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CoreWeave Earnings Give Marketers a Read on the AI Spending Boom
CoreWeave topped analysts estimates with its quarterly results and boosted its annual forecast, easing investor concerns about the debt laden business suffering a slowdown.
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Meta’s 90-Minute No Kings Takedown Is a Warning for Every Brand Built on Rented Reach
Meta’s 90-Minute No Kings Takedown Is a Warning for Every Brand Built on Rented Reach On Oct 17, at about 1:30 p.m. ET, the…
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Your Email, Your Phone, Your Prompts: How ChatGPT Ads Actually Target You
404 Media's tests show ChatGPT advertisers can target users by uploaded email and phone lists or by prompt content — and switching off personalisation does not fully stop it.
Advertising
Big Brands Are Spending a Smaller Slice of Revenue on Ads — and That Is the Plan
WARC Media finds the largest US advertisers now spend 5.5 per cent of revenue on ads, down from 6.1 per cent in 2019 — a two-speed market where only consumer goods are raising intensity.
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An AI Patched Your Browser This Week: What the Claude-Assisted Chrome Fix Means for Digital Teams
Buried in Google’s latest Chrome security update was a credit line the industry will be quoting for months: a high-severity browser flaw reported by…
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Hasbro’s $600 Million Quarter Is a Masterclass in Franchise Marketing
Hasbro’s latest quarter reads like a marketing case study. The toymaker’s Magic: The Gathering franchise generated more than $600 million in a single quarter…
Advertising
AI Labs Set Q3 Lobbying Record at Nearly $6 Million as Regulation Fight Heats Up
America's leading AI laboratories spent a record of nearly 6 million dollars on federal lobbying in the third quarter, according to an analysis by The
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Jefferies Calls the Rout Reactionary, Not a Reset
Investment bank Jefferies described Thursday stock selloff as reactionary, not a fundamental reset, arguing the market overreacted to the midterm results.
Consumer Insights
Circana: Holiday Shoppers Turn Selective, Average Spend at $779
Circana's 2026 U.S. Holiday Purchase Intentions Study finds shoppers spending selectively — averaging $779, down from $796 last year.
Digital
Holiday Hiring Plans Jump to 444,692 as Retailers Staff Up
United States employers announced plans to hire 444,692 workers in October, a massive increase from 90,787 in September, ahead of the holidays.
Business
The Outstanding Ballot Problem: Why 27.9 Million Unreturned Ballots Are the Real Campaign
Tens of millions of mail ballots sent or requested have not yet been returned, making ballot chasing, not persuasion alone, the decisive task of the final weekend.
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Google’s Gemini 4 Argon Puts AI Cost Economics Centre-Stage
Google has made its latest frontier artificial-intelligence model, Gemini 4 Argon, generally available — and for buyers the headline is as much about price…
