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The first StrictlyVC of the year will be coming to San Francisco before you know it! There are still a few tickets available to join us and our stacked speaker lineup April 30, at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center. On top of the mixing and mingling with the community StrictlyVC is known for, this upcoming event in the heart of SF will be of particular note for AI innovators and founders looking for the latest insights into obtaining funding. Who’s taking the stage You can get a ticket right now, but for those who haven’t been to a StrictlyVC event in the…
Anthropic has come out against a proposed Illinois law backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability if their systems are used to cause large-scale harm, like mass casualties or more than $1 billion in property damage.The fight over the state bill, SB 3444, is drawing new battlelines between Anthropic and OpenAI over how AI technologies should be regulated. While AI policy experts say that the legislation only has a remote chance of becoming law, it has nonetheless exposed political divisions between two leading US AI labs that could become increasingly important as the rival companies ramp up…
Few entrepreneurs have shaped the culture of a city the way David Grutman has shaped Miami. As the founder behind some of the world’s most recognizable nightlife and hospitality venues, Grutman has built more than restaurants and clubs. His legacy extends to experiences that attract global celebrities, cultural tastemakers, and millions of visitors every year. In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Matt Britton sits down with Grutman, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in modern hospitality. He shares how social media, authentic relationships, and relentless attention to experience helped him build a hospitality empire. The conversation also explores his investments…
Google announced on Tuesday that it’s bringing Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature to users in India. The feature lets users connect their Google accounts, such as Gmail and Google Photos, then ask Gemini questions to get personalized answers. After connecting their services, users could ask something like, “What are my travel plans for Jaipur?” to get information from their emails or photos. The feature can also refer to recent YouTube videos that users have watched to get ideas. The company said that Gemini will identify sources for its answers so you can verify details, if needed. At launch, the Personal Intelligence…
There’s also onboard music storage for MP3 files (who owns those anymore?). But there’s no third-party apps. If contactless payments and streaming tunes are non-negotiables, stick with Garmin.However, when it comes to sports tracking and training analysis, the Pace 4 packs the same tools you find on all Coros watches, right up to the top-tier Vertix 2S ($699). It measures everything you need to get serious about your training and supports most sporting goals, whether you’re just starting cycling, running Couch to 5K, or preparing to race a marathon.Coros offers tools like structured workouts, useful information about whether your workouts…
Bluefish, an artificial intelligence (AI) marketing startup that counts Adidas, American Express, Hearst, and Ulta Beauty as customers, has raised $43 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $68 million.The two-year-old company develops software that helps brands manage visibility across AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Amazon’s Rufus, and Perplexity. “Our job is to partner with the largest brands in the world to help them manage AI as a new marketing channel,” co-founder and CEO Alex Sherman told ADWEEK. The company declined to share valuation details. Sherman positioned Bluefish as an “agentic marketing platform for enterprises,” designed…
Brooklyn indie rockers Geese shot to the heights of rock and roll fame at the end of 2025. Their fourth album Getting Killed, was released in late September and dominated the year’s top 10 lists. Their fall tour sold out almost everywhere. The collective buzz earned them slots on Saturday Night Live and at Coachella and made the band (and frontman Cameron Winter, who has his own solo career) something close to a household name—at least in households where polyrhythmic art rock is a topic of conversation. The Guardian’s review of the new record called Geese “the new saviors of…
Anomaly is setting up shop in Paris, recruiting two BETC Paris execs to establish the creative agency’s seventh international office. Co-founder and executive chairman Carl Johnson said the move is rooted in the agency’s long-standing focus on talent as central to its business. “Paris is one of the most creative and innovative cities in the world,” he told ADWEEK. “Many of the offices, we’ve opened because of the people we can find there, not the geography.”The launch expands Anomaly’s global footprint, which includes offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Berlin, and Shanghai. Paris will be a key hub in its…
