Consumer

Consumer

Uber’s Behavior Prediction Model May Come With Privacy Problems

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Uber wants to know how you feel before you even get into your ride.

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Consumer

Uber Takes a U-Turn Back to Unprofitability

A $721 million loss from equity investments in other companies pulled the entire company down to an overall loss of $654 million.

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Consumer

The Private-Equity Takeover Bell Is Tolling for Peloton

At least one PE firm has reportedly spoken with Peloton as it considers going private, but no deal is certain.

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Consumer

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Start Leaning into Online Shopping

In 2023, roughly 42% of e-commerce orders involved a store acting as a fulfillment hub or a place where consumers can pick up or return items.

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Consumer

Climate Change Insurance Startup Arbol Raises $60 Million

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The new fundraising comes just a month after Arbol spun up a subsidiary catering to homeowners in US coastal communities

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Patent Drop

Humane’s Latest Patent Makes the AI Pin Ambidextrous

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Despite Humane’s lofty dreams to disrupt the smartphone status quo, critics have not been thrilled with the startup’s debut device.

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Consumer

Chase Bank Gets into the Ad Game

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Chase Bank announced a new advertising unit that will use customer transaction data to target them with ads.

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