April 09, 2026 Issa Rae’s production company jumps into micro-dramas. Here’s what to expect from the Hoorae-TikTok deal BY Sage Swaby Issa Rae’s next project is coming to you vertically—and on TikTok. Hoorae Media, the star’s media production company, and TikTok announced on Wednesday a partnership to bring free exclusive micro-series content to TikTok and its … Continue reading Issa Rae’s production company jumps into micro-dramas. Here’s what to expect from the Hoorae-TikTok deal
With Simtheory and Ortto, Canva is moving beyond design into AI-driven workflows, campaign execution and customer data. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on April 9, 2026 Canva is acquiring Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation platform — two moves that push the company further … Continue reading Canva expands into marketing automation with new acquisitions
Amazon CEO’s Case For Major AI Spend by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, April 9, 2026 Radio, television, publishing and movies have struggled to transition from analog to digital, and media buying has leaped from a focus on mass reach and manual processes to micro-targeted programmatic with an emphasis on data. Now advertising and marketplace services are … Continue reading Amazon CEO’s Case For Major AI Spend
April 09, 2026 AI companies are tightening token limits. The last one to blink may win BY Chris Stokel-Walker For years, AI companies gave users unfettered access to the candy store, encouraging them to think of tokens, the chunks of text AI reads and writes, as effectively infinite. Tokens were bundled into subscriptions, hidden behind generous … Continue reading AI companies are tightening token limits. The last one to blink may win
AI struggles in enterprises not because of prompts, but because it lacks context. Here’s how to build systems that fix that. By Benu Aggarwal Published on April 9, 2026 Artificial intelligence is at an inflection point. Over the past few years, enterprises have rushed to adopt large language models (LLMs), experimenting with prompts, … Continue reading How to make AI work with context instead of prompts
April 09, 2026 Hollywood layoffs 2026: Disney, Sony, Bad Robot slash jobs in a bruising week for the entertainment industry BY Michael Grothaus April is off to a bruising start for people working in Hollywood. Since the month began, two major studios and one of Hollywood’s most high-profile production companies have announced layoffs totaling more than … Continue reading Hollywood layoffs 2026: Disney, Sony, Bad Robot slash jobs in a bruising week for the entertainment industry
Judge allows Arizona gambling case against Kalshi, denying preliminary injunction Suswati Basu A federal judge is letting Arizona press ahead with its gambling case against a federally regulated prediction market, rejecting an urgent bid from Kalshi to halt enforcement while the broader legal fight plays out. In an order dated Wednesday (April 8), … Continue reading Judge allows Arizona gambling case against Kalshi, denying preliminary injunction
Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM The HushJet Mini Cool costs $100 and lasts six hours per charge. By Lawrence Bonk April 8, 2026 Dyson Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, the HushJet Mini Cool. As the name suggests, it uses the company’s proprietary … Continue reading Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM
April 09, 2026 Four steps for better focus from a cognitive scientist BY Art Markman One of the biggest barriers people face to their productivity is an inability to focus. Most people are highly distracted and distractable, which makes it hard to sustain the level of attention required to complete complex tasks and to think through … Continue reading Four steps for better focus from a cognitive scientist
A rumored MCP server would let marketers run campaigns in Marketo using simple prompts instead of manual workflows By Mike Pastore Published on April 8, 2026 A new model context protocol (MCP) server for Adobe Marketo Engage is expected to be announced at Adobe Summit, later this month in Las Vegas. MCP servers … Continue reading Is Adobe bringing AI-driven automation to Marketo?
