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September 11, 2025by rootadmin

Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?

Last week, a legal battle over lab-grown meat kicked off in Texas. On September 1, a two-year ban on the technology went into effect across the state; the following day, two companies filed a lawsuit against state officials. The two companies, Wildtype Foods and Upside Foods, are...

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September 10, 2025by rootadmin

Shape the Future of Affiliate Marketing with the PMA

Almost daily I am asked by PMA members and non-PMA members how they can get more involved with our activities, be a panelist on our webinars, or get quoted in our whitepapers. It is ALWAYS the right time to jump in and get more involved… The post Shape the Future of Affiliate...

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September 10, 2025by rootadmin

The Download: AI’s energy future

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Video: AI and our energy future In May, MIT Technology Review published an unprecedented and comprehensive look at how much energy the AI industry...

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

New Webinar: Beyond the Affiliate Coupon Code, The Future of Deals and Discounts

Earlier this year, the PMA released its 2025 US Affiliate Marketing Industry Study. One of the biggest takeaways from that study was that the share of ad spend on “Coupon and Deal” publishers shifted from 16% in 2021 to 10% in 2024. The PMA Coupon… The post New Webinar: Beyond...

Adapting to new threats with proactive risk management

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

Adapting to new threats with proactive risk management

In July 2024, a botched update to the software defenses managed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused more than 8 million Windows systems to fail. From hospitals to manufacturers, stock markets to retail stores, the outage caused parts of the global economy to grind to a halt....

The Download: meet our AI innovators, and what happens when therapists use AI covertly

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

The Download: meet our AI innovators, and what happens when therapists use AI covertly

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the AI honorees on our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025 Each year, we select 35 outstanding individuals under the age of 35 who are using...

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

Help! My therapist is secretly using ChatGPT

In Silicon Valley’s imagined future, AI models are so empathetic that we’ll use them as therapists. They’ll provide mental-health care for millions, unimpeded by the pesky requirements for human counselors, like the need for graduate degrees, malpractice insurance, and sleep. Down...

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

Three big things we still don’t know about AI’s energy burden

Earlier this year, when my colleague Casey Crownhart and I spent six months researching the climate and energy burden of AI, we came to see one number in particular as our white whale: how much energy the leading AI models, like ChatGPT or Gemini, use up when generating a single...

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September 9, 2025by rootadmin

AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so significant it has the potential to reshape our grid. Energy consumption by data centers has gone up by 80% from 2020 to 2025 and is likely to keep growing. Electricity prices are already rising, especially...

The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025

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September 8, 2025by rootadmin

The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025 The world is full of extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough...

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