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This week has been another revolving door of hires and promotions at brands, from chief marketing officer (CMO) exits to marketing reshuffles. We’ve rounded up the U.S. and global marketing leadership moves you need to know about for the week ending April 10.– Kate Rouch is stepping down as CMO of OpenAI to focus on her recovery following breast cancer treatment. In a LinkedIn post, the exec said: “It was a hard decision to make. But through my illness, I learned that courage isn’t always pushing harder. Sometimes it’s choosing to prioritize different things: your health, your family, your ability…
France is moving on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move its government computers currently running Windows to the open-source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open-source operating system that is free to download and use, with various customized distributions that are tailored and designed for specific use cases or operations. In a statement, French minister David Amiel said (translated) that the effort was to “regain control of our digital destiny” by relying less on U.S. tech companies. Amiel said that the French government can no longer accept that…
“It’s soft propaganda,” says Mandii B, cohost of the sex and lifestyle podcast Decisions, Decisions. The videos, and the rhetoric they spew, are trained on toxic gender tropes. “It subtly shapes beliefs and expectations without offering depth or accountability. It reminds me of how the American Dream was packaged and sold for decades: a clean, repeatable narrative that didn’t necessarily reflect the messy, diverse realities people were actually living. This content does something similar with relationships. It promotes digestible ideals without context, nuance, or responsibility.”Actual dialog, however, isn’t the end goal for these accounts. Nearly everyone of the pages WIRED…
WPP has hired Anne-Isabelle Choueiri from The Estée Lauder Companies as chief transformation officer to help reset the business as it seeks to return to growth by 2028.Based in New York and reporting to CEO Cindy Rose, Choueiri will be tasked with designing, implementing, and embedding the operations to execute WPP’s “Elevate28″ three-year turnaround plan. The advertising network announced its turnaround strategy in February, after it posted an 8.1% year-on-year revenue decline.In a press release, WPP said Choueiri will lead efforts to make WPP more innovative, efficient, and better connected for clients. She will sit on the executive committee, and key…
Meta released its new Muse Spark AI model on Wednesday as part of a major overhaul of its AI efforts. It’s do-or-die time for Meta — the company cannot afford another billion-dollar investment into something that doesn’t pan out, like the metaverse. Well, maybe they literally can afford it, but it’d be pretty damaging, not to mention embarrassing. Speaking of embarrassing: imagine a bunch of your friends, family, and strangers you met once in college getting a notification that you use the Meta AI app. I have lived this humiliation, and I am here to warn you that it could happen to…
In the opening scene of the new documentary Steal This Story, Please! reporter Amy Goodman chases down a senior Trump administration adviser.The camera follows as she weaves through a convention hall at a climate conference in Poland, shouting questions at energy expert P. Wells Griffith III right up until he shuts a door in her face. Undaunted, she waits outside. The door opens a crack. It’s some lackey, peeping out and shooing her away; right up until the door closes again, Goodman persists, trying to make contact. She’s out of breath when she finally turns back.Goodman, the indefatigable longtime host…
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of March 30, 2026.A week that featured two major news events on the same day, live coverage of the launch of the Artemis II mission to the moon, and President Donald Trump’s primetime address to the nation, was enough to give the cable news networks a positive return in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo during primetime and total day.Fox News was the most-watched cable network during Wednesday’s Artemis coverage in both measured categories and was also the most-watched network in total viewers during Trump’s…
Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as the company revs up for the release of its wearable later this year. The Snapchat creator has been teasing the release of the glasses—dubbed Spectacles, or merely Specs—for a long time and, earlier this year, it spun off a new company to specifically focus on the business venture. In February, the company abruptly parted ways with Scott Myers, its SVP of Specs, over a reported “blow-up” between himself and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. The newly announced partnership with Qualcomm shows signs of life for…
