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Dstillery unveiled its DS-1 agentic advertising platform, partnering with CTV technology firm Keynes and major DSP The Trade Desk. The platform connects directly to Keynes’ Slack workspace via the Model Context Protocol, compressing audience discovery and custom modeling from days to minutes. By automating workflow steps, DS-1 enables rapid, data‑driven campaign activation across the programmatic ecosystem. The collaboration aligns with emerging IAB Tech Lab standards, positioning the trio at the forefront of the agentic advertising movement.
Spot gold has now fallen below $5,100 despite rising global uncertainty. Safe haven bids are fading as traders de risk and raise cash. Silver has dropped under $78, down $20 in just 24 hours. Volatility is accelerating across metals . Is this...
Burnout is a slow erosion, not a dramatic collapse, affecting roughly 44% of employees worldwide. Experts Emily Nagoski and Adam Grant explain that unfinished stress cycles and a mismatch between effort and recovery fuel the condition. The article outlines five...
Grew Energy and Shanti Educational Initiatives Ltd (SEIL) have received board approval for a merger, with SEIL shareholders exchanging 212 SEIL shares for 100 Grew Energy shares. Grew Energy, a Chiripal Group subsidiary, currently operates a 6.5 GW PV module plant...
Your customers are churning. But not for the reason you think. Most founders look at monthly churn, see 3-4%, and think "we're fine." But then they pull up their net revenue retention at 12 months and it's sitting at 70%....
Sign Customiser, an Adelaide‑based quoting platform, has processed more than $75 million in merchant sales across 100 countries over the past four years. The solution replaces spreadsheet‑based pricing with an embeddable AI‑driven customiser widget that lets customers design, price, and pay...
Hirebotics announced that co‑founder and COO Matthew Bush will assume the chief executive officer role, effective February 20, 2026, succeeding co‑founder Rob Goldiez who is retiring after more than a decade at the helm. Bush has overseen the company's electro‑mechanical...
In the "Lost in the Woods" episode of All Things Product, Teresa Torres and Petra Wille map five common "lost person" behaviors to product team dynamics when strategy blurs or constraints are unclear. They break down freezing, chasing shortcuts, following...
Enterpryze, founded by Morgan Browne, offers a mobile‑first, cloud ERP built on SAP Business One, positioning AI as the fourth interface for SMEs. Browne, a former SAP Global Partner Council member and EY Entrepreneur finalist, transformed Milner Browne into a...
Secure by Design is a holistic methodology that embeds security from the earliest stages of system and software conception, shifting protection from a reactive afterthought to a proactive design principle. CIS and SAFECode collaborate to provide measurable guidance, translating standards...
You haven’t run out of people to reach out to. You’ve run out of offers. You sent one message to each person once. That’s not outreach. That’s a mass email, sent the long, hard, stupid way. Here’s what I’ve noticed about the...
Harvey announced its second acquihire, bringing Lume co‑founders Robert Ross and Nebyou Zewde into its product and engineering teams. Lume, a Y Combinator‑backed AI integration startup founded in 2023, will cease operations as only the two founders transition to Harvey. The...
Security researchers at Zenity have disclosed a zero‑click prompt‑injection vulnerability, dubbed “PleaseFix,” in Perplexity AI’s Comet browser. The flaw lets attackers embed malicious prompts in seemingly benign calendar invites, causing the AI to read local files and exfiltrate passwords without...
Comic Relief has launched a new Red Nose Day livestream campaign featuring artist Mr Doodle, produced by Amazon Ads' Brand Innovation Lab. The initiative streams on Twitch, showcasing Mr Doodle’s live drawing while integrating a Red Nose Day store app...
Cloudflare has launched a cloud‑first Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) that eliminates traditional ETL pipelines using a sharded, SQLite‑backed architecture running on the edge. Threat events are distributed across thousands of Durable Objects, delivering sub‑second GraphQL queries and real‑time visualizations. The...
