What AI Engines Want From A Brand by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 17, 2026 Artificial intelligence (AI) engines want different things from one brand compared with another. Google AI Overviews uses social platforms for local and availability signals. Between 11% and 14% of its transactional citations are near-me and store-hours prompts, according to … Continue reading What AI Engines Want From A Brand
Washington and Tulalip reach tentative gaming compact update with modern safeguards Suswati Basu Washington state officials and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington have reached a tentative agreement on a new amendment to the Tribe’s Class III gaming compact, bringing decades of revisions into a single governing document while introducing several changes for casino … Continue reading Washington and Tulalip reach tentative gaming compact update with modern safeguards
New research found marketers invest in targeting, AI, and creative while neglecting the post-click experiences they say drive paid media ROI. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on July 17, 2026 Nine out of 10 marketers say budget constraints are squeezing their paid media programs, yet many are still overlooking one of the biggest … Continue reading Marketers know what improves paid media ROI, but underinvest in it
A bug in AWS has caused some customers’ bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars “The displayed billing estimates do not reflect actual usage and charges,” Amazon said. By Will Shanklin July 17, 2026 u/killpowa / Reddit If you’ve ever gotten an unexpectedly high bill, you know the panic that can … Continue reading A bug in AWS has caused some customers’ bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars
Slow Agentforce adoption highlights the poor data quality and operational readiness limiting enterprise AI adoption. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on July 17, 2026 Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, said the company was “all in on Agentforce” when it launched in 2024, but so far, only 34% of customers have adopted it. As … Continue reading Salesforce’s woes underline marketing’s agentic AI problems
July 17, 2026 The happiness mistake almost every entrepreneur makes BY Dmytro Korchevskyi I remember the moment I realized my employees were happier than me. From the outside, I had it all: 50 education centers across 10 countries, thousands of students, several successful businesses. But while others clocked out at 6 p.m. and switched to their … Continue reading The happiness mistake almost every entrepreneur makes
July 17, 2026 Mid-career and feeling stuck? Here’s how to reclaim your value BY Sam Alvita Skim the headlines and today’s career story belongs to two groups: anxious new grads at the bottom and embattled executives at the top. U.S. entry-level postings have fallen about 35% since early 2023, according to labor research firm Revelio Labs. … Continue reading Mid-career and feeling stuck? Here’s how to reclaim your value
More budget doesn’t guarantee better results. The strongest campaigns prove they work before they scale. By Andrew Goodman Published on July 16, 2026 Most paid media campaigns shouldn’t launch with the biggest budget you can afford. Spending aggressively before you’ve validated performance often leads to higher acquisition costs, slower optimization, and weaker stakeholder … Continue reading Don’t confuse ad spend with marketing performance
July 16, 2026 Truth Social is selling real-time access to posts that could move the markets BY Anna-Louise Jackson Wall Street banks and trading firms will soon receive President Donald Trump’s musings within milliseconds, as the parent company of Truth Social announced a new service on Thursday that’s targeted toward paying institutional clients. Trump Media & … Continue reading Truth Social is selling real-time access to posts that could move the markets
July 16, 2026 What is a micro-cap IPO—and why are they disappearing from the stock market? BY Jennifer Mattson We are at an inflection point, a moment when AI-driven mega IPOs are flooding the market—from SpaceX to the frenzy surrounding OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s upcoming initial public offerings. Meanwhile, smaller micro-cap IPOs are vanishing. Micro-cap IPOs are … Continue reading What is a micro cap IPO, and why are they disappearing from the stock market?
