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This fall, the WNBA wrapped its most-viewed season in 21 years, announced an expansion for the first time since 2008 and saw its highest attendance in 13 years. And that’s just the start. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Adweek she has a game plan to keep the exponential growth going, especially considering a recent Sports…Read More

If anything, Amazon’s latest activation has a massive Reach. Ahead of the Las Vegas Raiders stomping the Los Angeles Chargers on Prime Video’s latest Thursday Night Football game, Amazon released a giant, 15-foot-tall Jack Reacher onto the Allegiant Stadium crowds–much to everyone’s delight. The giant Jack, done in honor of today’s Season 2 premiere of…Read More

In this week’s episode, we sit down with David Cohen, CEO of IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). During the conversation, Cohen delves into his extensive experience in the advertising business, and the history and purpose of the IAB, highlighting its foundation in 1996 to set industry standards for the rapidly evolving digital landscape. The conversation then…Read More

DeepMind has used a large language model (LLM) to generate a novel solution to one of humanity’s toughest math problems — in a breakthrough that could herald a new era in AI development.  The model, known as FunSearch, discovered a solution to the so-called “cap set puzzle.” The decades-old math conundrum essentially comes down to how many dots you can joint down on a page while drawing lines between them, without three of them ever forming a straight line. If that gave you a migraine, don’t worry. What’s important to note is that the problem has never been solved, and…

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If you’ve spent any time on the internet dodging messages from random strangers offering financial windfalls, or texts and emails from suspicious “customer service agents” alerting you to an issue with your account, this new scam prevention campaign from Cash App may be as triggering as it is entertaining. The “If It’s Weird For Real,…Read More

The upcoming year will be a busy one for democracy. Major elections will take place in the US, the EU, and Taiwan, among others. Just as the rollout of generative AI era is gathering pace in earnest — something some fear could prove detrimental to the democratic process. One of the main concerns about generative AI is that it could be used for the malicious spread of disinformation, or that models can make up false statements presenting them as fact, so-called hallucinations. A study from two European NGOs has found that Microsoft’s chatbot — Bing AI (running on OpenAI’s GPT-4)…

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After a five-month wait, Meta’s latest social media app Threads is now available to people living in the European Union.  “Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe. Welcome everyone,” wrote Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on the platform. Threads is Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to X, formerly Twitter, which has been steadily loosing users since Elon Musk took over last year.  The social media app, which can only be accessed through Instagram, basically piggybacked off the many controversies at X. The short-text platform works in much the same way as its competitor. From the home section you can interact with…

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 Let’s talk about femtech in Europe. In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring two interviews with notable players in the industry: Ida Tin, co-founder and chairwoman of the period tracking app Clue — and the very person who coined the term ‘femtech’ itself. Valentina Milanova, founder and CEO of Daye, a gynaecological health startup based in the UK. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better still, find us on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe! Let us know how we did and get a chance to win a ticket to the TNW…

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When there’s good news and bad news, tradition says you start with the positive, so here goes: 40 U.S. states are now part of the legal green rush–with conservative-leaning, Republican-led Ohio recently approving recreational cannabis sales–and a record 70% of the American public supports legalizing weed. Meantime, the federal Department of Health and Human Services…Read More