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- WWE-ESPN Billion-Dollar Deal Grows Wrestling’s Global Reach More Than Ever
WWE signed a 5-year, $1.6 billion deal with ESPN, increasing its global expansion amid an impressive portfolio of cable, network and streaming deals.
- Why Trucking Defense Attorneys Must Adapt For Gen Z
Gen anti-corporate sentiment that should be a wake up call for trucking defense attorneys and insurers.
- American Eagle-Sydney Sweeney Controversy: AEO Is Laughing All The Way To The Bank
Despite backlash against American Eagle's 'Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans' ad, it shows a shift to traditional, sales-focused advertising and a move to the middle.
- Inside The Immersive Activations That Stole The Show At SDCC 2025
Building the offsite attractions that get Comic-Con superfans juiced about new shows like Alien: Earth and King of the Hill is big business.
- ESPN Sets Launch Date For $30 Streaming Service After Acquiring NFL Networks
Direct-to-consumer streamer, also called ESPN, will launch August 21 at a higher price than most competitors. Disney also detailed plans for NFL Network and Red Zone.
Technology
- Nvidia blasts proposals for chip backdoors as US considers “kill switch”
Nvidia denies China accusation of kill switch but worries US will require one.
- Researchers design “promptware” attack with Google Calendar to turn Gemini evil
The team behind the research has worked with Google to mitigate the attack, but what comes next?
- Trump’s trade and environment policies are a disaster for carmakers
Falling operating margins, revised sales estimates, and scaled-back forecasts.
- Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet
A collection of new studies on gene activity shows that AI tools aren't very good.
- Five ways that AI is learning to improve itself
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta is aiming to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta Superintelligence Labs with nine-figure offers. The second ingredient is AI itself. Zuckerberg recently said on…
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