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Category: Business News
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Logistics operations and supply chain, Dollar Tree is boosting logistics resiliency, and more.
Logistics operations and supply chain data this week: Dollar Tree is expanding its distribution footprint with a new 1 million-square-foot facility in Arizona and a; and Meisida, a ribbon manufacturer, details its 17-year operational…
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Technology and automation, Automated Garment Manufacturing Could, and more.
Technology and automation transforming manufacturing this week: Robotic sewing and knitting systems from firms like SoftWear Automation and Kniterate are reaching operational; and Advances in robotic sewing and assembly, specifically…
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Tech Policy & Congressional Oversight, Science is Not Settled How Weak Evidence is, and more.
Tech Policy & Congressional Oversight this week: The Electronic Frontier Foundation critiques the legislative push in multiple states to ban or severely restrict; and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has invited…
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Digital Privacy & Data Regulation, Websites break California privacy, and more.
Digital Privacy & Data Regulation this week: A webXray audit of over 7,000 popular websites accessed from California found widespread failure to honor the Global; and Following a 2023 investigation by The Markup and CalMatters, which…
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Intellectual Property & Patent Law, Patents Property Rights What, and more.
Intellectual Property & Patent Law Updates this week: IPWatchdog interviews Kristen Osenga, a law professor and former patent litigator, who critiques the dominant; and The Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB ruling that DraftKings failed to…
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VC Funds, Firm Moves & Market Trends, Digital Banking Startup Mercury, and more.
VC Funds, Firm Moves & Market Trends this week: Mercury, a digital banking platform for startups, raised $200M in a Series D round led by TCV at a $5; and April’s U.S. startup investment activity reveals a bifurcated market.
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Media, Music & Entertainment Deals, Chord Music Partners John, and more.
Media, Music & Entertainment Deals this week: This matters for Capital Flows & Deals because it gives a concrete current signal to track: John Chapman, who; and Shamrock Capital has closed its fourth content acquisition fund at $813…
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AI & Frontier Tech Funding Surge, Embodied AI Fuels Record, and more.
AI & Frontier Tech Funding Surge this week: Venture investment in China’s robotics sector has reached an all-time high in 2026, with $5; and April saw 28 companies join the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, with frontier AI labs and robotics…
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Creator Economy Trends, Data &, Creators Go All AI Niche Content TV Tech, and more.
Creator Economy Trends, Data & Monetization this week: At NAB Show’s Creator Lab, industry analysts from Tubefilter, The Influencer Marketing Factory, Ankler Media, and; and A 2026 estimate places the global creator economy’s market size…
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AI Tools & Workflows for Creators and, AI Agency Race Is Data Race, and more.
AI Tools & Workflows for Creators and Operators this week: Publicis Groupe’s $2.2 billion acquisition of data collaboration platform LiveRamp signals a strategic pivot for; and A creator details the operational shift from manual weekly…