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Jeep’s somewhat controversial call for unity during the Super Bowl will be unpaused after federal prosecutors in New Jersey dropped drunk driving charges against music legend Bruce Springsteen. Jeep pulled the 120-second ad–the longest of Super Bowl 55–just days after the Big Game, as reports emerged Springsteen was arrested for a DWI in November. At…Read More

At 27-years-old with three Grammy awards and five more nominations under his belt, Chance the Rapper exudes an air of happy normality–like he’s just this nice, regular guy who loves his wife, loves his city and also happens to be a rapper. After creating his own groundbreaking path to chart-topping success in music with label-free…Read More

YouTube is releasing a new beta setting to assist parents when their tweens and teens are outgrowing YouTube Kids but they may not be quite ready to turn over the keys to the full YouTube experience. Director of product management, kids and family James Beser explained in a blog post Wednesday, “From our earliest days,…Read More

Throughout Black History Month, we’re partnering with agency owner Derek Walker on a series that highlights the ideas, perspectives and successes of Black advertising professionals. Today we’re spotlighting creative consultant Craig Brimm and a project he created at SandersWingo, an agency he worked at earlier in his career. Called ADversaries, the game he made up…Read More

The overwhelmingly positive response to WandaVision from both longtime Marvel fans and those unfamiliar with the franchise was exactly what Marvel’s Kevin Feige had in mind. And the longtime Marvel president and chief creative officer hopes that other upcoming Disney+ shows, from The Falcon and the Winter Solider, which will premiere March 19, and the…Read More

Snap Inc. made some ambitious promises at its Investor Day Tuesday, saying that it expects sustained annual revenue growth of 50% for the next several years, and detailing how each of the five buttons at the bottom of the Snapchat application have contributed and will contribute to that growth. Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said…Read More

Instead of text-based searches and sifting through pages of results, visual search enables enhanced, modern interfaces that help curate and review buying options faster, which comes naturally to Gen Z and millennials. Thanks to the convergence of computer vision, machine learning and neuroscience, visual search is helping marketers meet these customers where they are by…Read More

Retail sales are expected to grow between 6.5% and 8.2% or $4.3 trillion and $4.4 trillion this year, the National Retail Federation projected Wednesday, citing the reopening of the economy and vaccination efforts as propelling what could prove to be the fastest growth since 2004. Online or non-store sales in particular are expected to jump…Read More

Machine learning is changing the world, and it’s changing it fast. In just the last few years, it’s brought us virtual assistants that understand language, autonomous vehicles, new drug discoveries, AI-based triage for medical scans, handwriting recognition and more.  One thing that machine learning shouldn’t be changing is the climate.  The issue relates to how machine learning is developed. In order for machine learning (and deep learning) to be able to accurately make decisions and predictions, it needs to be ‘trained’.  Imagine an online marketplace for selling shoes, that’s been having a problem with people trying to sell other things on the site – bikes…

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The Cherokee Nation, a sovereign tribal government in Oklahoma, has asked automaker Jeep to rebrand the SUV models that have used its name for more than 40 years. Car and Driver magazine was first to report the news, quoting Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, as Jeep prepares to launch the 2022…Read More