By Pavithra Mohan As a music teacher, Charissa Duncanson was accustomed to traveling around the country, sharing lessons and ideas about music education with her peers. But after having a baby in 2021, she fretted about how she would stick to a pumping schedule while on the road. Duncanson came to rely on … Continue reading Employers are scrambling to put in places to breastfeed. This company wants to help
By Zachary Petit In branding and design, as in music, there are indeed one-hit wonders. But then there’s this: Sonos; Subaru Outback; Febreze; Pentium; Swiffer; Impossible Foods; Adobe InDesign; Xbox Live; BlackBerry; Microsoft Azure; OnStar; Nissan Rogue; Scion; Freeform; Dasani; Gold Peak; Truvia; Humira; Embassy Suites; Homewood Suites; Afar . . . and the … Continue reading This guy named Febreze, Blackberry, and Sonos. Now he wants to name your AI company
By Chris Stokel-Walker December 06, 2023 Investor interest in generative AI startups remains high, with more than $21 billion plowed into companies in the first nine months of this year, according to Pitchbook. And xAI, the AI company founded by Elon Musk, wants to add significantly to that total. xAI aims to raise up … Continue reading Elon Musk’s xAI wants to raise $1 billion. But can his AI company stand out?
By Sarah Bregel November 17, 2023 Many Americans don’t often leave America, unless they’re visiting Niagara Falls or eating pasta in Italy for a week on vacation. And many don’t move to other countries, staying very close to where they grew up. According to a 2019 survey of people over the age of 25, a … Continue reading More than half of Gen Z wants to move out of the United States for this sad reason
Spotify opens video podcast publishing to more creators Jon Fingas @jonfingas Spotify is ready to let anyone offer video podcasts — and this time, you won’t need to apply. As of today, all creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand can publish video podcasts through Anchor. You can charge … Continue reading Spotify reportedly wants to add full-length music videos to its app
By Kelvin Chan—Associated Press June 23, 2023 Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Twitter has work to do if it wants to comply with the EU’s tough new digital rules
ClashTV CEO Wants To Strengthen Streetball In Streaming Content Culture by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 13, 2023 Jonathan Anastas, CEO of interactive live-streaming platform ClashTV — formerly at MotorTrend Group, Activision Blizzard, Atari, and Omnicom — wants to bring streetball into the minds of brands and consumers, mostly young and diverse consumers who consume short-form … Continue reading ClashTV CEO Wants To Strengthen Streetball In Streaming Content Culture
TikTok Wants To Offer An AI Chatbot For Search And Discovery by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 26, 2023 Industry buzz around TikTok’s role in search started as a hum. Now the company is testing the Tako chatbot, which is designed to help make it easier to discover entertaining and inspiring content on TikTok. … Continue reading TikTok Wants To Offer An AI Chatbot For Search And Discovery
Devindra Hardawar @devindra Magic Leap’s glasses were supposed to lead us into the augmented reality era, a world beyond screens where we could interact with digital objects as if they were standing right next to us. Too bad they failed spectacularly. By early 2020, the company had raised nearly $2 billion. But aside from … Continue reading Meta reportedly wants to license Magic Leap’s AR technology
By Michael Grothaus April 05, 2023 Imagine you polled Gen Z about where they really want to work after graduating college. You might expect them to rattle off the names of some Big Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon—and, for the most part, you’d be right, according to a new survey by Axios/Generation Lab. … Continue reading Gen Z really wants to work for the federal government, or maybe Big Tech
