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Advertisers can now use Walmart’s shopping data to target Disney’s streaming portfolio, which includes Disney Plus and Hulu, Adweek reports. The news comes after the companies announced a partnership between Disney Advertising and Walmart Connect, the retailer’s media business, on Wednesday.
As a part of the deal, Walmart advertisers will be able to match the retailer’s shopper data with Disney’s proprietary Audience Graph tools, helping them...
Is it true that all press is good press, or is Apple's latest iPad ad — involving a different kind of press — a poorly timed misstep that could actually cost Apple the business of AI-weary creatives?
Because right now, creatives are expressing their distaste at the sight of their tools being cheerfully destroyed en masse in a hydraulic press to make way for a shiny new tablet. It may just be the exact wrong message at the exact wrong time.
Tweet may have been deleted ...Microsoft has created a generative AI model for top-secret work within US intelligence agencies.
This model is supported in an "air-gapped" environment, Microsoft's CTO of Strategic Missions and Technology William Chappell told Bloomberg. In other words, it's entirely unconnected, distinct from cloud-based AI models that are susceptible to hacks and data leaks.
SEE ALSO: Microsoft to law enforcement: No using Azure OpenAI for facial recognition ...Decentralized social media platform Bluesky has already racked up some big accomplishments. It's a rare example of a Twitter / X-competitor that has found success. Most other competitors, aside from the Meta-backed Threads, have since-closed up shop. In addition, Bluesky was able to rack up more than 3 million sign-ups during a period where users could only join the platform via invite. Since opening up to all, Bluesky has amassed more than 5.6 million users.
And, Bluesky has been able to do...
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Indianapolis Star sports columnist Gregg Doyel will not cover the Indiana Fever in person this season after his interaction with Caitlin Clark was criticized in the national media as being inappropriate.
The Pirates are calling up star prospect Paul Skenes, and the hard-throwing right-hander is expected to debut Saturday at PNC Park against the Cubs.
Real Madrid's Joselu scored twice in the final minutes as they fought back from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday that sent them through 4-3 on aggregate.
Ippei Mizuhara has agreed to plead guilty to felony bank fraud and submitting a false tax return after authorities found he stole nearly $17 million from Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
Under aggressive, rapid-fire questioning, David C. Banks, the chancellor of New York City schools, pushed back hard on accusations that the district had allowed antisemitism to fester.
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Ferrari facing two critical days ahead of F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
In the never-ending battle of upgrades in Formula 1, McLaren enjoyed a stellar weekend at the Miami Grand Prix. The Woking-based outfit brought a series of upgrades to South Beach for the MCL38, including a new front wing as well as upgrades to the front suspension, the front corner, the floor, the sidepod inlets, the engine cover, the rear suspension, the rear corner, the beam...
Webb Simpson chats to the media ahead of the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. | Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
PGA Tour Policy Board Member Webb Simpson received another sponsor’s exemption to this week’s Wells Fargo Championship.
Webb Simpson arrives at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship as the 227th-ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
And yet, Simpson, a PGA Tour Policy Board member, received another sponsor’s exemption to play in another...
The LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG
With eBay’s spring sale going on right now and running through May 12th, you can save an extra 15 percent on purchases when you use code SPRING15OFF. There’s no minimum purchase amount required, but you can only save up to $500 on each of the two maximum purchases you’re allowed to make.
There are thousands of electronics you can purchase in the sale, but I want to shout out the 48-inch LG C3...
Microsoft launched a fiery Xbox controller on the same day it announced gaming layoffs. | Image: Microsoft
Just hours after learning that Microsoft was shutting down a number of game studios this week, Dinga Bakaba, head of Microsoft-owned Arkane Lyon, decided to let the company know how he felt about the decision — right in public. “Don’t throw us into gold fever gambits, don’t use us as strawmen for miscalculations / blind spots, don’t make our work environments Darwinist...
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Microsoft introduced a compact mode for its Xbox app on Windows last year, which is designed to improve the handheld experience. While compact mode initially focused on UI improvements for small screens, Microsoft is moving on to tackling some of the challenges of navigating around the Xbox app with a D-pad and sticks.
In a new update for Xbox Insiders today, Microsoft is adding a new “Jump back in” feature that lets you quickly launch games...
Sometimes, this is me. | Screenshot: Apple
Credit where it’s due: the commercial for the new iPad Pro is impeccable. In the commercial, a hydraulic press, like the kind that crushes Skittles all day on TikTok, slowly descends onto a whole amalgamation of artistic endeavors. As the large metal plate drops like Tesla’s stock in 2024, it crushes musical instruments and destroys classical sculptures. Tubes of paint pop like balloons sending a cascade of color across Apple’s...
"No, skin changes during pregnancy are not always welcomed."
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The report released Tuesday by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton outlines incidents of stalking, harassment, homophobia and other violations of employment regulations.
An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ‘s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, unprofessional, or inappropriate conduct,” and questions whether the agency’s chairman is credible to lead the agency through a cultural transformation.
OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.