United States

Auto Added by WPeMatico

Nobody can predict Amazon’s ad reserve prices, including Amazon. That is the defence.

Amazon, Digital Marketing, Fintech and ecommerce, Marketing and SEO, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon in Seattle on 31 August, alleging it inflated auction prices for Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display, and generated more than $20bn in additional advertising costs since 2019. As CNBC reported, regulators say 1.2 million advertisers were affected, including more than 500,000 small and medium businesses. […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Nobody can predict Amazon’s ad reserve prices, including Amazon. That is the defence. Read More »

YouTube has removed 20 channels after Semafor traced an AI news network that hired real actors

Data and security, Digital Marketing, Media, Security, SEO Tips, social media, Technology, United States /

YouTube has terminated 20 channels in a network that paid gig-economy actors $26 a video to read AI-generated scripts attacking Democratic politicians. The network reached 45 million views because putting a real face in front of an AI pipeline defeats every synthetic-media detector platforms have built. Enforcement came only after Semafor and Riddance AI published, […]

This story continues at The Next Web

YouTube has removed 20 channels after Semafor traced an AI news network that hired real actors Read More »

Wacker weighs closing Tennessee polysilicon plant after Trump tariffs, Reuters reports

Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

A German chemicals company is considering closing the American plant that Washington’s new polysilicon tariffs were supposed to protect. Wacker Chemie has lost its last two customers for the material since the measures were announced and is weighing the future of a factory in Charleston, Tennessee, that employs about 600 people, Reuters reported in an exclusive. […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Wacker weighs closing Tennessee polysilicon plant after Trump tariffs, Reuters reports Read More »

South Korea confirms chip investment talks with US as tariff threat grows

Asia, Business, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed. The confirmation was reported by Reuters, and it follows Washington signalling plans for targeted tariffs on semiconductor imports. Howard Lutnick has […]

This story continues at The Next Web

South Korea confirms chip investment talks with US as tariff threat grows Read More »

Texas Republicans are running against data centres, and both Senate candidates want the same water rules

Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

Texas spent a decade telling data centre developers they were welcome. Now its Republicans are competing over who can regulate them most aggressively, a shift that Reuters reports has put Big Tech on notice in the state that hosts more data centres than any other. The change is showing up on the ballot. Data centres […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Texas Republicans are running against data centres, and both Senate candidates want the same water rules Read More »

Snowflake beat on almost everything. One number went the other way

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Digital Marketing, Finance, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

Snowflake beat expectations on revenue, on profit and on guidance, and its shares rose more than 20% after hours. One number in the release went the other way, and it is the one that looks furthest into the future. Remaining performance obligations, the contracted revenue Snowflake has booked but not yet recognised, came in at […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Snowflake beat on almost everything. One number went the other way Read More »

The FAA just let a pilotless cargo plane fly out of a working airport

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Drones, eVTOL, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

An aircraft with nobody on board flew itself out of a working Louisiana airport last week. It carried spare parts, medical supplies and cans of water. Its route took it over people’s houses. Elroy Air said on Wednesday it had completed the first uncrewed autonomous flights under a federal programme. That programme exists to fold […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The FAA just let a pilotless cargo plane fly out of a working airport Read More »

The US Army used a laser weapon on American soil, then bought it

Artificial Intelligence, Defence, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, Security, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

In late August the US Army fired a high-energy laser at three drones near the Mexican border. All three came down. A week later the Army signed the contract to buy the production version. AeroVironment announced on Wednesday that it has won a $464.8m award from the Army’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fires. The company […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The US Army used a laser weapon on American soil, then bought it Read More »

The first thing Apple’s new CEO did was rename a Canadian lake

Apple, Apps, Business, Digital Marketing, Google, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

John Ternus became chief executive of Apple on Tuesday. The first public decision of his tenure was to rename a Canadian lake. It was also not his decision to make. Apple Maps now shows Lake Ontario as “Lake America” to users in the United States. Mark Gurman reported the change for Bloomberg on Tuesday evening. […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The first thing Apple’s new CEO did was rename a Canadian lake Read More »

ICE plans to buy Boston Dynamics robot dogs without running a competition

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, privacy, robots, Security, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has posted plans to buy a fleet of Boston Dynamics robot dogs. The listing puts the spend at $1m to $2m. It also says ICE does not intend to compete the purchase. Joseph Cox found the plan for 404 Media on Friday. It sits in the Department of Homeland Security’s […]

This story continues at The Next Web

ICE plans to buy Boston Dynamics robot dogs without running a competition Read More »

Shopping Cart