Lucid Motors has finally found a new CEO in long-time industrial executive, Silvio Napoli, marking the end of a more than year-long search following the sudden resignation of its former chief, Peter Rawlinson. The company on Tuesday said that Napoli, who has spent the last few decades in various leadership positions at elevator and escalator company Schindler Group, will also join its board of directors. Alongside the CEO appointment, Lucid said it has received another $200 million commitment from Uber, which has agreed to buy an additional 25,000 robotaxi-ready versions of Lucid’s upcoming mid-size vehicle. That brings Uber’s total committed…
A 45-Watt ChargerPhotograph: Julian ChokkattuAnkerNano 45W With USB-C CableDid you know your new iPhone can charge faster than ever? With a 40-watt charging adapter, you can get up to 50 percent in just 20 minutes. Your old charger will still be fine, but if you want the fastest speeds, I like this simple, no-frills charger from Anker. At 45W, it covers your bases and can even juice up a laptop like a MacBook Air. The prongs fold up, making it nice for travel, too.I tested it with the iPhone 17 Pro and confirmed that the phone was receiving 35 watts…
Look to the ancient Greeks, and it’s clear our obsession with the idealized body is nothing new. Today, though, women and girls are compared to highly edited images on social media rather than unattainable marble sculptures.Social media algorithms are accelerating that issue, rewarding images that generate the most engagement and thereby perpetuating certain faces and beauty ideals. This pushes women to change their appearance, with 1 in 2 women and girls in the U.K. feeling pressured to do so even when they know an image is false, according to Dove’s State of Beauty report.Alarmed by the report’s findings, Dove installed…
If you do go for a circular saw, you have to decide: corded or cordless. If all things were equal, that’d be easy. No one loves a cord. The problem is that corded saws are more powerful. I own both, but if I could only keep one it’d be the corded saw. That said, I probably use my cordless more for the simplicity of being able to take it anywhere. If you do go cordless, change your blade often. It takes much more power to cut with a dull blade, and a cordless circular saw doesn’t have the power to…
As an AI reckoning forces public companies to slash costs and trim headcounts to appease investors, Publicis Groupe chief executive (CEO) Arthur Sadoun has made it clear he has little interest in playing along. “We are not here to squeeze people. We are not here to squeeze shares. We are not here to squeeze assets,” he told ADWEEK. “We are basically not here to please Wall Street.”His comments come as the business just posted its 20th straight quarter of growth, with organic net revenue growth up 4.5% in Q1 2026.In a video message to staff seen by ADWEEK, Sadoun sought…
On Easter Sunday, US Department of Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins sent out an email titled “He has risen!” to the entire agency. In the email, Rollins calls the story of Jesus Christ the “greatest story ever told, the foundation of our faith, and the abiding hope of all mankind.”One USDA employee called the email “grotesque” and said the wording made them think it had been written by AI.“This has never happened before,” says the employee, who, like others WIRED spoke to for this article, was granted anonymity due to fear of retaliation. “I have never gotten a message like this…
Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises said on Tuesday that it has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to help bring the laser-based fusion reactor pioneered at the Californian lab to market. The deals could give Inertia a boost over rival startups. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at LLNL is so far the only experiment to prove that controlled fusion reactions could produce more power than they require to ignite. Inertia burst onto the scene in February with a $450 million Series A, making it one of the best capitalized startups in the industry. Inertia and LLNL…
The case is white zirconium oxide ceramic with a Ceratanium bezel and back, rated to handle temperature swings from 100 to -100 degrees Celsius (212 to -238 Fahrenheit). Indeed, the whole piece has been shaken to 10 g’s at Vast’s Long Beach facility, exceeding forces astronauts experience during ascent, and came out the other side running just fine. Price is still up in the air.TAG Heuer Monaco Evergraph (From $25,000)Watch brands love finding ever more recherché areas to reinvent, and the precise “snick” of a chronograph’s stop/start/reset buttons is the latest micro-battlefield in which R&D teams are duking it out.…