By Associated Press September 27, 2023 Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers fighting for new union contracts voted Tuesday to authorize a strike that could impact more than three dozen casinos and hotels, the city’s economic backbone.The Culinary Workers Union hasn’t gone on strike in more than three decades. The union didn’t immediately … Continue reading Las Vegas hospitality workers just overwhelmingly authorized a casino and hotel strike
Martech is really at the intersection of technology, strategy and people, Kim Davis said, kicking off The MarTech Conference. Constantine von Hoffman on September 26, 2023 Martech is a lot more than marketing technology. “It doesn’t really reduce to a collection of platforms and apps and APIs,” MarTech’s editorial director Kim Davis said in his … Continue reading Why martech must mean more than just technology
By Associated Press September 26, 2023 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on their picket line Tuesday as their work stoppage against major carmakers hit day 12, a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history. “You deserve the significant raise you need,” Biden said through a … Continue reading Auto workers strike: Biden just became the first sitting U.S. president to join a picket line
By Sarah Bregel September 14, 2023 A new study is taking a closer look at the mental health of Gen Z. The emotional struggles of Gen Zers—people born between 1997 and 2012—have been well documented in recent years. Still, questions remain about what makes this group so different from previous generations. According to a … Continue reading Not just growing pains: Gen Z reports suffering more than other generations did at their age
Older Adults Make Up Just 4% Of People Featured In Ads by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, August 22, 2023 Brands are still significantly underrepresenting the large, affluent audience of people over age 60, according to a new analysis from CreativeX. The creative tech company analyzed more than 126,000 global ads released in 2022, which were supported … Continue reading Older Adults Make Up Just 4% Of People Featured In Ads
By Ross Rubin September 01, 2023 AI that creates essays, art, and even code, rivaling human output, could obviate many time-honored professions. But it has also threatened the jobs of some nonhuman workers: specifically, voice assistants. In the mid-2010s, as Siri, Alexa, and the Google Assistant proliferated, the initial buzz rivaled the excitement over … Continue reading Generative AI just might save Siri and Alexa from oblivion
Angie Judge of Dexibit lit a fire on LinkedIn when she said a SaaS vendor only contacted here once a year to secure a renewal. Kim Davis on August 25, 2023 “We just cancelled a SaaS product we’ve used for three years. Each year, we get the same email from them, a month out from … Continue reading Martech vendors need to engage year-round, not just at renewal time
By The Associated Press July 24, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — The clock is ticking. As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. Negotiations broke down earlier this month and unionized workers have been holding rallies and practice pickets across the country. The Teamsters, which represent more … Continue reading A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what it means for you
Amazon and Apple Just Got Hit With a $218 Million Fine. Here’s Why Brad Anderson / Jul 18, 2023 Apple and Amazon were fined a combined $ 218 million by Spain’s antitrust watchdog for anti-competitive practices. The penalty for Apple was $ 161 million, while Amazon’s was $ 56.7 million. The two tech giants … Continue reading Amazon and Apple Just Got Hit With a $218 Million Fine. Here’s Why
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