U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by data centers and electrification, but transmission construction has stalled, dropping from 1,700 miles per year (2010‑14) to just 350 miles (2020‑23). The report identifies four key barriers—cumbersome permitting, aging infrastructure costs, siloed utility...
Middle‑market companies often overlook how their brand story shapes early buyer perception. A clear, coherent market narrative—supported by logical brand architecture—helps investors, partners, and customers quickly grasp the business’s value and growth potential. When the story aligns with evidence, it...
Since Turkey’s 2016 energy policy, the country has transformed from a pipeline‑dependent gas importer to a diversified market anchored by rapid LNG expansion. Regasification capacity rose fivefold to 150 million cubic metres per day, driven by a fleet of FSRUs that...
In this episode, business administrator Christine Veda discusses how the Epping, NH School District transformed its operations by replacing manual, paper‑based processes with Tyler Technologies solutions. She highlights the shift toward automation in HR, finance, and onboarding, which improved accuracy,...
A credential boom is underway. The hard part now isn’t accessing credentials. It’s finding the ones that actually move people forward. On our most recent episode of @FutureUPodcast, @JSelingo and I spoke with @mattsigelman of The Burning Glass Institute about this...
The new "CTEM + MITRE INFORM Guide for Dummies" offers a jargon‑light introduction to Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and its integration with MITRE’s INFORM maturity model. It explains how CTEM shifts security from point‑in‑time assessments to continuous validation of...
Red Lobster announced the appointment of Brad Hill as chief financial officer and executive vice president of transformation, alongside Kristen Briede as chief global development officer. Hill, who briefly served as P.F. Chang’s CEO in 2025, brings extensive finance and...
The Supreme Court recently struck down a set of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, obligating the White House to refund importers the duties collected. Instead of issuing prompt refunds, the administration has adopted a slow‑walk strategy, arguing fiscal constraints...
The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is choking maritime freight into the Arabian Gulf, threatening the region’s $570 billion oil and gas export flow. With the Gulf’s ports serving as the sole gateway, disruptions also jeopardize imports that account...
Nice guys finish last in sales too. Being a pushover or a happy ears seller is a good way to get walked all over. Selling is a 2-way street that is flow of gives/ges. You have to respect yourself for: -Your expertise -Time you prepare...
X has launched a Handles Marketplace that lets Premium+ and Premium Business subscribers claim dormant @handles. Handles are split into free Priority names and paid Rare names, the latter fetching $2,500 to over $1 million. Paid Rare handles remain with the...
Brick Marketing unveiled a structured system that unites traditional SEO, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) for AI‑driven search, content marketing, and coordinated social media promotion. The framework aims to keep brands visible in classic search while also positioning them within AI‑generated...
YouTube Shopping has expanded in 2026 to let brands turn any video—Shorts, long‑form, or Live—into a direct storefront. By linking a product catalog through Google Merchant Center, brands can tag SKUs within videos, letting viewers purchase without leaving the platform....
At ZohoDay 2026, Newcross Healthcare showcased how it built a mission‑critical care‑management application on Zoho’s governed platform, unifying CRM, finance, workforce and analytics. By leveraging Zoho Creator, the team delivered a fully integrated solution in six months, cutting licensing costs...
2026 has seen five major HR‑tech acquisitions—Payoneer‑Boundless, Remote‑Atlas, Phenom’s purchase of Be Applied and Included AI, Docebo‑365Talents, and Perceptyx‑Lyceum—signaling a shift toward AI‑centric, unified platforms. Buyers benefit from increased vendor competition and pricing pressure, while the deals aim to close gaps...
I was in a coaching workshop with an SDR team selling into enterprise accounts last week and a rep asked which prospect to message first. It's a massive account.. probably 20 people we can reach out to at min. The obvious choice...
Antihero Studios, founded by former Supercell and King veterans, secured $4.5 million in pre‑seed funding from a16z, Laton and Sisu. The studio’s first title, Misfitz, is an extraction‑shooter that mixes Brawl Stars‑style gameplay with collaborative‑versus‑betrayal mechanics. Over 70,000 players have already...
