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The streaming and media wars continue with yet another big acquisition: Fox Corporation is acquiring Roku for $22 billion. The two companies announced the deal before markets opened on Monday morning, with Fox saying it will pay $160 per share in a purchase that will combine cash and Fox stock. The deal is expected to close next year. Roku is perhaps most widely known for its streaming devices and hardware, but it also runs a streaming channel, The Roku Channel, which has its own slate of original programming. Fox is the parent company of Fox News, Fox Sports, and other…
Autonomous Malware Is No Longer TheoreticalForresterEarlier this month, security researchers published a paper about the creation of an AI worm. The headline is as subtle as a fire alarm: This lab experiment of a worm is no longer just code that blindly crawls across your environment; it leverages AI models and can now reason, execute, and learn in complete autonomy. This is certainly not the first lab-created malware. We have seen experimental or proof-of-concept worms before, from Creeper and Reaper to the Xerox PARC worms, the Morris worm, and Cabir. But the Morris worm remains the cautionary tale with teeth.…
West Marine, a major boating and marine supply retailer that has been operating since 1968, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While the bankruptcy will allow the company to continue operating during its restructuring, West Marine has confirmed in court documents that it will close 59 locations as part of the process. Here’s what you need to know about West Marine’s bankruptcy and which stores are closing. What’s happened? On May 17, West Marine, Inc. announced it had filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. West Marine began…
Pascal Yammine is CEO of Zilliant, a leader in price optimization and management software for business.Every company has a pricing strategy. Most believe they’re executing it, but the reality is messier.When executives think about pricing risk, they tend to focus on the headlines: an annual price increase, a tariff response or a competitive repositioning. Boards debate these decisions, but the real damage rarely comes from a single bad call. Instead, it arises from dozens of small, disconnected decisions that no one tracks until the margin is already gone.The Compounding ProblemHere’s a scenario I hear repeatedly from customers and prospects. A…
When I moved into a house in upstate New York after years of living in apartments, I decided to get an old-fashioned reel mower—the kind you push yourself, with no engine to help—for the lawn. The exercise seemed like a good idea at the time. But after spending hours each week covering my half-acre lot, I decided to test the other extreme: a robot mower guided by GPS. Husqvarna, the Sweden-based company that pioneered robo-mowers three decades ago, let me try out one of its latest versions, the Automower 410iq. Like other robotic mowers, it’s electric, avoiding the noise and…
One of the last remaining classic 80s mecha anime to be released outside of Japan is now finally here, and Heavy Metal L-Gaim doesn’t disappoint.First aired on television in Japan back in 1984, Heavy Metal L-Gaim was a Yoshiyuki Tomino mecha anime unlike the rest.Not only did it take a surprisingly gritty and detailed approach to its mecha, but it also featured a new kind of character design for the time and a very different type of story.All of this was because, for all intents and purposes, this was an anime that was created and conceived by Mamoru Nagano.This is…
The security measure millions rely on to protect their accounts may not be as foolproof as they think.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a fast-spreading scam targeting users of popular Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. The scheme allows cybercriminals to capture Microsoft authentication tokens, bypassing multifactor authentication without needing a user’s password. At the center of the scheme is a hacking platform called Kali365. Unlike traditional phishing attacks that rely on stealing credentials, Kali365 targets OAuth device codes—digital keys that allow applications to access data without requiring a password—giving cybercriminals access to Microsoft 365 accounts and a wide range of…
AI can transform businesses, but real-world failures at companies including Air Canada, Zillow, Samsung, CNET and IBM show how quickly things can go wrong.Adobe StockAI is already reshaping business, but it is also exposing some very expensive weaknesses.For all the excitement around generative AI, automation and intelligent decision-making, the technology is only as good as the strategy, governance and human judgment behind it. When those things are missing, AI can damage customer trust, leak confidential data, create legal headaches and turn small errors into very large bills.Here are five real-world AI mistakes, and the lessons every business leader should take…
Are you heads down, cranking out work, staying late, and hitting deadlines? Have you consistently brought major projects in under budget, but no one seems to notice? Are you devoted to your employer, yet aren’t being promoted, and worse, your male peers are? You’re experiencing the classic visibility problem. And you’re not alone. Despite women earning the majority of college degrees, they receive fewer promotions than men do at every level. And the problem begins with the first step on the so-called ladder to becoming a manager. According to McKinsey and LeanIn.Org’s Women in the Workplace 2025 report, for every…
Being at the forefront of beauty technology has been one of my brand’s greatest superpowers since day one. It has been fundamental to how we disrupted the beauty industry, allowing us to scale expertise, accelerate innovation and move at exponential speed. From the very beginning, I had a clear vision: technology would be a cornerstone of my consumer-first business strategy. My mission has always been to democratise beauty, removing barriers to entry and meeting customers wherever they are. I wanted to give people what they wanted, where they wanted it, and when they wanted it—making expert beauty advice and personalised…