May 21, 2024 High salaries, poor performance: These were the most overpaid CEOs last year Most CEOs of S&P 500 companies got a raise of at least 9%, according to a new ‘Wall Street Journal’ report. And some CEOs made millions despite their bad performance. BY Chris Morris When it comes to CEO salaries, no one … Continue reading High salaries, poor performance: These were the most overpaid CEOs last year
May 03, 2024 Thanks to AI, we’re in the golden age of freelancing AI doesn’t help everyone, but it is turning elite tech workers into super builders. BY Raphael Ouzan As white-collar work gets increasingly automated, you might assume that freelancers would be the first to feel the impact. Indeed, researchers found a 21% decrease in … Continue reading Thanks to AI, we’re in the golden age of freelancing
April 24, 2024 Airlines were just put on notice over ‘surprise junk fees’: 4 new rules they will have to follow Disclosing fees and curbing sly sales tactics that leave travelers paying more are among guidelines laid out by the Department of Transportation. BY Sam Becker The Biden administration’s war against junk fees has taken to … Continue reading Airlines were just put on notice over ‘surprise junk fees’: 4 new rules they will have to follow
Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week Agents who lost their jobs this week posted on the Geek Squad subreddit, and confirmed the news to 404 Media. Cheyenne MacDonald Sat, Apr 6, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters Geek Squad agents have been flooding Reddit with images of their … Continue reading Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week
By Anna-Louise Jackson March 11, 2024 Once a darling of social media marketers, Canva is making creatives of us all. In addition to expanding its geographic footprint—Brazil users now constitute its second-largest market—the Australian design software company is reaching employees in decidedly noncreative roles. Consider this: Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading Canva’s growth is being driven by a new workplace dynamic: We’re all designers now
By Chris Morris February 10, 2024 Valentine’s Day is confusing enough for us humans. Imagine how confounding it might be for a machine. While generative AI is designed to continually get smarter, romance is not something for which there’s a definitive course of study. So as Valentine’s Day approaches, we got curious: What have … Continue reading I asked AI chatbots to plan a Valentine’s Day date. They were surprisingly helpful
By Donovan Triplett February 08, 2024 In the 1980s, Greg Tate was one of only a few Black music critics at a major publication, but his career helped nudge the U.S. toward a more nuanced appreciation of Black genres. He looked to understand and distinguish, as he put it, “the way Black people ‘think,’ mentally, emotionally, physically,” and “how … Continue reading What we’re losing in the blinding whiteness of advertising
By Michael Grothaus December 07, 2023 The fastest growing brand of 2023 was one that hardly any consumer knew about the year before: ChatGPT. That’s according to decision intelligence company Morning Consult’s Fastest Growing Brands report for 2023. The report ranks the top 20 brands based on the growth of the number of consumers … Continue reading Kraft, ChatGPT, Zelle, and Southwest Airlines were all top brands for different generations in 2023
By Tim Ringel November 29, 2023 You can’t go a step in the advertising and marketing world these days without running into someone’s hot new application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It’s the shiny new object of the moment that has captured our attention, and it’s driving agencies and brands into a mad dash … Continue reading Why we’re marketing: We’re trying to sell something
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 22, 2023 On Tuesday night, OpenAI announced that it had reached an agreement in principle for cofounder and recently ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to the company. As part of the arrangement, the $80 billion company will also have a new board composed of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and … Continue reading OpenAI nearly blew up their $80 billion company. But was the issue they were reportedly arguing over really the right issue?
