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?
How Reddit Made The Privacy-First Ad Measurement Shift by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, April 8, 2026 Anonym partnered with its fourth major publisher in less than one year as Mozilla’s privacy-first ad measurement company finds a niche to become a major player in the metrics space. Mozilla acquired Anonym in 2024. Reddit joined Snap, TikTok … Continue reading How Reddit Made The Privacy-First Ad Measurement Shift
Fox partners with Kalshi to bring prediction markets into news coverage Suswati Basu Fox Corporation is teaming up with Kalshi to weave prediction market data into its news programming. The partnership will bring Kalshi’s real-time forecasts into several Fox News Media outlets, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Weather, and the … Continue reading Fox partners with Kalshi to bring prediction markets into news coverage
April 08, 2026 Why human capital is the ultimate moat in AI-first finance BY Pavan Agarwal While we are a tech company focused on financial services, we’ve realized a hard truth: in the high-stakes world of regulated AI, your model is only as good as the person who built it. While the rest of the industry … Continue reading Why human capital is the ultimate moat in AI-first finance
After declaring the inbound strategy dead last year, HubSpot renamed its annual conference to something much less limiting. By Mike Pastore Published on April 8, 2026 Marketers who put their inbound strategy on the shelf in the past year can now put their Inbound conference mugs and SWAG alongside it. HubSpot renamed its … Continue reading HubSpot rebrands its flagship conference
April 08, 2026 Samsung is shutting down its texting app for U.S. customers BY Associated Press Samsung is saying goodbye to its namesake texting app, at least for United States customers. According to an end-of-service announcement published on the tech giant’s U.S. support website, Samsung Messages will be discontinued in July. Impacted owners of Samsung smartphones and other … Continue reading Samsung is shutting down its texting app for U.S. customers
