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Netflix is revamping its gaming plans to focus on titles that can be played on the TV and bring the whole family together. The Big Picture: Netflix won the streaming wars for film and TV (a $100 billion market) but is looking to gaming (a $180 billion market) as its next growth engine. The company has already […]
Norwegian robotics startup 1X announced that it’ll start testing its humanoid robot in private homes by the end of the year. The Big Picture: Robots tidying up around the house — a test at Nvidia GTC showed 1X’s robot vacuuming and watering plants — have been a societal dream since The Jetsons. Whoever can figure out how to make […]
Retailers — from streetwear to luxury to basics — are putting coffee shops inside their brick-and-mortar stores to keep customers around longer and build community. Why It Fits: Post-COVID, people, especially Gen Zers, are gravitating back to “third spaces” — places where people can be social and feel belonging outside their homes. By creating those spaces inside retail […]
As Endeavor goes back to private under PE firm Silver Lake, CEO Ari Emanuel and Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell are reportedly stepping away from the company they built. The Big Picture: Emanuel and Whitesell are not just two of the most influential agents in Hollywood, leading what is arguably the industry’s biggest agency, but they’ve also transformed into media moguls in […]
A survey by the Global Cinema Foundation found that while many people would love to go to the movies, they feel underserved of the films they actually want to watch more of… so they choose streaming or other forms of entertainment instead. The Big Picture: Recent data shows that while most sectors of mass entertainment have recovered, […]
While there’s been plenty of anecdotal evidence of smartphones impacting our mental health, recent medical studies are showing how smartphone addiction is literally rewiring our brains. Why It Hurts: Expert studies demonstrating how smartphones impact our attention spans, ability to regulate our emotions, and potential for productivity have wide-ranging implications — including a growing no-phones-in-school movement, society’s […]
Brands big and small are jousting with one another through billboards, commercials, and social media, using the barbs to break through the noise and find new customers. Why It Hits: Attack ads have been around forever, but the overall aggressive culture taking over the advertising world is novel. Ironically, studies have found that the mudslinging typically hurts all the brands […]
Bobby Hundreds (real name Bobby Kim), the influential designer behind The Hundreds streetwear brand, has been hired as Disney’s new VP of creative for the Americas at Disney Consumer Products. In other words, Kim is getting his biggest platform yet. The Big Picture: Luxury designers have increasingly transitioned to the world of entertainment. But Kim’s hiring seems […]
Google has developed an AI model that can control robots, blending language, vision, and physical-data training — allowing them to do physical tasks and, allegedly, make decisions about their behavior to guard against doing something unsafe. Why It Hits: As chatbots take over the mainstream, robotics is seen as the final frontier of AI. Several companies are […]
Sports-products chain Dick’s Sporting Goods is expanding the footprint of its newest concept store, the massive “House of Sport,” which mixes traditional retail with several experiences to test out products and build community. The Big Play: Most retail brands are shrinking their stores — both in size and number — to deal with inflation, slower consumer spending, and […]