Dstillery unveiled DS-1, an agentic AI interface that lets advertisers create and refine custom audience segments in minutes instead of days. Built on the Model Context Protocol, DS-1 integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, browsers and pushes audiences directly to The...
Dstillery unveiled DS‑1, an agentic AI interface that lets advertisers build and refine custom audience segments in minutes instead of days, integrating directly with Slack, Teams, browsers and pushing audiences to The Trade Desk. The tool, built on the Model...
Not A Shark Company (NASC), a Paris‑based fractional agency for video‑game studios, announced a strategic expansion to meet rising demand for low‑overhead, high‑impact marketing and communications. The firm’s model connects studios with veteran triple‑A consultants, offering full publishing capabilities while...
RR Kabel has appointed Kamaljeet Kaur as its chief human resources officer, bringing over two decades of HR leadership across automotive, FMCG, banking, cement, food services, and power sectors. Kaur’s career progressed from an assistant manager at Hero MotoCorp to...
At PEI Group’s NEXUS conference, Neal Costello, co‑head of New Mountain Atlas, said the firm’s willingness to accept a high volume of CVs indicates a favorable environment for new private‑equity talent. He explained that New Mountain plans to differentiate by...
Corporate AI investments often chase new products, but immediate gains lie in service‑productivity. Deep Industry Research Agents (DIRAs) are domain‑specific, end‑to‑end AI analysts that diagnose and resolve exception cases, as demonstrated with asset manager PIMCO. Over eight months the agents...
Emily Rooney’s new “Beat the Press” episode scrutinizes media coverage of the Iran war, examines the implications of Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery that could place CNN under Trump‑friendly Ellison brothers, and discusses Bari Weiss’s loss of a Jeffrey...
Instagram’s algorithm now prioritizes Sends per Reach (SPR), measuring how often posts are privately shared via DM relative to their reach. Adam Mosseri confirmed SPR as a key ranking signal, shifting focus from likes and saves to intentional private sharing....
Big Discover drop but Google search is relatively stable -> Reach (The UK’s largest commercial news publisher) explained Google Discover traffic dropped by 46% in the second half of 2025 but overall Google search traffic is stable "Chief executive Piers North...
Elsevier is hiring across Data, AI & MLOps roles in the Netherlands, Mexico, India, and other locations. Hiring: • Senior Data Discovery & Enrichment Experts • Senior Knowledge Representation Specialists • Senior Data Scientists • Senior MLOps Engineers • Data Science Team Lead •...
China won the mineral war. Two new books show how the West let it happen Read more here: https://t.co/9ofBAHFGLx https://t.co/Qa5SYQX6Dg
Growth in 2026 Will Depend Less on Optimism and More on Alignment [NEW POST] - B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity - https://t.co/GgaDpWstRs New research from @OuterBox .
Just in: S&P Global Ratings placed all its ratings on global diversified media company PSKY, including the 'BB+' issuer credit rating and our issue-level ratings on its debt, on CreditWatch with negative implications
Asia is weak, oil is ripping, we're in a fast market right now on The Morning Show https://t.co/jn2RN28AFk
First step to focus? Turn off notifications. First deep work block? 45 minutes, no switching. First boundary? Phone out of reach. Don’t overcomplicate it. Protect your attention. Finish what you start. Then extend the streak.
📌 A reminder: Most of the gas Europe imports is used for heat - to warm our buildings and to provide process heat in industry. Only around 20% of gas is used to generate electricity. https://t.co/31yV3zzXKL
The Brent oil price is now up a stunning 14% from Friday and we're starting to see disorderly strengthening in the Dollar as the global risk-off builds. Even gold is down versus the Dollar at this point. This is a...
Ukraine is under pressure to let the EU inspect a damaged pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as the pro-Kremlin countries accuse Kyiv of overstating the impact of a Russian attack. https://t.co/FChmxjyqus
