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Tech Competition is Helping Americans. Here's How.
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Tuesday • September 2, 2025
Walmart+ adds Peacock to streaming offerings to better compete with Amazon Prime
Walmart Will Soon Expand Its Streaming Offerings to Its Subscription Members, with the Retail Giant Announcing a New Partnership with NBCUniversal’s Peacock
Starting Sept. 15, Walmart+ subscribers can choose to receive ad-supported versions of Peacock Premium or Paramount+ as part of their membership. Every 90 days, Walmart+ members can switch between the two services.
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Tuesday • September 2, 2025
Anthropic Completes New Funding Round at $183 Billion Value
Anthropic Will Use the New Funding to Meet Growing Enterprise Demand, Further Safety Research, and Accelerate Plans for International Expansion
Anthropic has closed a deal to raise $13 billion from investors in a new funding round that nearly triples its valuation to $183 billion, including dollars raised — a larger-than-expected haul that makes the artificial intelligence company one of the most valuable startups in the world.
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Thursday • August 28, 2025
TikTok owner ByteDance eyes valuation of over $330 billion as revenue surpasses Meta
ByteDance Sets Valuation at Over $330 Billion for New Share Buyback, Sources Say
ByteDance, the owner of short-video app TikTok, is set to launch a new employee share buyback that will value the Chinese technology giant at more than $330 billion, driven by continued revenue growth, said three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Thursday • August 28, 2025
Microsoft starts testing AI model that could escalate competition with OpenAI
Microsoft’s MAI-1-preview Model is the Software Company’s First Model Trained Internally From Start to Finish
Microsoft has largely relied on OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models to power AI features in its key products. It’s trying to lessen that dependence. The software company said Thursday that it’s begun publicly testing a homegrown AI model that could lead to enhancements to its Copilot assistant for consumers. The MAI-1-preview model is being tested on LMArena, a website where people can conduct evaluations.
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Wednesday • August 27, 2025
Samsung, Prime Video Have Highest Smart TV Ad Reach
For the 2024 Year, Samsung had Advertising Reach of 45.54 Million Smart TV Households, while Prime Video had 45.48 million
Video advertising content appearing on Samsung’s smart TV operating system and the Amazon Prime Video streamer were in a virtual dead heat in 2024 when it comes to reach of smart TV U.S. households (through all capable devices), according to an ARF Dash study.
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Wednesday • August 27, 2025
GenAI retail traffic surges 4,700%, reshaping the path to purchase
Online Retail Traffic from Generative AI (genAI) Sources is Exploding, Highlighting How AI Tools are Intercepting and Guiding the Product Search Journey
Growing confidence in AI is narrowing the gap between AI-assisted shoppers and traditional shoppers. AI is also becoming more embedded in mobile shopping, including voice assistant and on-the-go shopping queries: 26% of genAI-driven retail traffic came through mobile in July, per Adobe, up from 18% in January.
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