February 6, 2025

Yes, AI Might Take Your PR Job. Here’s What You Can Do About It.

As AI reshapes the PR industry, professionals who embrace technology, focus on creativity and build genuine connections can secure their place in the future of public relations.

July 2023

Framework Laptop 16 now available for pre-order, starting at $1,399

July 18, 2023
Framework announced today that pre-orders for the Framework Laptop 16 are now open for customers in the US, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland and Australia. The Laptop 16 is powered by the latest-generation AMD Ryzen and Radeon GPUs. Prices start at $1,399 for the DIY Edition and $1,699 for pre-built systems with Ryzen […]

Plex’s Winamp-inspired music player Plexamp is now free

July 18, 2023
Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is now free, the company announced today. The project was first launched in 2017 as Plex’s own spin on the classic Winamp media player app, offering visualizations to accompany your tunes, tools for programming mixes, and more recently, a ChatGPT-powered “Sonic Sage” […]

Accelerating retail personalization at scale

July 18, 2023
Today’s retailers are faced with a clear opportunity for transformation. Consumer expectations are constantly evolving, challenging retailers to keep pace. A blend of online and in-person shopping forged during the pandemic persists, forcing retailers to deliver a highly personalized omnichannel experience. And retailers’ values are becoming as important to consumers as their products and services.…

Meta’s latest AI model is free for all 

July 18, 2023
Meta is going all in on open-source AI. The company is today unveiling LLaMA 2, its first large language model that’s available for anyone to use—for free.  Since OpenAI released its hugely popular AI chatbot ChatGPT last November, tech companies have been racing to release models in hopes of overthrowing its supremacy. Meta has been…

Telegram raises $210 million through bond sales

July 18, 2023
Telegram raised about $210 million through bond sales this week from a number of investors, including its founder and chief executive Pavel Durov. The messaging app, used by over 800 million users each month, raised the capital by issuing bonds worth $270 million. “Because interest rates have gone up significantly since 2021, the bonds have […]

Tesla Q2 2023 earnings expectations: Cybertruck news and price cut effects

July 18, 2023
Tesla will announce its second-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. Investors will be listening out for more details on the much-delayed Cybertruck, as well as how Tesla’s many price cuts have affected automotive gross margins.  Wall Street estimates predict Tesla will bring in around $24.9 billion in revenue for the quarter, which is nearly 50% […]

WordPress Playground lets you run WordPress entirely in your browser

July 18, 2023
If you don’t keep up with WordPress ecosystem news, you might not be aware of a cool new project called WordPress Playground. And I include myself in this group as I had never heard of WordPress Playground until the project page was submitted to Hacker News a few days ago. But WordPress Playground is so […]

Apple and Amazon fined $218M for ‘brand gating’ in Spanish antitrust finding

July 18, 2023
Spain’s antitrust authority has fined Amazon and Apple a total of €194 million (~$218M) for unfairly restricting competition around the reselling and marketing of Apple kit and other products on the ecommerce giant’s local ecommerce marketplace. The penalties break down into around $161M for Apple and just under $57M for Amazon. The country’s competition watchdog, La […]