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Following The Destruction Caused By Hurricane Helene, Two More Storms Strengthen In The Atlantic
On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on two other tropical cyclones that are intensifying in the Atlantic. Although there is currently no direct threat to land from Hurricane Kirk or Tropical Storm Leslie, they could send additional rain to...
A New Experiment Claims To Finally Answer The Question Of What Happened To Flight MH370
The goal of a recent experiment being conducted by a private pilot is to ultimately "discover the fate" of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. What was the fate of MH370?Ten years have passed since the aircraft carrying 239 people on a flight from Malaysia to China...
NBCU Seek To Make The Difficulty Of Delivering Creative Ads Standard
The process of preparing an approved CTV ad creative for distribution still mostly involves manual labor, such as emails and spreadsheets. This method might be effective for linear TV, as the creative and technical requirements for commercials are more uniform across...
Ports Throughout The East And Gulf Coast Close As Thousands Of Workers Go On Strike
At midnight ET, tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike, closing important ports on the East and Gulf coasts and obstructing the delivery of goods ranging from food to auto parts. With the holiday shopping season now approaching, businesses and logistics...
What Comes Next After The Google Ad Tech Antitrust Case Is Over
The Virginia Google ad tech antitrust trial has concluded, just three weeks after it started. (Arielle Garcia, you're free to return home! I am grateful for your assistance. Although it was anticipated that the trial would take four to six weeks, Judge Leonie Brinkema...
Horrifying Instance In This Terrifying Video, Titanic Explorers Lose Light As They Search Through The Wreck
The lights of the Titanic explorers, who were dispatched to investigate the ship's wreckage, mysteriously went out. Some continue to explore the dark waters to get a closer look at the infamous ship, while experts continue to confound people with their strange ideas...
There Is A Way To Improve The Chaotic And Repetitive State Of The Bidstream
When Waffle House restaurants begin to close, bad weather is likely approaching. An impending international catastrophe may be signaled by an increase in pizza orders near the Pentagon. Additionally, an increase in the size of Ads.txt files is a strong indicator of an...
Programmatic Internet Of Things: How Programmatic Platforms Can Profit From The Open Web
Does the open internet face challenges? Since 2021, the amount spent on open programmatic ads has only increased by 3%, according to stock research company Wolfe Research. Within the same time period, walled gardens have expanded by 10%. Shweta Khajuria, managing...
Quorum, A Data Optimization Platform, Closes Its $2 Million Seed Round Of Funding
With no walls, Quorum is a data platform that aims to provide publishers and marketers with the same level of service as walled gardens. And they're getting closer to accomplishing it now that they have additional cash. Quorum announced on Thursday the completion of a...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg Unveiled A Slew Of New Mixed Reality Hardware And AI Advancements At Meta Connect
CEO Mark Zuckerberg and senior officials unveiled several new products and services yesterday at the 2024 Meta Connect developer conference, aimed at enabling the massive platform's AI, mixed reality, and online content vision. Here's what the business presented at...
Live Translations For Meta Ray-Bans Are Available
CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a number of new AI-powered capabilities for the company's Ray-Ban partnership on Wednesday at the Meta Connect event. The addition of real-time translation through the glasses' speakers is the most intriguing feature of the lot. Meta...
TikTok Provides New Measurement Of Misinformation To Assure Advertising Partners
With new third-party measurement of misinformation and whether/how commercial content is displayed alongside it in the app, TikTok is giving advertisers even more peace of mind. In order to provide ad partners peace of mind that their ads aren't being positioned next...
More Voices And A New Appearance Are Added To OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode
OpenAI declared on Tuesday that it will begin providing Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) to a larger group of ChatGPT's paying users. Initially available to users of ChatGPT's Plus and Teams levels, the audio capability makes ChatGPT more conversational. Customers of...
Are Advertisers Adapting To The Shift In CTV Viewer Behavior?
From the initial days of skepticism regarding cord-cutting, the TV industry has advanced significantly. It's commonplace to watch entertainment on the internet in your living room these days. Streaming services accounted for 41.4% of TV viewing in July, according to...
Apple Has Included Faster Wired Charging Support For All Of Its New iPhone 16 Phones
If you plug in Apple's new iPhones, they will charge more quickly than before. According to certification from the China Quality Certification Center, as noted by 9to5Mac and observed by ShrimpApplePro, this is the case. With USB-C, Apple's latest iPhones can all be...
Gen Z Has Reintroduced Iconic 90s Toys That Were A Favorite Of Millennials, But There’s A Huge Difference Today
It all started with low-rise jeans and UGG boots, and now decades-old technology is making a comeback. The 1990s were perhaps one of the best years for video games, from Bop It and Street Fighter to Polly Pocket and The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known...
Instagram Is Set To Roll Out Teen Accounts To Protect Children On Its Platform
Finally, Instagram provides some safeguards to protect children. The enormous social media platform is launching new separate accounts for users under the age of 18, with the goal of making the platform safer for young people as concerns about social media's impact on...
FTC Accuses Social Media And Video Streaming Platforms Of ‘Privacy-Invasive’ Data Practices
The Federal Trade Commission issued an order just under four years ago mandating nine of the top social media and video streaming companies to give specific details about how they gather and utilize personal customer data. Amazon, Facebook, and WhatsApp, as well as...
The FBI Disrupted A Chinese Cyber Operation That Targeted Critical Infrastructure In The United States
The FBI has disrupted a group of Chinese hackers who were working for the Chinese government to breach vital infrastructure in the United States and other nations, as well as spy on and steal data from colleges, government organizations, and others, Director Chris...
Roku’s Self-Serve Ads Manager Allows Search And Social Advertisers To Buy CTV
Roku announced the debut of Roku Ads Manager, a self-service platform aimed at attracting performance marketers who use social media and search and allowing them to purchase linked TV. Performance marketers will be able to develop campaigns with shoppable advertising...
ALS Patient With A Brain Implant Can Operate Amazon’s Alexa With His Thoughts
An ALS patient in the United States has broken a global record by becoming the first person to control Amazon's Alexa using a chip placed in his brain. Synchron, a brain-computer interface (BCI) startup, presented the mind-blowing news, describing how one of its...
How Intel Lost Billions In A Failed Bid To Sony PlayStation
According to three sources familiar with the situation, Intel lost a contract to design and manufacture Sony's PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, dealing a huge damage to the company's efforts to grow its embryonic contract manufacturing business. According to two sources,...
Why Aren’t YouTube And TikTok Creators Going All In On AI-Generated Videos?
Making movies may be a lot of effort, so outsourcing the labor sounds appealing. And the introduction of generative AI technologies capable of producing everything from screenplays to thumbnails can be particularly appealing. However, there are reasons why creators...
AdTech Spending Is Expected To Reach $43.5 Billion Globally By 2029
According to a new report conducted by Juniper Research, the leading specialists in technology markets, the worldwide AdTech market will increase by 60% over the next five years, with AdTech platforms expected to produce $27 billion by 2024. The survey found improved...