AI Is Devouring Website Traffic — But I Hit Record Leads Last Year Anyway. Here’s How.
AI is up, and traffic is down. Here’s how I set a new all-time high for leads last year despite AI offering summaries on 21% of all searches.
The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth,…
OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own
The new model is build to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.
Local Markets Resisting Your Global Brand? Here’s What You’re Missing.
Global brands often mistake local pushback for execution failure. From the inside, it is usually a sign that trust and credibility have not yet been earned.
Digital Fatigue Is Real — ‘Retailtainment’ Is How Brands Win Customers Back
Retailers are shifting from transactions to experiences, as gamification, social connection and community combat digital fatigue and drive growth.
One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack
An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome.
Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon
Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world.
Your Intuition Can Become Your Biggest Bottleneck. Here’s How to Redirect It Into Systems That Actually Scale.
Founder intuition is a growth accelerator, not a governance model.
OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while treating them like human employees.
Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
The newest version of Anthropic’s model is designed to broaden its appeal.