IBM just made one of its biggest bets ever on US tech
IBM has pledged to invest $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years, with a significant portion dedicated to advancing its research in mainframe and quantum computing. The tech giant aims to f...
Qwen3 shows open models can still rival closed giants
Alibaba released Qwen3, a family of AI models that the company claims matches and sometimes outperforms Google and OpenAI’s best models, on Monday. The models range in size from 0.6 billion paramete...
Inside the Stream: 3 Key Themes from This Week’s NewFronts
This week’s NewFronts highlighted three key and interlocking themes: TV OEMs’ emphasis on FASTs, AI’s role in driving video ads’ value, and CTV evolving to full funnel. We discuss each of th...
Inside the Stream: Interview with Zone TV’s CEO on Block Deal
This week we interview Jeff Weber, CEO of Zone TV, which was just acquired by Block Communications. Zone TV has been operating for 22 years, and has recently been focused on streaming and FASTs. Jef...
Inside the Stream: WB Discovery Loses DTC Subscribers in Q2 2023
In Q2 2023 WB Discovery lost 1.8 million subscribers globally, including 1.3 million domestically and 500K internationally. On the other hand, ARPU increased to $11.09 domestically and $3.65 interna...
