“This is important for Wi-Fi 7 as well as Wi-Fi 6,” Feld wrote today in response to the Carr plan. “But we need a real pipeline for more unlicensed spectrum. Glad to see value of unlicensed acknowledged. Looking forward to more of it.” Risk to Wi-Fi spectrum appears low Despite the positive response to Carr’s …
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Supply shortages and big price increases for RAM and storage have been a major drag for enthusiasts and PC builders in recent months. And while we haven’t yet seen large, widespread price increases for memory-dependent products like pre-built laptop PCs, smartphones, and graphics cards, most companies expect that to change this year if shortages continue. …
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Earning some praise from outside experts, including the American Medical Association, the new guidelines are the first iteration to directly address highly processed foods. While emphasizing “whole, nutrient-dense foods,” it aims for a “dramatic reduction in highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars, excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives.” While the guidelines …
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Next, the entire experiment was repeated with one key variation: This time, during the training protocol, rather than addressing the dogs directly when naming new toys, the dogs merely watched while their owners talked to another person while naming the toys, never directly addressing the dogs at all. The result: 80 percent of the dogs …
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Keep up to date with Digiday’s annual coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. More from the series → Pinterest is considered by many to be one of the OGs of the creator economy, but it has for years kept a lower profile when harnessing monetization opportunities. Could that be changing in …
This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → This week’s Media Briefing looks at the main business areas publishing executives have their sights set on as they head into 2026, recalibrating around AI advertising revenue …
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Tariffs completely upended the retail industry in 2025 — and no company was left unscathed. Last year, tariffs kicked in at their highest rate since the Great Depression, with the United States’ effective tariff rate hitting above 17% in August. The beginning of the year started with chaos, as, seemingly every week, there was an announcement …
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This article is part of an ongoing series for Digiday+ members to gain access to how platforms and brands are pitching advertisers. More from the series → Amazon is becoming the easiest place to make TV spend defensible inside organizations and is emerging as the proof layer for television — not necessarily the default buying …
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You may not know it or have felt it, but 2025 was actually a pretty good year for the U.S. ad economy. At least the way Brian Wieser tells it. But he warns that 2026 will be only about half as good, and will get worse as the year rolls on. The media industry analyst …
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Keep up to date with Digiday’s annual coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. More from the series → CES has become the ad industry’s first real gut check of the year. For Amazon’s ad team, that means less pitching and more listening. That posture can read as contrarian given the concentration …
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