Shoppers may have started their holiday gift shopping early this year - but they still turned out for deals. Online sales for Black Friday hit a record $9.12 billion -- up 2.3 percent from last year, Adobe Analytics, the Web analytics division of Adobe, reported. That was higher than the 1 percent year-over-year sales growth forecast. Cyber Monday sales hit…

Artificial intelligence may soon disrupt a new area of your business: how your employees get into the office.Biometric authentication is a type of touch-free technology that uses biometric identifiers at entry points into a building, rather than ID cards or access codes that can be stolen. Using biometric indicators for frictionless access control to reduce the spread of germs, as…

At the iPhone 14 event in September, Apple talked a lot about the new features of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro that could save your life. If, say, you ever have an accident or if you ever find yourself without cell service, your iPhone 14 now has a failure detection and SOS via satellite, which will transmit a…

Google's new guide to ranking systems will inform you about which systems Google uses to rank search results and which are obsolete.Google also introduces new terminology in its latest guide, distinguishing between "ranking systems" and "updates" to rankings.A system such as RankBrain is constantly running in the background. An update, on the other hand, refers to a one-time change in…

Twitter is launching three new advertising options designed to get people to visit and take action on companies' websites.Twitter's new advertising products include:Website Conversion OptimizationDynamic product adsCollection ads.Twitter said in a blog post that its new ad units "will provide middle and bottom funnel results for advertisers and increase relevance to people on Twitter."Here's how the new ad options can…

Google's handling of user data has long been a concern for data privacy enthusiasts. While the tech giant has undergone relatively few data breaches in recent history, its control over the Android platform allows them to collect an unprecedented amount of data. Now Google is taking additional steps to ensure that user data is collected on non-mobile devices as well.…

In 2017, cryptocurrency exchange Binance created the first new type of blockchain-based digital asset: the BNB coin, designed to encourage customer behavior such as trading or referring friends to its own platform. "A model for building a scalable and efficient cryptocurrency business," CoinDesk editor Pete Rizzo said in 2019 after Binance moved the coin to its own blockchain. "Incredible brilliance.The…

Earlier this month, NVIDIA announced the release of a beta version of Omniverse, a platform on which developers and creators can create Metaverse applications. Thus, the company has aligned its future according to the vision of the metauniverse, and the new platform allows users to create «digital duplicates» to simulate the real world.One such step on the way to realizing…

Former Meta (formerly Facebook) manager Nikita Beer has launched a new app called Gas, which has overtaken giant competitors like Instagram, Twitter and others. According to the Wall Street Journal, Gas is "the hottest app right now," and costs like 1 platform in the app store.A week after its official launch, the platform has gone viral mostly among high school…

Google finally introduces the local search features announced earlier this year, including the ability to search around with your phone’s camera.At the Google Search On virtual conference in September, people were discussing innovative local search updates.Google has previously introduced the ability to search restaurants for food and a new search feature built into Live View on Google Maps.These updates and…

IBM recently announced a new breakthrough in quantum hardware and software, outlining a groundbreaking vision for quantum-oriented supercomputers. The achievement was unveiled at the annual IBM Quantum Summit 2022 , which showcases the company's quantum ecosystem of customers, developers and partners, showcasing useful advances in quantum computing around the world. IBM and Research Director and Senior Vice President Dr. Dario…

Robotic automation has pioneered in various industries by reducing operating costs and improving product quality. Many organizations are now looking to move forward by improving the quality of employees' work and supporting their growth ambitions. The future of robots replacing human jobs is not far off. One such company led us to Amazon , which is investing heavily in advanced…

Intel entered the GPU scene late with the Intel Arc , but has since accelerated innovation. In August, the company released its first Flex GPU series for data centers, and last week it released its Max GPU series for data centers. The GPU Max Series for data centers is the highest density GPU in the industry, containing more than 100…

Meta has laid off more than 11,000 employees in its first mass layoff: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the firm will lay off about 13% of its workforce. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, released a statement this morning confirming that the company will lay off more than 11,000 people. The layoffs, affecting about 13% of Meta's workforce, are the…

With the ad frequency targeting, Google is giving advertisers more control over how many times people see their YouTube ads.Previously, managing ad frequency on YouTube was only possible when running connected TV campaigns in Google Display & Video 360.Now target frequency is available to all advertisers running YouTube campaigns.In a blog post, Google explains how targeting frequency can help advertisers…