By Nicole Gull McElroy Daniel Zimmer’s job at legacy tech company SAP is to improve the experience of the developers and engineers working there. When the pandemic hit, Zimmer was in the middle of reimagining SAP’s Bay Area footprint, which included leases in San Francisco, San Ramon, and Palo Alto. The 50-year-old tech company … Continue reading The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next
Kris Naudus @krisnaudus The following contains minor spoilers for episode ten of ‘Star Trek: Prodigy.’ One thing that’s become increasingly common among genre shows is the idea of the “mid-season finale,” where a program goes on hiatus for a bit, but not before shaking things up for the rest of the year. Even children’s … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ will be pulled from Paramount+ next week
By Chris Morris June 22, 2023 Bed Bath & Beyond is still headed, at least partially, to the great beyond—even after Overstock.com won an auction to buy the struggling retailer’s intellectual property and digital assets. The chain’s brick and mortar stores are set to wrap up operations by June 30, meaning you have a … Continue reading What’s next for Bed, Bath & Beyond now that Overstock.com has bought its assets?
The Next Consumer Evolution: AI-Powered Commerce Latif Sim / Jun 13, 2023 ‘The adoption of Live Commerce will continue to grow for many businesses as its impact far outweighs the investments required for implementation,’ writes Latif Sim, Chief Strategy Officer at BeLive Technology The digital age continues to revolutionise the way consumers interact with … Continue reading The Next Consumer Evolution: AI-Powered Commerce
By David Salazar June 04, 2023 When comedian and writer Adam Conover started staffing up his 2022 Netflix comedy-documentary series The G Word, which explores the U.S. government, the precarity of Hollywood writers was hard to ignore. Conover recalls a meeting with the show’s producers: One of them noted that, because the show was … Continue reading ‘It’s starting to feel like anything is possible’: Comedian Adam Conover on the next phase of the writers’ strike
Microsoft Bing Enters Next Generation Of AI-Powered Search, Text, Video, Images by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 4, 2023 Microsoft officially moved to the next generation of search powered by artificial intelligence (AI), combining text, video, images and chat, as well as the ability to share content on social media. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and … Continue reading Microsoft Bing Enters Next Generation Of AI-Powered Search, Text, Video, Images
By Michael Grothaus May 01, 2023 The World Economic Forum has released its annual Future of Jobs Report for 2023 and it makes for some interesting reading, not only for employers but for younger people who have yet to decide upon a career path. One of the most interesting parts of the report looks … Continue reading These occupations will see the most jobs created, and lost, in the next 5 years
By Jeff Beer April 23, 2023 Little more than a month after OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT went viral for its ability to write essays and poems, all in humanlike text, Ryan Reynolds did what he does best and played it for an advertising gag. In an ad for Mint Mobile, he asked ChatGPT … Continue reading How AI could power advertising’s next creative revolution
By Kristin Toussaint April 17, 2023 Hollywood writers are officially prepared to strike if they’re unable to reach a contract with the top film and tv studios, the Writers Guild of America announced Monday. The union has been negotiating for big changes, primarily to the pay structure for writers, arguing that the prevalence of … Continue reading Hollywood writers overwhelmingly vote to authorize a strike. What’s next?
Jon Fingas @jonfingas Microsoft just made one of the largest-ever bids for a game studio. The company has announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for $95 per share, valuing the all-cash deal at an enormous $68.7 billion. The deal would make the combined entity the “third-largest” game company by revenue, according to Microsoft, and would … Continue reading Xbox head says Microsoft’s mobile game store could arrive next year
