2026 updates: Breeze gets serious, automation gets smarter, and your data gets cleaner
July 07, 2026 Wall Street banks are buying the SpaceX hype, but investors remain cautious BY Associated Press Wall Street banks have high hopes for SpaceX, but at the moment, shares of Elon Musk’s rocket market appear to be earthbound. Many of the investment firms that underwrote SpaceX’s initial public offering issued their first research notes … Continue reading Wall Street banks are buying the SpaceX hype, but investors remain cautious
Stagwell Discovers Where Agent Performance Comes From by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 7, 2026 Stagwell’s global media business Stagwell Media Platform became the first to integrate Microsoft Copilot, which is powered by the open standard protocol Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP has been embedded into the paid-search workflow of Assembly Global, the network’s … Continue reading Stagwell Discovers Where Real AI Agents’ Performance Comes From
Beyond the backlash lies a bigger issue for marketers: when vendors need customer data for their products, who captures the value? By Constantine von Hoffman Published on July 7, 2026 On July 1, HubSpot announced new terms of service that allowed the company to take enrichment data from one company and use it … Continue reading HubSpot reverses course after customers reject data sharing
July 07, 2026 Trump Accounts is a good idea with a bad brand BY Hunter Schwarz President Donald Trump’s name has never less popular as a baby name than it is now, but he’s naming the next generation’s new savings accounts after himself anyway. Fewer Americans named their children Donald in 2025 than any year in … Continue reading Trump Accounts is a good idea with a bad brand
Pilot AI agents with a shared source of truth, practical KPIs, and human oversight that keeps strategy and quality on track. By Margaret Lee Published on July 7, 2026 Many marketing teams still view AI as just a tool for faster content creation, overlooking its broader potential. The real advantage comes from rethinking how … Continue reading 3 AI agents to improve marketing workflows
July 06, 2026 Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs in major Xbox and gaming division ‘reset’ BY Associated Press Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganization designed … Continue reading Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs in major Xbox and gaming division ‘reset’
