By Kathleen Davis February 09, 2024 Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company‘s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions in less than one minute. How do I answer the interview question “What’s your biggest … Continue reading How do I answer the interview question, ‘What’s your biggest weakness?’
By Chris Morris February 07, 2024 The Walt Disney Co. has announced plans to make a $1.5 billion equity investment into Epic Games, which will give the entertainment giant an equity stake in the creator of the Fortnite video game. Disney CEO Bob Iger, appearing on CNBC Wednesday afternoon, called the initiative Disney’s “biggest … Continue reading Disney invests $1.5 billion in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games, its ‘biggest foray into the games space ever’
By Nicole Gull McElroy Bracken Darrell likes starting over. “This idea that you restart every day—that’s how I feel about everything,” he says. “You have a chance to reinvent things.” It’s a mantra he’s intimately familiar with. Six months ago, Darrell became the new president and CEO of VF Corp., which owns brands including … Continue reading Bracken Darrell reimagined some of the world’s biggest brands. Now he has plans to do it again
Tech’s biggest losers in 2023 Of all the lousy things that happened this year, these were the worst. Cherlynn Low · Engadget Fri, Dec 29, 2023 Anadolu via Getty Images The last few years have been, to put it mildly, rough. And 2023 continued to bring sad tidings. Amid the humanitarian crisis that is the … Continue reading Tech’s biggest losers in 2023
The 10 biggest AI companies in the world after 2023 Sam Shedden / Last Updated: Dec 12, 2023 This year has undoubtedly been the year of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the tech sector. It’s a topic continuing to dominate technology news headlines and has thoroughly penetrated the cultural zeitgeist of the planet. Even … Continue reading The 10 biggest AI companies in the world after 2023
By AJ Hess November 18, 2023 Mira Murati, interim CEO of OpenAI just landed one of the biggest jobs in tech. Whether its a good job remains to be seen. On Friday, OpenAI announced that Sam Altman had been removed from his position as CEO and would be leaving the company’s board of directors. … Continue reading The biggest challenges facing OpenAI’s Mira Murati, the newly minted most powerful woman in tech
Dun & Bradstreet’s SVP of digital audiences discusses why B2B and B2C buying behaviors have changed and why accurate data is the key to staying ahead. Cynthia Ramsaran on August 16, 2023 Businesses have recognized the importance of informed decision-making when it comes to purchasing. Thus, marketers rely heavily on data analytics, audience segmentation and … Continue reading Let data be the biggest driver behind your advertising strategy by Cynthia Ramsaran
GAI Skill Gap Is Biggest Barrier To Entry For Marketers, Gartner Finds by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 20, 2023 The top barriers to the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in marketing are varied. Some 56% of marketers participating in a Gartner survey said the gaps in skills rate highest, while 47% cite unforeseen security … Continue reading GAI Skill Gap Is Biggest Barrier To Entry For Marketers, Gartner Finds
Twitter’s Biggest Advertisers Cut Spending An Average of 71% by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, July 18, 2023 If Twitter’s ad revenue is off an average of 50%, as Elon Musk disclosed earlier this week, then it’s coming mainly from the platforms biggest advertisers. Ad spending across Twitter’s top 10 ad categories are down an average 71% … Continue reading Twitter’s Biggest Advertisers Cut Spending An Average of 71%
By Wilfred Chan May 05, 2023 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made waves this week after resigning from Google to warn that AI could soon surpass humans in intelligence and learn how to destroy humanity on its own. But Hinton’s warnings, while dire, … Continue reading Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them
