August 21, 2026 GNC has closed hundreds of stores in the last 3 years: See a list of locations that have lost the most BY Christopher Zara Years ago, stocking up on protein powder and herbal supplements meant stopping by your local GNC store, but that option is quickly disappearing for local communities around the country. … Continue reading GNC has closed hundreds of stores in the last 3 years: See a list of locations that have lost the most
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
June 21, 2026 Why most U.S. workers are checked out and bosses are the last to know BY The Conversation Michael Scott, the hapless regional manager at the center of the American version of “The Office” played by Steve Carell, believed he was the world’s best boss. He even had the mug to prove it. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Why most U.S. workers are checked out and bosses are the last to know
April 09, 2026 AI companies are tightening token limits. The last one to blink may win BY Chris Stokel-Walker For years, AI companies gave users unfettered access to the candy store, encouraging them to think of tokens, the chunks of text AI reads and writes, as effectively infinite. Tokens were bundled into subscriptions, hidden behind generous … Continue reading AI companies are tightening token limits. The last one to blink may win
Data was the new oil, but context is the new refinery. Because without a refinery, oil is just a smelly, toxic mess that often brings more harm than good. By Mike Pastore March 3, 2026 Around Q3 of last year, I started hearing the word “context” pop up in many of my conversations. … Continue reading The era of data dominance is over, and it didn’t last very long
AI is making video production a whole lot easier, and brands are taking advantage of it. Mike Pastore on March 26, 2025 A new report found that 41% of brands now use AI for video creation, up from 18% in 2024. Wistia’s 2025 State of Video Report data comes from over 14 million videos … Continue reading 41% of brands using AI for video, up from 18% last year
Despite the holiday blues, ad spending on TikTok was up 27% for the entire year. Chris Wood on January 22, 2025 Meta properties saw 15% ad spend growth in Q4 2024, while TikTok, facing an unknown future in the U.S., dropped 51 percentage points from Q4 2023 to 13%, according to digital advertising company … Continue reading Meta ad spend up 15% last quarter as TikTok sees sharp drop
Limited-time discounts are getting people back in the door at quick-service restaurants, but such gains could be fleeting when the deals disappear. BY Jennifer Mattson Fast-food restaurant chains have been seeing an uptick in traffic over the past two months due to the success of limited-time deals and promotions, along with an early rollout of the … Continue reading Fast-food chains are winning back customers with meal deals. Will the good times last?
The once-ubiquitous music retail chain has just two remaining stores: one in Ohio and one in Oregon. Reports that both are shuttering may have been premature. BY Tracy Brown Hamilton Sam Goody, the once-ubiquitous music and entertainment retail chain founded in 1951, is set to close one of its last two remaining U.S. stores next year. … Continue reading Sam Goody employee in Oregon denies reports that the last location is closing: ‘We’re not going anywhere’
Hackers Stealing Cookies May Become Last Straw In Google’s U-Turn by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 31, 2024 Cookie stealing has become a problem in the digital advertising industry — as have the attempts to prevent it from happening. So why are advertisers and app developers still using them? Google introduced a security protection for … Continue reading Hackers Stealing Cookies May Become Last Straw In Google’s U-Turn
