Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok Support for the measure is quickly growing Karissa Bell Updated Sat, Mar 9, 2024 Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images TikTok’s future is looking increasingly uncertain as support grows for a new bill that would force the company to … Continue reading Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok
By Reuters February 02, 2024 Spotify Technology announced a new multiyear deal with comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday, in a bid to tap into the popularity of his show to drive its advertising revenue. The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which debuted in 2009, has been an exclusive offering on the music-streaming platform … Continue reading Joe Rogan and Spotify sign a new deal estimated to be worth up to $250 million
By Michael Grothaus December 02, 2023 No one hates change like app users, and the latest changes that Google has made to the colors in its Google Maps app are ruffling users’ feathers all over the web. Google Maps users on Reddit have called the new colors “godawful” and expressed how they “hate” the … Continue reading Google Maps’ new colors: a hopeful sign of more changes to come
Media Groups Sign Open Letter On AI Use by Ray Schultz , August 10, 2023 A group of 10 organizations, including The Associated Press and Gannett, is calling for a legal framework to protect journalism from unregulated AI use. In an open letter titled, “Preserving public trust in media through unified AI regulation and practices,” … Continue reading Media Groups Sign Open Letter On AI Use
By Nate Berg Let’s sit down and sign a contract. It will last for 10 years, and it will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. What you’ll get out of the deal will be an office. Yes, an office: the physical real estate that was deemed unsafe by the pandemic, … Continue reading Why now might actually be the best time to sign a long-term office lease
By Michael Grothaus June 22, 2023 June has been a good month for the Russell 2000, the index that tracks 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded companies in America. While the Russell hit an all-time high of above 2,300 points in 2021, today it is at 1,863—nearly 25% below its all-time high as of … Continue reading The Russell 2000 is up: That could be a good sign for the broader economy
By Nate Berg January 27, 2023 Standing in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris in 2012, Dorrian Porter was transfixed by a sign. The station’s arrivals and departures board—a classic split-flap analog sign that constantly turns its wheels of characters, click-clacking updated information on trains, tracks, and times—had a presence that Porter … Continue reading Why Google, Netflix and cannabis dispensaries are using this century-old sign technology
Taboola will be the exclusive ad provider for Yahoo. The two companies will split ad revenues.. Constantine von Hoffman on November 28, 2022 Content publisher Yahoo announced today it is buying nearly 25% of content recommender Taboola as part of a 30-year exclusive advertising agreement. What Taboola gets. Taboola — which The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading Yahoo and Taboola sign “30-year” exclusive ad agreement
By Adele Peters August 30, 2022 On August 18, when temperatures in part of Chongqing, China, climbed to a record 113 degrees Fahrenheit, it had been over 100 degrees for 11 days. But it had been brutally hot for even longer; China’s unprecedented heat started in June. The intensity, scope, and duration of the heat … Continue reading China’s unprecedented heat wave is another sign we aren’t ready for the reality of climate change
By Christopher Zara July 22, 2022 The wild growth that Snapchat and other social media companies enjoyed during the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic is looking farther and farther in the rearview mirror. Shares of Snap Inc. are tumbling in premarket trading on Friday after the company reported disappointing financial … Continue reading Snap stock price tanks in a warning sign for social media investors: Here’s what happening
