Meta Strikes AI Licensing Deals with CNN, Fox News, and USA Today
Meta announced that its AI chatbot will now draw information from major news outlets including CNN, Fox News, USA Today and People Inc., alongside conservative sites Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, and French media group Le Monde. The move follows a series of lawsuits accusing AI firms of copyright infringement and comes after Meta previously shut down its News tab and withdrew news feeds in Canada. By securing licensed content, Meta aims to deliver more timely, diverse viewpoints and reduce legal exposure. The deal builds on a prior licensing agreement with Reuters and mirrors similar contracts secured by OpenAI.
Rethinking Marketing Creativity in Compliance-Heavy Industries
Regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, legal and energy often view compliance as a barrier to marketing creativity, but structured workflows can change that. Slow review cycles and strict claim rules traditionally delay campaigns, yet pre‑approved templates, automated scanners and...
Salesforce’s Agentforce Life Sciences Selected by AstraZeneca as Its Unified Global Platform to Help Transform Customer Engagement
Salesforce announced that AstraZeneca has selected its Agentforce Life Sciences platform as a unified global solution for customer engagement. The AI‑powered, data‑driven system will connect AstraZeneca’s sales, medical and commercial teams with healthcare professionals worldwide. By centralising insights and workflows,...
Nvidia, Mistral AI Partner to Launch New Family of Open Models
Nvidia announced a partnership with Mistral AI to launch the Mistral 3 family of open‑source models, featuring a mixture‑of‑experts architecture with 41 billion active parameters and a 256 K context window. The models run on Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 supercomputing platform and are optimized for...
Waymo’s Robotaxis Are Under Investigation for Passing Stopped School Buses
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a new investigation into Waymo after video and school‑district reports showed its robotaxis driving past stopped school buses in Austin, Texas. The agency’s Office of Defects Investigation has requested detailed data on...
Microsoft 365 Is Hiking Prices for Businesses - Here's How Much It Will Cost You
Microsoft announced price hikes for most of its business‑focused Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans, effective 1 July 2026. Seven of nine SKUs will rise between 5% and 33% in USD, while Business Premium and E1 stay unchanged. The increases fund added security layers...
Did Iran Release 'New' Videos of Israeli Strikes on Its Military Sites?
A four‑video compilation circulating on X claims to show Iranian military command centres destroyed by Israeli strikes during the June 2025 conflict. Verification reveals only one clip is genuine, originally aired by Iran’s state broadcaster SNN TV, while the other three are...
We Asked Teachers About Their Experiences with AI in the Classroom — Here’s What They Said
The episode explores Canadian teachers' firsthand experiences with generative AI in K‑12 classrooms, revealing deep concerns about assessment integrity, equity gaps, and added workload. Interviewees stress that current AI policies overlook the emotional labor and professional judgment essential to teaching,...
CEO Pushes AI, GTM Results Remain Disappointing
Everyone in B2B tech uses AI, relatively few see real GTM impact. Maja and I recently surveyed 195 B2B GTM leaders. Three-in-four said they feel top-down pressure from the CEO & Board to adopt AI. But the impact is a...
Samsung’s Ballie Robot Is Delayed Again – and Now We Know Why
Samsung’s Ballie robot, touted as an AI‑powered home companion, has missed its promised summer 2025 launch and remains unavailable as of December 2025. The company told TechRadar it is still refining the robot’s artificial‑intelligence and projection technology to ensure a...
Amazon Takes Aim at Data Silos and Lengthy Workflows with Quick Suite
Amazon launched Quick Suite in October 2025 to break data silos and streamline marketing workflows using agentic AI. The platform connects over a thousand applications—including Office 365, Adobe Analytics, Snowflake and Canva—through Quick Index and MCP, requiring only an AWS account....
The Download: Political Chatbot Persuasion, and Gene Editing Adverts
New research shows politically biased AI chatbots can sway voters more effectively than traditional political ads, even though the most persuasive bots often spread falsehoods. The study highlights a looming shift toward AI‑driven persuasion that could reshape election tactics. Meanwhile,...
Self‑serve SaaS: No Handholding, Just Automated Value
The perfect SaaS is fully self-serve. Otherwise, it's not really "-as a service" - it's just software. Users should be able to: → Sign up themselves → Onboard themselves → Create value for themselves → Find help by themselves → Cancel by themselves No handholding from the team...
Earn January Traffic with December Narrative Strategy
January traffic doesn’t just “appear.” It’s earned through the right narrative work in December. Here’s the formula: • Story Ads: Share brand wins, transformations, and mission • Pain-Point Education: Talk about the friction they don’t want to repeat • Aspirational Angles: Focus on where your...
‘A Solution Looking for a Problem that Doesn’t Exist’: Logitech CEO Blasts AI Gadgets – and Most People Think That’s...
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber labeled current AI‑focused gadgets as "solutions looking for a problem that doesn’t exist," echoing widespread consumer skepticism. She emphasized Logitech’s strategy of embedding AI into existing peripherals, such as the MX Master 4 mouse, rather than launching...
