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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
Inside Gap’s Blueprint for Reaching Gen Z...
Gap is trying to stay relevant with Gen Z. In May, Fabiola Torres was hired as Gap’s first global CMO in two years. She’s a former Pepsi marketing exec tasked with turning around Gap’s sales and re-establishing the strong tie to culture that Gap had in the ’90s. Much of the marketing strategy focuses on Gen Z and creators. Gap’s recent holiday campaign is the first to launch under her leadership and features young talent like Liamani Segura and...

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Photos Show Kim Kardashian Holding Hands With...
International celebrity Kim Kardashian has shared a strange series of pictures showing her hanging out — and engaging in just a touch of PDA — with a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot sitting inside a Cybercab. The provocative series of photos, clearly intended to market her shapewear line, didn’t quite hit the mark with her audience on Instagram. “This is so weird,” the top comment reads. A short video shows her waving at the robot and forming the shape of...

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Tools of the Trade: Evan Schultz from...
Tools of the Trade is an AgencySpy feature to help highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair of headphones. Next up is Evan Schultz, svp executive creative director at Publicis Groupe creative arm Le Truc. What is one tool you use all the time...

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How The DOJ’s Remedies for Google’s Search...
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If You Take Adderall, RFK Jr. Should...
Image by Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has a lot of dangerous opinions about healthcare — and his comments about drugs, addiction, and rehabilitation should give anybody pause, perhaps especially if they rely on an Adderall prescription. Earlier this year, Mother Jones spotted a bizarre claim the former presidential candidate made about so-called “wellness camps” for people taking the ADHD treatment and other common...

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WWAY Anchor Donna Gregory Dies After Cancer...
WWAY anchor Donna Gregory died on Tuesday after a battle with Stage 4 lung cancer. Gregory was diagnosed in early April. “Donna confronted her illness with grace and determination, undergoing immunotherapy and chemotherapy while remaining a beacon of hope and inspiration,” the Wilmington, N.C. ABC and CBS station wrote on its website. “Her death leaves a void that words alone cannot fill. At a later date, we will honor Donna’s remarkable life and career with a tribute befitting her...

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Trump Nominates Television Quack Dr. Oz to...
Image by Win McNamee/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, the controversial television doctor and failed Senate candidate for Pennsylvania who has routinely promoted pseudoscientific and unproven medical treatments, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.) This is a critical position that — if Oz is confirmed — would put the television personality at the helm of a vast and consequential public agency that oversees and facilitates health coverage for roughly half of American...

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Daniel Ramírez Joins Telemundo Las Vegas as...
Daniel Ramírez has joined Telemundo Las Vegas (KBLR), part of Telemundo Station Group, as a multimedia journalist. He made his on-air on Monday. Ramírez joins KBLR after working for Telemundo 33 Sacramento and Telemundo 51 Fresno’s Noticiero Telemundo California.  He joined both Telemundo-owned stations in 2022 after working as a multi-media reporter and producer for a Southern Oregon station. .font-primary { font-family: “Flama”, “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; } .font-secondary { font-family: “FlamaSlab”, “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;...

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Max Launches New AI-Powered Shoppable Ads Ahead...
Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to Max-imize its shoppable ads with new AI-powered formats. Ahead of Black Friday, Warner Bros. Discovery Advertising Sales is announcing two new ad solutions for shoppable, including Moments and Shop with Max, which work in unison to create a more seamless ad experience. According to the company, the new formats integrate KERV’s AI-enhanced tech into WBD’s adtech platform, creating more contextually relevant advertising and allowing brands to better engage with audiences. Ryan Gould, head...

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Why Black Culture-Focused Tentpole Events Should Be...
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Rise New York & Partners Expands Globally...
Rise New York & Partners, an independent creative agency, has acquired Spaces&Creatures, an experiential studio. Renamed Artlab by Rise, the acquisition expands Rise’s capabilities in creative technology and artistic innovation. Space&Creatures was formerly part of FlagCX, a company that was previously owned by IPG, and the new entity will move its operations to New York City. Strategy and creative vision for Artlab by Rise will be led by Brazilian duo Edson Pavoni as global head of creative technology and Bella Nardini...

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Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?
It’s long been believed that Silicon Valley is a hotbed for libertarian ideals, but where did that idea come from? Aside from some high-profile tech founders and investors who either identify as libertarian or express libertarianesque beliefs, does this set of ideologies really define the Valley? And what is libertarianism anyway? You can follow Michael Calore on Mastodon at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Threads and @laurengoode, and Zoë Schiffer on Threads @reporterzoe. Write to us at uncannyvalley@wired.com. How to...

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Ford Unveils Docuseries Capturing a Global Adventure...
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The Daily Beast Nearly Doubles Revenue, Has...
The politics and pop culture publisher The Daily Beast increased its year-over-year revenue by 81% in the third quarter—the first profitable quarter in the 16-year history of the title. The results, reported last week in the public earnings of parent company IAC, are a welcome green shoot for Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood, the media executives who took a 49% equity stake in the publisher in April.  The first months of their tenure were defined by drama and dissent,...

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Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is...
Jaime Teevan joined Microsoft before it was cool again. In 2006, she was completing her doctorate in artificial intelligence at MIT. She had many options but was drawn to the company’s respected, somewhat ivory-tower-ish research division. Teevan remained at Microsoft while the mother ship blundered its way through the mobile era. Then, as the calendar flipped into the 2010s, an earth-shattering tech advance emerged. A method of artificial intelligence called deep learning was proving to be a powerful enhancement...

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