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How Common Is Accidental Invention?
William Perkin, inventor of mauve dye. One of the most important inventions of the 19th century was mauve dye, the first synthetic aniline dye. First synthesized by William Perkin in 1856 out of coal tar, mauve led to the creation of an entire synthetic dye industry. Within a few years, many other aniline dyes, such…
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Why Apple’s M5 is outside the AI bubble | John Davies posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Apple M5, the pin to burst the bubble? Last week, Bloomberg published a simple but informative diagram (https://lnkd.in/ehXGP4WA) showing the interdependence between the AI companies: NVIDIA, Microsoft, OpenAI, AMD, Oracle, Intel, XAI, and others. Notably absent was Apple. This is not because it doesn’t have an AI story, but because it is firmly outside of…
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The Gen AI Playbook for Organizations
The questions about generative AI that we hear most often from business leaders include: When will gen AI match the intelligence of my best employees? Is it accurate enough to deliver business value? Is my CIO moving fast enough to lead our AI transformation? What are my rivals doing with gen AI? But those questions…
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The Global AI Film Award is now accepting applications
How to take part in this global award Your film submission can be in any language, but must include English subtitles. If you want to submit more than one film, no problem at all! Make sure to submit each entry under the name of one person only. To be eligible, the film’s total length must…
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Atlas Shrugged, Chrome Shivered
OpenAI is coming for Google’s crown, one tab at a time. After months of rumors, OpenAI finally did the inevitable – making its play to own the browser, the most coveted chokepoint in a user’s digital life. The markets reacted in their usual “measured” way – a quick dip, a few breathless headlines, and recovery…
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Everyone’s Lying About the Auction: Inside the Mind of Jeff Green
You know the type. The pitch deck peacocks. The “strategic” consultants who can’t define CPM.The media buyers who swear their campaign is “optimized” but can’t explain the funnel. They’re quoting ADOTAT+ on calls like they thought of it themselves.Because we don’t just break news—we expose it, dissect it, and serve it raw with receipts. Vendor…
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The $160 billion martech industry can’t answer a simple question: How does it make its customers money?
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Inside WPP’s Great Pivot: From Mad Men to Machine Whisperers
The $400 Million AI Makeover… If Don Draper strolled into WPP’s London HQ today, he wouldn’t make it past reception without a Google Cloud certification. The company once powered by charm, cigars, and client cocktails now talks like a Stanford lab in a Savile Row suit—“federated ecosystems,” “deduplicated reach,” “predictive performance.” Somewhere between those buzzwords,…
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WPP Stops Pretending
WPP’s $400M « Groundbreaking » news this week really means telling the truth. Cindy Rose’s first major decision shows more courage than the headline suggests, and why honesty might be WPP’s actual competitive advantage. WPP announced what they’re calling a « groundbreaking partnership » with Google this week. A five-year, $400 million commitment to transform their AI capabilities and…
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Best 30 hotel industry trends you must know in 2025
What are the main trends in the hospitality industry for 2025? There are many new trends emerging in the hospitality industry right now. Let’s take a look at each one and see how you can set your hotel apart from the competition. 1. Personalization continues to reign Personalization is being taken to new heights with…
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