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NBC News’ Today widened its lead over ABC News’ Good Morning America in total viewers for the week of May 4. It remained America’s No. 1 morning news broadcast in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo.Despite Today extending its lead over GMA to over 150,000 total viewers, the demo race between the two morning shows tightened, with only 56,000 demo viewers separating the two newscasts.Meanwhile, GMA was the lone network to record week-to-week declines in total viewers and the advertiser-coveted demo, and CBS News’ CBS Mornings finished the week with gains in both categories.According to Nielsen’s national live+same-day…
Want to make money? Start building data centers. Or build batteries to power data centers. Or: pivot to defense. This is not financial advice, but it’s certainly what seems to be winning over public markets and private investors lately. Ford’s nascent energy storage business — a fraction in size to Tesla’s and won’t be ready until next year — helped its stock jump more than it has in years. Redwood Materials raised $425 million from blue chip companies like Google and Nvidia by pivoting to data center energy storage. Cerebras just pulled off one of the hottest IPOs of 2026.…
Gantri, a San Francisco-based company known for making soft, stylized 3D-printed lamps, is going wireless. That’s thanks to a new partnership with the design firm Ammunition.Gantri 3D-prints its lamps using plastics made from corn-based polylactic acid (PLA) in its Bay Area facilities. The result is a collection of carefully designed light fixtures with gentle curves that aim to make luxury-style lighting feel somewhat affordable. (Prices range from $200 to $500.)Last year, the company introduced a program called Gantri Made, which allows shoppers to customize their lights and gives third-party designers the ability to build their own designs using Gantri’s foundational…
As AI puts pressure on agency commercial models, 25% have exclusively shifted to fixed-fee pricing, with 63% reporting they are either satisfied or extremely satisfied with the approach, according to a study from Forrester Consulting in partnership with Dentsu, released Friday. The report, The Fixed-Fee Advantage: Unlocking Agency Value While Addressing Pricing Friction, surveyed 356 marketing and procurement leaders across the US and Canada. Among marketers not currently using fixed-fee pricing, more than half said they were interested or extremely interested in adopting the model, while a further 28% said they were somewhat interested—which Forrester described as signaling “broad openness” to the…
As AI models increasingly become commoditized, startups are racing to build the software layer that sits on top of them. One interesting entrant into this space is Osaurus, an open source, Apple-only LLM server that lets users move between different local AI models, either locally or in the cloud, while keeping their files and tools all on their own hardware. Osaurus evolved out of the idea for a desktop AI companion, Dinoki, which Osaurus co-founder Terence Pae described as a sort of “AI-powered Clippy.” Dinoki’s customers had asked him why they should buy the app if they still had to…
The “Golden Age of Radio” supposedly ended in the ’50s, with the advent of television. But guess what? TV shows were broadcast with radio signals. And today? Radio is everywhere. You have a radio in your car, but maybe you prefer to stream music on your phone. Well, how does the music gets to you? Via radio waves from cell towers, is how. Your GPS runs on radio too. For that matter, so does your home Wi-Fi.Radio waves are a kind of electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light. But they’re at the bottom end of the spectrum, which makes them…
This week’s line-up spans celebrities, nostalgia, and scalp care.Devil Wears Prada star Stanley Tucci plays contrite for TJ Maxx, a fully clothed William Shatner reclines on a beach lounger for Priceline, and Carmelo Anthony is head coach for CeraVe.Meanwhile, Hinge courts Gen Z daters, Dove makes its World Cup debut, and Apple Mac goes back to school.Our Most Effective Ad of the Week, in partnership with EDO, is a call from KFC to live life to the fullest.Keep scrolling for the week’s most notable ads.Dove | “FIFA Fandom: Rinse and Repeat” by BBDO
Indian ride-hailing company Rapido said on Friday it had raised $240 million in fresh funding at a $3 billion valuation to compete better in the country’s growing but challenging mobility market. Led by Prosus, the equity round saw participation from existing investors, including WestBridge Capital and Accel. The round was part of a larger $730 million primary and secondary financing. Rapido was previously valued at $2.3 billion during a secondary transaction last year. Rapido said the fresh capital would be used to increase its footprint in high-growth markets, strengthen its driver network, and invest in technology and platform efficiency. “We…
The Centris 2’s seat is low and the handlebars are high, more reminiscent of a standing scooter than a classic pedal bike. I put a friend on the Centris 2 to compare its handling to another one of my folding ebikes, and as we zipped around the neighborhood, she hollered from behind me: “Why are these handlebars so tall!?” I yelled back, “Think of it like a combination scooter and grocery hauler,” as we continued to zoom around with ease.Folding ConveniencePhotograph: Maggie SlepianThe Centris 2 frame has the same two-point folding design as my HeyBike Comfort Ranger 3.0. It works…
June comes around fast when you work in advertising. One minute you’re wrapping up the Super Bowl, the next you’re booking flights to Nice, scrambling for last-minute Croisette dinner reservations, and finalizing cabana guest lists.With the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity set to host 15,000 delegates from 90 countries on the French Riviera from June 22–26, ADWEEK has rounded up seven shiny new things you can expect at this year’s event. AI is making its mark on the beach again in 2026, while creators and sports are getting bigger stages, too. Elsewhere, agencies and brands are injecting some more fun and…
Uber is expanding its technology footprint in India with new engineering campuses and a data center partnership aimed at supporting its overall product development and infrastructure operations. On Thursday, Uber detailed plans to open two new campuses that can fit around 9,600 people in Bengaluru and Hyderabad by the end of 2027. The offices will add to Uber’s existing operations in the two Indian cities, both of which are hubs for software and engineering. In addition, Uber said it had partnered with Indian conglomerate Adani Group to build its first data center in the country, expected to go online in…
That was Thursday, February 19, around 8:30 am. I was detained on February 18, around 11:30, so it took less than 24 hours for me to be deported.My daughter had been trying to search for me in the [US Citizenship and Immigration Services] tracker, the ICE tracker, and she could not find me there the whole time that I was moving down to San Ysidro.What happened when you got to Mexico?When I got to Tijuana, they turned us in to [the Mexican government] and they took us to a shelter where the Mexican government took us in.They helped figure out…
In the past few years, creative marketplaces and platforms have realized they are sitting on a data gold mine, and they can either use that data to develop AI models or turn it into a source of revenue by licensing it to other AI labs. Wirestock, which previously helped photographers distribute and sell their work on stock photography services like Shutterstock, has taken the latter path. The company pivoted to being a data provider in 2023 and now supplies datasets of images, videos, design assets, and gaming and 3D content to AI labs. Wirestock said its platform has signed up…
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 equity-free funding is running out. Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in just two weeks. If you’re building a breakout startup — or know a founder who is — now is the time to act. Apply by May 27 for the opportunity to take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 alongside 200 of the world’s most promising early-stage startups. Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images This window is closing fast Pre-Series A founders, consider this your countdown reminder: The strongest startups are already entering the arena. If your startup has already been nominated, don’t wait to complete…
Technology giant Cisco is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs, or around 5% of its workforce, despite reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue in its fiscal third quarter. The networking equipment maker said it is reducing its headcount in order to change its “cost structure” and invest in AI and cybersecurity. Cisco’s decision follows a recent trend of tech companies increasingly citing a priority on AI spending as a reason to let employees go. Cloudflare and General Motors have both laid off staff in recent days, despite reporting strong financial results. Cisco said it plans to invest more in cybersecurity, as the company…
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