What Do You Need to Know Before Buying Smart Shades?AccordionItemContainerButtonTailor-Made vs. Off-the-Shelf: Few things look smarter than perfectly fitted shades in a window frame, and few things look worse than shades that don’t quite fit. If you’re lucky enough to have window sizes that match the exact proportions of off-the-shelf shades then go for it, but most folks will be better served by going the made-to-order route. The downside is that tailor-made options are always going to be more expensive.Measure Properly: Look at your chosen manufacturer’s website to find their measuring guide and take your time. You should measure, measure,…
Ticket discounts of up to $500 will end tomorrow, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 go up again. Miss this, and you’ll be paying more for the same access to one of the most anticipated tech events of the year. Register now to lock in these savings. Disrupt: Your launchpad in the tech ecosystem If you want to raise capital, hire top talent, launch your startup, or discover your next portfolio company, then attending Disrupt — taking place October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West — is a must. Here’s what you’ll gain by attending: Actionable insights from builders, operators, and VCs actively shaping today’s…
While Aventon is known first and foremost as an ebike brand, the company started by making fixies in 2013. That gives it some bona fides when it comes to making enjoyable rides for experienced cyclists. (In addition to the Current ADV, there’s also a higher-end model, the Current EXP, with a more expensive carbon frame and better components.) Since its first venture into e-MTBs with the Ramblas in 2024, the company has continued to develop very nicely specced electric mountain bikes for the price.The designers behind the newest iterations did a masterful job. The Current ADV looks 100 percent the…
British oil and gas company Zephyr Energy says someone stole £700,000 (close to $1 million) from one of its U.S.-based subsidiaries by redirecting a payment meant for a contractor into a hacker-controlled account. In a regulatory filing with the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, the company said it is “working with the corresponding banks and consultants to attempt to recover the diverted funds.” While the company did not say how the incident occurred, hackers are known to break into email inboxes or accounting systems and use that access to alter bank account and routing numbers during the process of paying…
For the purposes of this review, Irrigreen sent me a kit that can connect to a garden hose, so the yard needn’t be dug up just to give the system a try. I’ve tested Irrigreen in two prior incarnations, so I was familiar with how it works, but first-timers are likely to be a little flummoxed by Irrigreen’s unique approach—with each sprinkler connected to the next via a bespoke cable—and its inexplicable lack of setup documentation beyond a few YouTube videos. I’ve long complained that Irrigreen’s instructions are entirely online and are needlessly convoluted. If anyone needs a high-quality printed…
There’s plenty of creative energy on show this week, from Zendaya’s playful dreamscape for her collaboration with sportswear brand On, to the WNBA’s throwback ahead of its 30th season.Brands are also highlighting the importance of human connection, whether that’s Amstel drinkers gathering with friends, a grandfather coaching his grandson on his golf swing for AT&T, or Coca-Cola bringing the nation together ahead of the big 250th anniversary. Our Most Effective Ad of the Week, in partnership with EDO, offers the right fit for athletes and everyday people alike.Keep scrolling for the week’s most notable ads.On | “Shape of Dreams” (in-house)Zendaya stars in…
Posting Voice Notes publicly on X may no longer be possible, but you can now share audio messages within X’s direct messaging system, X Chat, once again. The social network announced late on Wednesday that support for Voice Notes is now available within its private messaging service. The feature, which works in both one-on-one messages and group chats, is activated with a push of the voice input icon to the right of the chat’s text box. At launch, you have to continue to press the button to record the voice message, but we found that a press-and-hold gesture followed by…
After a 10-day journey to the far side of the moon, the astronauts of the Artemis II mission are returning to Earth. But in the words of NASA administrator Jared Isaacman, the mission is not over until everyone arrives home safely. The reentry of the Orion capsule matters as much as the lunar journey itself: It is the ultimate test to prove that the space agency has mastered the technology needed to usher in a new era of deep space exploration.According to NASA’s schedule, Artemis II will reenter Earth’s atmosphere on Friday, April 10, at 5:07 pm PDT. The broadcast,…