If thereâs one truism in digital advertising, itâs that thereâs Google, thereâs Facebook, and then thereâs everyone else. After all, the adtech duopoly raked in 65% of digital ad revenue in 2021, according to eMarketer. But could we be on the cusp of a reversal of this decade-long trend? According to a November eMarketer report,… More
Topline As the surge in oil prices continues amid increasing demand and a supply crunch that has driven up prices for all types of fuels, energy stocks are soaringâin some cases, notching triple-digit returnsâwhile several U.S. oil tycoons watch their net worths spike. Several U.S. billionaires have seen their net worths jump considerably as the… More
(Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images Cisco Systems CSCO set its 52-week intraday high at $60.27 on August 25. The stock is up 28.6% year-to-date and is 4.5% below the high. Longer-term the network equipment company is 63.1% above its October 19, 2020 low of $35.28. On Wednesday, September 15 the stock traded… More
Artificial intelligence and a hologram of a house and a percent sign. Mortgage concept for housing … [+] mortgage interest rates. Copy space, 3D illustration, 3D rendering getty Artificial Intelligence and its inherent bias seems to be an ongoing contributing factor in slowing minorities home loan approvals. An investigation by The Markup found lenders were… More
Archer Aviation Maker-an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The Maker is a precursor to … [+] the eventual production aircraft Archer plans to deliver by 2024. Ignite Media- Al M. Arena An idea hatched more than a decade ago by a couple of college buddies to reduce urban traffic congestion and carbon emissions took… More
Deepak Chopra and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone attempt to pass the Turing Test AI Foundation In the months leading up to the pandemic, 73 year old best-selling author Deepak Chopra uploaded his âconsciousnessâ to the AI Foundation to ensure he would be around to chat with future generations. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, Twitter co-founder… More
(Bernard Kim image courtesy of Zynga) Mobile game publisher Zynga ZNGA said it would buy mobile ad and monetization platform Chartboost for $250 million in a bid to diversify its revenue base amid major changes in Apple AAPL ad rules. The company also reported record first quarter revenues and bookings, and raised its full-year guidance.… More
The Future & Creation getty âDon’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already?â Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises The coming Infrastructure Initiative will be about getting something big… More
Shell Oil’s Jackpine open pit oil sands mine in Alberta, Canada. U.S. and Canadian banks account for … [+] almost half of global fossil fuel financing, according to a new report. The Washington Post via Getty Images The worldâs biggest banks have pumped a staggering $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel industries over five years, a… More
Topline Shares of Twitter are surging to a seven-year high Wednesday after the social media giant reported fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after the close that blew past analyst expectations, tempering concerns on Wall Street that the firm’s recently booming growth may “implode” as a result of the platform’s decision to ban former President Donald Trump. Twitter… More
People attending a Seattle City Council meeting hold signs that read “Tax Amazon, Housing for All,” … [+] and “No Tax on Jobs” listen to public comment on the debate over a possible council vote whether or not to repeal of a tax on large companies such as Amazon and Starbucks that was intended to… More
Project Athia won’t arrive until 2022. Here’s when a bunch of other PS5 games are coming out. Credit: Square Enix The Consumer Electronics Show kicked off Monday. CES is usually held in Las Vegas, but this year itâs entirely virtual thanks to the ongoing global pandemic. In an otherwise unremarkable presentation, Sony announced the release… More
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Credit: Treyarch I have mixed feelings about Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and frankly Iâm not at all happy with how Activision has handled the transition from Modern Warfare to Black Ops Cold War in terms of the two gamesâ integration into Warzone. Iâve waited some… More
Hindustan Times via Getty Images Physical place is often a powerful influence on entrepreneurs. One thinks of Steve Jobs growing up in the suburbs south of San Francisco. The unique mashup of cultural rebels and computer geeks inspired Jobs to locate Apple at the intersection of science and art. Itâs still the Apple address. The… More
Topline Marking a sudden about-face from explosive growth in its two months since going public, shares of big-data analytics firm Palantir Technologies tanked 12% on Wednesday after a Morgan Stanley analyst warned that the company’s performance and outlook don’t back up the recent stock surgeâanother blow to the recently tepid market for high-flying tech stocks.… More
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