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Facebook Marketplace is rolling out new Meta AI features, including one that automatically replies to messages from interested buyers, Facebook announced Thursday. The social network is also using AI to help sellers list items faster and summarize profiles and is giving sellers the option to offer shipping on their listings. The company says that since sellers receive a lot of buyer inquiries, it’s making it easier to respond to initial messages with auto-replies powered by Meta AI. Now when buyers inquire about an item’s availability, sellers can use Meta AI to automatically draft replies using information from their listing, such…
A bipartisan privacy coalition in the United States Congress introduced legislation on Thursday that would impose a strict warrant requirement on the FBI’s backdoor searches of Americans’ communications, aligning federal law with a 2025 federal court ruling that found the warrantless practice unconstitutional.The bill, the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, repeals controversial expansions of the government’s warrantless wiretapping authority while overhauling key aspects of federal surveillance law—setting up a showdown with the US intelligence community and its congressional allies weeks before a sweeping global spy program sunsets on April 20.Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Lee are leading the legislative…
Wine was a gatekept category, suffering from the dreaded perception of being boring. That is until canned wine company Archer Roose redefined the category and made it fun for Gen Z. In this episode of Marketing Vanguard, Archer Roose Wines CMO Conley Downing unpacks how the brand leverages fun instead of education in its marketing to make wine accessible and interesting again. What you’ll learn: How to reposition a legacy category by identifying and eliminating barriers to entry Why product format innovation creates distribution and occasion expansion beyond traditional compete sets The strategic value of celebrity partnerships rooted in authentic brand alignment…
Publishing platform Substack is continuing to invest in video content as it launches the Substack Recording Studio, a built-in mechanism for creators to pre-record and publish videos. The studio, which is only available on the desktop, can support solo videos as well as conversations with up to two guests. Creators can add custom watermarks to their videos and share their screen with co-hosts. Once the recording is over, Substack auto-generates clips and thumbnails for sharing. “Until now, creating video on Substack meant going live, or stitching together a separate stack of tools: a recording platform, a way to create and distribute…
Second is advertiser tools. If you’re a small business, you’re not thinking about all the queries people are going to type in. AI is great at figuring out which keywords to use, what’s the optimal creative, and generating all of that.The third piece is the most nascent: ads in new experiences. The general philosophy we have is to build a great consumer product, then figure out monetization. Because the business is so strong and healthy, that’s a luxury we have.What have you learned from experiments around ads in AI Mode?Ads are always separate from organic results and clearly labeled. If…
What if the background character in a video game suddenly refused to follow the script?That’s the premise behind cryptocurrency platform Coinbase’s new campaign, “Your Way Out,” which encourages people to break away from the financial systems they’ve always known.Created by Isle of Any and directed by Oscar Hudson through MJZ, the spot will air during the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday (March 15).Set inside a video game world, a non-playable character (NPC) goes about his pre-programmed life until he decides to take control and break free. In a dramatic sequence, he makes a daring escape and eventually arrives in a…
Australian productivity software company Atlassian held layoffs as the company looks to funnel more money into AI. Atlassian announced it’s cutting 10% of its workforce, around 1,600 people, on March 11. The company said this decision allows it to spend more funds on AI, enterprise sales, and to strengthen its finances. More specifically, Atlassian said that it’s doing well, but is choosing to adapt to market conditions. “The bar for what ‘great’ looks like for software companies — on growth, on profitability, on speed, on value creation — has gone up,” Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brooks wrote in a press release…
You may also be wondering just how you connect other headphones to the transmitter via Auracast. As I said earlier, Sennheiser’s HDR 275 connect to the system automatically on power-up, though they can also break free and connect to your phone over regular Bluetooth to take them on the go. Other options have their own methods; JBL’s Tour Pro 3 buds let you connect with their specialized transmitter case, while the Momentum 4 connect over the Sennheiser Smart Plus app.The app is your primary settings hub for both the transmitter and Sennheiser headphones, so you’ll want to download it straight…
Becoming a parent is an expensive pursuit. But before eye-watering college fees and vacations rack up credit card bills, parents must first contend with something far messier: the stinky, catastrophic, downright nasty nature of baby poop, where no surface is safe from stains.Have no fear, because Huggies is so confident its Little Snugglers diapers can prevent costly messes that it allowed 18 just-fed babies — handpicked for their digestive capabilities — to crawl over nearly half a million dollars’ worth of luxury designer items, collectibles, and antiques, including an $89,000 Turkish rug and a luxury convertible.Created by McCann New York…
Tesla is now an officially licensed utility in the United Kingdom, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The automotive and energy company recently received a license from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, allowing it to sell electricity directly to households and commercial and industrial users. The company has long dabbled in electricity markets. Its first pure energy products, the Powerwall and Powerpack, were introduced in 2015, but it wasn’t until a year later when Tesla merged with Solar City that it started scaling the division rapidly. In 2022, the company launched Tesla Electric in…
Since the United States and Israel first unleashed a broad campaign of air strikes across Iran in late February, the cybersecurity industry has warned that the country’s retaliatory measures would include punishing, disruptive cyberattacks against Western targets. Late Tuesday night, the first of those attacks arrived in the US: a devastating breach of the medical technology firm Stryker that has reportedly disabled as many as tens of thousands of computers and paralyzed much of the company’s global operations—all carried out by an Iranian hacker group that calls itself Handala.“We announce to the world that, in retaliation for the brutal attack…
Publicis Groupe has acquired Israel-based predictive creative analytics platform AdgeAI for an undisclosed sum, tapping into the $970 million deal budget it has earmarked for 2026.The platform, which has worked with clients including Google and Underoutfit, uses machine learning to forecast which creative elements (whether it’s video, images, text or GIFs) are most likely to drive engagement and business outcomes for brands. It will be integrated into Publicis Production to give clients real-time measurement and predictive performance insights that can be acted on quickly. AdgeAI’s co-founders, CEO Eyal Ben Shalom and CTO Asaf Ben Shalom, will continue to lead it.…
When Max Brodeur-Urbas co-founded Gumloop in mid-2023, his vision was to help non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks using AI. At that time, the concept of AI agents was still largely experimental and prone to errors. As AI technology has matured, so has Gumloop’s offering. The company claims that it now allows teams at organizations like Shopify, Ramp, Gusto, Samsara, Instacart, and Opendoor to deploy reliable AI agents that autonomously handle complex, multi-step tasks, all without ever needing an engineer. Employees can share the agents they build with colleagues, creating a compounding effect that accelerates internal automation. “They get addicted, they…
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Disney+ is starting to roll out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to U.S. users on its mobile app. First announced in January, the TikTok-like Verts feed features scenes and moments from movies and TV shows on Disney+. Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Verts is designed to boost daily engagement and reach mobile-first viewers, all while increasing discovery across Disney+’s catalog. Users will be able to access the feed through a new icon in the app’s navigation bar. As users swipe through the feed, they can add shows to their watchlist or jump directly into the show…
You never know when you’re going to have to bug out on short notice. The politics of the moment are less than predictable. Disasters never strike on schedule, and few stores stay open for a wildfire or an insurrection. As of early 2026, wildfires and the resulting chaos look especially likely in the American West after record-low snowpack levels in the winter will mean less water in the spring and summer.That’s why it’s important to make plans well in advance and put together gear for an emergency kit, say experts on disaster preparedness—and to stock up on the essentials that…