Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while The move to multi-modal AI is going to be multi-year endeavor. sam rutherford · karissa bell Wed, May 15, 2024 Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget At I/O 2024, Google’s teaser for Project Astra gave us a glimpse at where AI assistants … Continue reading Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while
May 14, 2024 This affordable housing project wasn’t going to happen—and then an unlikely partnership formed Co-locating affordable housing and a Boys & Girls Club made two complex projects possible. BY Nate Berg In the economically disadvantaged Lincoln Park neighborhood of New Rochelle, NY, two long-sought community projects have, after decades, finally come to fruition. All … Continue reading This affordable housing project wasn’t going to happen—and then an unlikely partnership formed
April 29, 2024 What’s going on at Paramount? CEO’s departure and ‘best and final’ offers Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is departing, as the company considers a Skydance deal. BY Chris Morris The saga of Paramount Global’s future is more exciting than a lot of the studio’s films. And with the bombshells in Monday’s earnings report, things … Continue reading What’s going on at Paramount? CEO’s departure and ‘best and final’ offers
What used to be a promising domain for growth and creativity has degraded beyond repair. Juan Mendoza on March 5, 2024 In 2024, going viral on the web can spell almost certain disaster. The worst place for that to happen? On X, in what’s known as the “main character effect.” Ryan Broderick, the author of … Continue reading The zero-sum game of social media: When going viral spells disaster
By Brian Honigman January 06, 2024 You’re not taught in school that being a freelancer is even an option to consider. As a result, it’s a less clearly defined career trajectory. A common misconception with freelance is that it’s primarily a stopgap for professionals to leverage in between full-time roles or a side hustle … Continue reading Going freelance full time in 2024? Here’s how to make it work
Meta is going to fact-check content on the Threads app The program will roll out next year, according to executives. Malak Saleh Wed, Dec 13, 2023 Anadolu via Getty Images Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, posted that … Continue reading Threads is going to fact-check content on its app
By Clint Rainey November 16, 2023 Is the beloved American fast-food-franchise model facing a reckoning? In the past year, and more frequently in recent months, franchisees that were once big moneymakers for such brands as Burger King, McDonald’s, Popeyes, and Hardee’s have started to file for bankruptcy. On Tuesday, a major Wendy’s franchisee—Florida-based Starboard … Continue reading Wendy’s, Burger King franchise empires are going bankrupt. Is the fast-food model broken?
By Jared Lindzon Forecasters are warning that it’s going to be a chilly 2024, at least when it comes to employee experience investments, sometimes abbreviated to “EX.” According to a new report from Forrester, organizations are likely to freeze or reduce their EX budgets next year—which can include employee perks; training; workplace flexibility; and … Continue reading Companies are likely going to invest less in employee experiences in 2024
By Yasmin Gagne November 05, 2023 After John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., told Bloomberg in October that GLP-1s, a class of medications prescribed for weight loss—which include Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy—are changing how shoppers behave, resulting in their buying slightly less food, shares for Mondelez (maker of Oreo), PepsiCo, and Hershey’s … Continue reading Ozempic is not going to slim down your stock portfolio (yet)
By Grace Snelling September 25, 2023 An interview last week with actor, producer, and director Halle Berry took a turn into unexpected territory: literal shit talk. The discussion began at a panel for the Fast Company Innovation Festival exploring Berry’s partnership with gut microbiome startup Pendulum Therapeutics. Joined by Cofounder and CEO Colleen Cutcliffe, … Continue reading Halle Berry’s number one tip for going number two