Refresh January Ads Now to Stop ROAS Decline
January ROAS dies because the creative is tired. Most brands re-run BFCM winners that already hit frequency caps and lost novelty. Here’s your December Creative Reset Checklist: • Create 3 new themes for January • Cross-ref with frequency + fatigue • Audit for asset gaps...
AI-Driven Skills Data Turns HR Into Strategic Partner
From HR Admin to Strategic Partner: How Signify is Transforming Skills with Workday AI. At #WDAYRisingEMEA in Barcelona, I had a fascinating conversation with Natasja Mol , Skills Transformation Project Leader at Signify, about their journey to becoming a truly...
How B2B Brands Stay Visible As Clicks Disappear
The rise of generative AI has transformed web search from a keyword‑driven, click‑through model to an answer‑first experience. B2B marketers now face “zero‑click” SERPs where users get instant answers without visiting a site. To stay visible, brands must optimize for...
Facebook and Instagram Have a New Hub to Help Get Hijacked Accounts Back
Meta announced a new centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram designed to streamline account‑hijack recovery. The hub aggregates reporting tools, recovery options, and an AI‑driven assistant that offers instant, personalized guidance. It launches globally on iOS and Android, with...
The Art and Science of Persuasion: MarTech’s AI Is Becoming The Ultimate Creative Alchemist For Retail Media
Retail media has evolved from a niche experiment into a dominant advertising channel, with giants like Amazon, Walmart, and Target operating full‑fledged media ecosystems that include demand‑side platforms, inventory networks, and brand studios. MarTech’s artificial intelligence is now the engine...
Intel Drops Plans to Sell Networking and Communication Division
Intel has reversed its earlier plan to sell its Networking and Communications (NEX) unit, deciding to keep the business in‑house. The move follows a strategic review that concluded tighter integration of silicon, software and systems will drive more value than...
Retail AI Council Launches Shopper Context Protocol Working Group to Strengthen Customer Relationships in the Era of Agentic AI
The Retail AI Council announced a new Shopper Context Protocol (SCP) Working Group, uniting retail and technology leaders to craft an open standard for sharing shopper‑context data. The initiative aims to prevent loyalty erosion as agentic AI agents become more...
Tealium Enables AI-Powered Contact Center Solutions with Amazon Connect Integration
Tealium announced a native integration with Amazon Connect, linking its real‑time data orchestration platform to the cloud‑based contact‑center service. The bi‑directional flow lets brands feed customer data into Amazon Connect and pull interaction outcomes back into Tealium, enabling AI‑driven personalization...
Google, Amazon, and xAI Want to Launch AI Into Space
Google, Amazon, and Elon Musk’s xAI are accelerating plans to deploy artificial intelligence workloads in low‑Earth orbit. Google’s Project Suncatcher will mount solar‑powered TPUs on satellites, Amazon’s Leo aims to embed edge AI in its broadband constellation, and xAI envisions...
In The Car Announces Strategic Engagement with Ink Digital Marketing
Embedded insurance platform In The Car has entered a strategic engagement with Ink Digital Marketing. The partnership is designed to strengthen the brand and accelerate market visibility for its point‑of‑sale insurance solution. Ink Digital will provide end‑to‑end digital marketing services,...
New Study Proves Data Integrity Is Critical Growth Driver in Digital Advertising
A new "Data Integrity Impact Study" released by Compliant, a media‑technology firm partnered with the World Federation of Advertisers, demonstrates that data integrity is a decisive growth lever for digital advertisers. The research, spanning 1,200 campaigns in 15 markets, shows...
India Leads Global AI Adoption as Younger Users Drive Rapid Growth
An OECD‑Cisco study finds India leading global generative AI adoption, with 66.4% of respondents actively using AI tools. Younger adults under 35 drive the surge, and 77.9% have completed AI training, while over 89% consider AI useful. The research also...
Iffel International Sets New 2.5-Second Mobile-First Website Standard
Iffel International rebuilt its own website to achieve a 2.4‑second mobile load time, establishing a new 2.5‑second mobile‑first performance benchmark. The agency announced that the underlying performance framework, powered by AI‑driven optimization, is now offered to businesses worldwide. By meeting...
Colle AI (COLLE) Activates Neural Texture Synthesizer for Ultra-Detailed Digital Asset Creation
Colle AI has launched its Neural Texture Synthesizer, a next‑generation rendering engine that creates ultra‑detailed textures for digital assets on multichain NFT platforms. The system adds visual depth, density, and realism while maintaining cross‑chain compatibility. Integrated into Colle’s existing AI...
X’s New Algorithm and Grok Upgrades Promise Brighter Future
The vibes are shifting here on X. Been talking to some on the inside of xAI. The new fully-completed algorithm is still a few weeks off, I hear. It will be run by a new Grok, and the report below makes...
