Google Makes Ad-Network Policy Updates by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 1, 2023 Google has updated two ad-network policies. The first of two — Google Ads malicious or unwanted software policy — will divide into three separate policies beginning May 9, 2023. The three policies cover malicious software, compromised sites, and unwanted software. Enforcement will take … Continue reading Google Makes Ad-Network Policy Updates
By Connie Lin February 10, 2023 Update Friday, 9:49 a.m. ET: On Thursday, the SEC said crypto exchange Kraken would “immediately” end its platform’s crypto staking service, and pay $30 million to settle SEC charges that it was listing unregistered securities. The news confirms rumors that the SEC would target staking as it tightens … Continue reading The SEC comes for crypto staking: Coinbase makes its case as Kraken stands down
Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 5, 2023 Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic as a preferred cloud provider, announced Friday, includes a financial investment, very similar to Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. While the post on the Google Cloud blog did not mention Google’s … Continue reading Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment
By Jude Cramer January 25, 2023 Cameron Hughes’ designs move as if they each have a mind of their own. On one dress, purple feathers rise and lower like a bird’s ruffled feathers. On another, a swarm of robotic butterflies flap their wings. Still another features spinning tubes of fabric that transform a skirt from … Continue reading How Cameron Hughes makes his high-tech couture
By Shalene Gupta January 24, 2023 In 2016, Meena Harris started designing statement T-shirts that quite literally made a statement. Her most famous one read “Phenomenal Woman,” quoting a Maya Angelou poem. Harris, who is also the niece of Kamala Harris, saw the T-shirt as political tool—not to promote her aunt, but to celebrate … Continue reading Phenomenal woman Meena Harris makes the leap from t-shirt branding to book publishing
Microsoft Makes Last-Touch Attribution For Automated Bidding Generally Available by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, January 20, 2023 Microsoft Advertising released a model into general availability that it calls “last-touch attribution for automated bidding” on the Microsoft Audience Network this week. Daniel Godoy, evangelist at Microsoft Advertising, provided this update during a presentation. He said enabling the feature when … Continue reading Microsoft Makes Last-Touch Attribution For Automated Bidding Generally Available
By James Surowiecki November 23, 2022 In January 2008, Starbucks made a shock announcement: Its founder and former CEO, Howard Schultz, who had stepped down seven years earlier, would be returning to run the company once again. Starbucks’ stock price had fallen 42% in 2007, as the company saw its growth slow dramatically, and … Continue reading Boomerang CEOs have a bad track record lately, but Iger’s return makes sense for Disney
Empowered Execution Keeps Employees Happy (And Makes Work Easier) Brad Anderson / 03 Oct 2022 Today’s employees aren’t content to see work as a transactional relationship. The idea of putting in hours in exchange for a paycheck doesn’t keep them satisfied. Instead, it spreads the seeds of discontentment that lead to presenteeism, absenteeism, and … Continue reading Empowered Execution Keeps Employees Happy (And Makes Work Easier)
Microsoft: What Makes Its Collaboration With Roku ‘So Important’ by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 24, 2022 Roku in May announced a partnership with Microsoft to use search data in which the company will match its first-party data on OneView, the company’s streaming advertising platform, with Microsoft Audience Intelligence using data from more than 7 billion … Continue reading Microsoft: What Makes Its Collaboration With Roku ‘So Important’
Signal AI Intelligence Graph Makes Sense Of The World’s Unstructured Data by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 15, 2022 Signal AI, a global data insights company, this week announced the launch of its External Intelligence Graph, which provides a view into the relationships between a company and other real-world topics such as consumer trust. The nine-year old … Continue reading Signal AI Intelligence Graph Makes Sense Of The World’s Unstructured Data
