Friday, 31 Jan 2025
Category: World News

Battle of the AIs: Walmart Takes on Amazon

Walmart is looking to challenge Amazon using a tool the latter already relies on: artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon is the world’s leading e-commerce platform and has been challenging Walmart, Target, and other traditional brands in the broader retail market. A key to Amazon’s success has been its use of AI and machine learning (ML) for […]

LinkedIn announces boosting for Event posts

The new feature allows advertisers to drive more awareness, traffic and registrations to their events. LinkedIn has just announced that they’re expanding the Boost button to the LinkedIn Events page. This means that advertisers will be able to promote events and drive registrations. Last year LinkedIn gave advertisers a new feature to Boost organic posts […]

Snapchat now offers Dynamic Ads for Travel

Snapchat appeals to brands on the heels of a post-pandemic bounce back to travel with the introduction of dynamic ads. Snapchat has released an easy and automated way for businesses to reach travelers. The new product is called Dynamic Ads for Travel. The new ad features. According to Snapchat’s announcement, the new ads will include the following […]

Amazon Is Losing Its Most Wanted Employees At An Alarming Rate

Amazon has an employee retention problem, losing the employees it wants to keep at double the rate of last year. According to a report by Business Insider, Amazon’s “regretted attrition” has doubled from last year. “Regretted attrition” is the term for losing employees a company wants to keep. Internal data seen by Insider says the company’s regretted attrition […]

Nvidia Is Finally Open-Sourcing Its Linux GPU Kernel Drivers

Nvidia is — at long last — open-sourcing its GPU kernel drivers for Linux, potentially ending a major pain point for users. Hardware support for Linux has come miles in recent years, but Nvidia drivers have continued to be a sore point for many users. Unlike AMD, Nvidia steadfastly refused to open-source its drivers. Users with […]

Amazon Reverses Course on Employee Cell Phones After Deadly Tornado

Amazon has reversed course on one of its long-standing policies, allowing warehouse employees to keep their cell phones after a deadly tornado. Amazon had a long history of banning employees from having their cell phones when working in the company’s warehouses. That ban was suspended during the pandemic, but the company said it planned on […]

New GoDaddy integration lets merchants easily show inventory across Google

This Google integration means small retailers on GoDaddy will be able to reach an even wider audience to sell their products and services. After announcing its integration with Shopify at I/O, Google also promised easy connections to Square, Woocommerce, and GoDaddy. The latest integration with GoDaddy has officially launched today. “GoDaddy merchants can now get discovered across Search, […]

Google launches ‘Shops’ section in mobile search results

The Shops section shows three to ten retailers based on their organic search rankings. Google has launched a “Shops” section in the mobile search results, a company spokesperson has confirmed to Search Engine Land. The Shops section shows three retailers (but can be expanded to show up to ten) based on their organic search rankings […]

Intel Suspends Russia Operations

Intel is the latest company to suspend operations in Russia, joining the international effort to force an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Governments and companies the world over are imposing sanctions against Russia, pulling products and services from the country. In fact, the situation has become so dire that experts believe the country will […]

Microsoft Build 2022 Scheduled to Begin May 24, Online-Only

Microsoft has announced dates for its Build 2022 conference, which is slated for May 24-26 as an online-only event. Microsoft Build is one of the company’s premier developer events, providing an opportunity for the company to showcase technologies developers can use in their products and services. As a result of the pandemic, Microsoft took the […]