Codacy Launches “AI Risk Hub” And “AI Reviewer” To Tame the Wild West of GenAI Coding
Codacy, the automated security and code‑quality platform, unveiled two new AI‑driven capabilities – the AI Risk Hub and the AI Reviewer – to bring enterprise‑wide governance to AI‑generated code. The AI Risk Hub assigns compliance and security risk scores to...
What Local Businesses Should Know About Google’s E-A-T Requirements
Google continues to prioritize its E‑A‑T framework—Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness—when ranking local businesses. The rise of AI‑driven search and shifting user behavior intensify the need for verifiable expertise and credible signals. Local firms must align their website, Google Business Profile,...
Personal AI Clones Enable Everyday Life Automation
New mobile AI app. I cloned myself. @Second_MeAI is something we will see a lot more of in agentic AI. After all teaching AI how you think will let your agents more accurately help you automate your life. Now I can talk to...
Omada Charts the Future of Identity Governance in the Age of Agentic AI
Omada A/S announced a long‑term strategic vision that expands Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) beyond human users to include the growing ecosystem of autonomous AI agents and other non‑human identities. The company will introduce policy‑driven controls, real‑time risk scoring, and...
Aircall Leverages Ribbon and AWS to Power Global Communications Connectivity
Aircall, the AI‑driven voice platform for SMBs, is integrating Ribbon Communications' suite of cloud‑native solutions within Amazon Web Services. The partnership enables Aircall to accelerate product rollouts, streamline network operations, and meet diverse regulatory requirements globally. Ribbon’s Session Border Controllers,...
Seeking the Leading N8n B2B Marketing Expert
Who's the top n8n expert in B2B marketing, someone who does cool things with it and talks about it?
FlutterFlow Introduces Dreamflow Enterprise to Help Organizations Ship Production-Ready Mobile Apps Faster
FlutterFlow unveiled Dreamflow Enterprise, an expanded version of its agent‑first app creation platform designed for large organizations. The new offering promises to break down silos between product, design, and engineering while delivering enterprise‑grade security, brand consistency, and architectural governance. By...
Build Precise ABM Lists Instantly with Clay
Build High-Precision ABM Lists With Clay 🔍 Most B2B teams still build lead lists the old way… Manual. Slow. Incomplete. But with Clay, your outbound and paid pipeline becomes a data engine. ABM starts with one thing: a perfect list....
Focus on Sales and Support, Not Features
Instead of building more features, do more sales and support at your startup. You'll will grow faster and learn more.
True Experts Win: Years of Experience Outshine Fake Influencers
Real expertise takes years to earn. Most people fake it in weeks. The next wave of millionaires won't come from repackaged advice or borrowed knowledge. They'll be real experts who have earned their credibility the hard way over the years....
Google Workspace Study Reveals More Than 90% of Rising Leaders Want AI With Personalization
Google Workspace released results of its second‑annual “Young Leaders” survey, commissioned by The Harris Poll. The study, which sampled more than 3,000 emerging professionals across 12 countries, found that over 90 % of respondents want AI features that can be personalized...
AI-Powered VC Intros: 526+ Matches for Founders
SaaStr AI VC has made 526+ VC intros for founders 1️⃣Upload your deck 2️⃣Get an instant AI score 3️⃣If it's a fit, opt-in to top-tier VC intros Learn more here: https://t.co/dd0zpQKZQp https://t.co/2pHhYC61aQ
Build an AI-Optimized Brand for B2B Success
How to Create an AI-Optimized Brand - B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity - https://t.co/8fvkvMizaU via @seosmarty
Secured2Corp Provides Quantum‑Safe Security Solutions
Gosh, if only there was a company that offered quantum-safe security.🤔 Oh wait, there is: @Secured2Corp https://t.co/u1DhAZhquA
Agentic AI: Autonomous, Ethical, Edge‑Powered Personalization
🧠 What is agentic AI? Think of today’s AI, but remove the need for most human prompts Think multi-modal AI, hyper-personalized experiences, open-source innovation, real-time edge computing, sustainable design, and a growing focus on how humans and AI work together, ethically. ...
Study Customers, Not Competitors, for Top Marketing Ideas
The best marketing ideas come from studying your customers (not your competitors)
Clay: Essential Data Enrichment for Powerful ABM Lists
You can’t afford to build your Account-Based Marketing (ABM) lead list with just one or two tools. You need something powerful—something that not only finds people but enriches them with verified, usable data you can actually act on. That’s where...
Free 80‑page Guide Dives Deep Into Prompt Engineering
This one’s a gem. A Free 80-page prompt engineering guide is surprising deep, covering: → CoT → Eval methods → RAG → Agents → Prompt hacking → Multimodal prompts ... and more! Link to the guide in 🧵 ↓ https://t.co/I0RPII8u6y
Quality Data Drives Accuracy When Fine‑Tuning YOLO
A big issue with getting these computer vision models to keep high accuracy is to provide actual good data. I don’t make these CV models from scratch, I just fine tune YOLO models, and those are already built off of...
Computing 2D CDFs on Downsampled Video Frames
@BattleAxeVR Do you compute 2d cdfs over each downsampled frame for video light?
