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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

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The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Patent Drop

Big Tech Has an Energy Problem

How tech firms reconcile their desire for endless growth with bold climate goals.

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Real Estate

Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux

Some of the more reliable office building tenants are reversing course by letting leases expire or subleasing space across major cities.

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Big Tech

The Metaverse: Coming to a School Near You

The tech titan plans to expand its virtual-reality headset into schools to enable immersive experiences.

2 min read

Social Media

Meta Patent Adds AI Voice Assistants Across Devices and Apps

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Its latest patent for a way to perform “concierge-type services” via voice adds to the company’s broader AI ambitions.

3 min read

Big Tech

Silicon Valley Executives Are Cashing Out Shares

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Tech executives and founders are selling their stock at the highest rate in years.

2 min read

Social Media

Meta Set to Replace its Popular CrowdTangle Data Platform

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The social media king plans to introduce a content library tool that offers less access ahead of a spicy election season.

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Markets

The Rest of the Stock Market is Catching Up to Big Tech

Persistent optimism about an economic soft landing has buoyed investors’ hopes about companies of all sizes.

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Patent Drop

Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

6 min read
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Consumer

Temu Emerges as Major Ad Client for Meta, Google

Temu is now one of the biggest ad clients for both Google and Meta, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

1 min read

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