Many companies try to fix everything before using AI. Learn why starting with one important problem works better. By Shiv Gupta Published on July 15, 2026 Most discussions about AI readiness eventually turn into discussions about data. That makes sense. AI needs data that’s accessible, organized, secure, and reliable enough to support decisions. … Continue reading Why AI-ready data infrastructure is so hard to build
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
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
Google will now count all Android backup data toward your storage cap Fortunately, it shouldn’t take too much extra space. By Anna Washenko July 6, 2026 ZikG/Shutterstock This week will see a shift in the calculations Google uses for account storage. Beginning July 7, all data in your Android backups will count toward the storage … Continue reading Google will now count all Android backup data toward your storage cap
July 03, 2026 Scientists say Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could blind Earth’s biggest telescopes BY Taylor Hatmaker If Elon Musk has his way, stargazing could soon be impossible. Starlink, one of Musk’s businesses, sells high-speed internet access to places around the globe that traditional internet providers often can’t reach. In the process, the company has … Continue reading Scientists say Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could blind Earth’s biggest telescopes
In automated advertising, inaccurate conversion data doesn’t just skew reports, it trains bidding algorithms to optimize for the wrong customers. By Edward Newman Published on June 30, 2026 We’ve all seen dashboards that don’t make sense when you look into the numbers, but now that same data could be training your campaigns to … Continue reading Bad data is teaching AI to waste your ad budget
Sensitive iPhone supplier details were part of last week’s data leak at Tata Electronics Some of Apple’s corporate secrets aren’t so secret any more. By Anna Washenko June 29, 2026 onapalmtree/Shutterstock On top of leaks around its next smartphone generation, Apple has had sensitive details about its manufacturing processes revealed. Reuters reported that the documents … Continue reading Sensitive iPhone supplier details were part of last week’s data leak at Tata Electronics
Validate AI-generated insights, establish governance, and prioritize real-world research where it delivers the greatest value. By Lizzy Foo Kune Published on June 29, 2026 Marketing has always depended on customer insight, but traditional ways of gaining it are under strain. Surveys take time. Focus groups are expensive. Hard-to-reach audiences often remain underrepresented. Privacy … Continue reading Where synthetic data fits into customer research
June 28, 2026 The housecleaning is free—but it will cost you your most intimate data BY Kristin Toussaint In our digital age, services and devices are constantly gathering our data. Exactly how that information is harvested and used, and how transparent a company is about those practices, may not always be obvious. Shift, an AI training … Continue reading The housecleaning is free—but it will cost you your most intimate data
More customer data once looked like a competitive advantage. AI is exposing the risks of data built on inference, opacity, and extraction. By Jay Mandel Published on June 24, 2026 For 20 years, I sat inside some of the world’s most influential companies, helping populate dashboards with data. Executives would nod, and strategies … Continue reading Why trust belongs at the center of your data strategy
