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No More Snacks

Silicon Valley runs out of perks, Hollywood comes for Fortnite, and SpaceX could make a city

The Future Party
Dec 16, 2024
The Waiting Economy

The Waiting Economy

Line standing becomes a job, international films get an AI translation, and Meta enters its robot era

The Future Party
Feb 17, 2025
Bye-Bye, BuzzFeed

Bye-Bye, BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed serves up First We Feast, teens are online too much, and Love Is Blind contestants have rights

The Future Party
Dec 13, 2024
Cancel Culture Insurance

Cancel Culture Insurance

An insurance agency protects against getting canceled, Graze lets users make custom feeds, and Jelly Roll now lives at American Idol

The Future Party
Feb 6, 2025
A Kansas City Chiefs Production

A Kansas City Chiefs Production

The Kansas City Chiefs go Hollywood, Barnes & Noble is the place to be, and X wants to be a bank

The Future Party
Feb 4, 2025
American Portions Are Shrinking
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American Portions Are Shrinking

A confluence of factors, including inflation, wealth disparities, and GLP-1 medications, is leading to smaller meal sizes across US restaurants and grocery stores. While some may welcome this, it ultimately delivers less value for money, diminishing satisfaction for countless American consumers.

Luke Perrotta
Nov 14, 2025
One data center company may pop the AI bubble
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One data center company may pop the AI bubble

CoreWeave powers the massive AI surge by leasing data centers to major players like Microsoft and OpenAI. However, this boom rests on a shaky foundation of vast borrowing. If AI fails to meet its massive expectations, CoreWeave could be the first critical failure to collapse the entire industry.

Luke Perrotta
Nov 14, 2025
Spotify Debuts Music Videos In The US
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Spotify Debuts Music Videos In The US

Spotify is adding music videos to its US platform after overseas tests. Once-dominant music videos lost cultural importance due to the decline of MTV and Vevo. Now, as the most popular global music service backs them, these visuals are poised for a significant cultural resurgence.

David Vendrell
Nov 12, 2025
Waymo Rolls Out Driverless Rides On The Highway
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Waymo Rolls Out Driverless Rides On The Highway

Waymo is deploying its driverless vehicles on US freeways, solidifying its lead in the robotaxi competition. Gaining approval for autonomous operation on high-speed roads is a significant technological leap, putting robotaxis in direct rivalry with traditional rideshare services.

David Vendrell
Nov 12, 2025
AI Agents Shake Up Ticketing
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AI Agents Shake Up Ticketing

AI shopping agents are revolutionizing how people secure seats for major concerts and events, addressing the broken ticketing system. While automation promises to eliminate lengthy queues and endless searching, it also poses a risk of creating entirely new, unanticipated problems.

David Vendrell
Nov 11, 2025
ElevenLabs Debuts “Iconic Voice Marketplace”
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ElevenLabs Debuts “Iconic Voice Marketplace”

ElevenLabs has unveiled a celebrity-voice marketplace to enhance its audio licensing business. While visual AI avatars struggle, superior AI audio is proving easier to perfect. This new platform positions rights holders front and center, potentially creating a major new income source for celebrities and their estates.

David Vendrell
Nov 11, 2025
MrBeast Launches A Theme Park in Saudi Arabia
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MrBeast Launches A Theme Park in Saudi Arabia

Top YouTube creator MrBeast is expanding his empire beyond video stunts by opening his first theme park in Saudi Arabia. This IRL destination meets the youth demand for experiences away from screens and hints at a possible US launch.

David Vendrell
Nov 10, 2025
Streamers Turn Pausing Into Ad Moments
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Streamers Turn Pausing Into Ad Moments

Streaming platforms are transforming pause ads. By making them dynamic, shoppable, and contextually relevant, platforms aim to increase audience engagement, unlock unlimited advertising potential, and create a massive new revenue source.

David Vendrell
Nov 10, 2025
Middle-Class Americans Move Overseas To Stretch Their Incomes
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Middle-Class Americans Move Overseas To Stretch Their Incomes

Facing the US affordability crisis, a rising number of Americans are relocating abroad to attain a middle-class lifestyle they can no longer afford at home. This shift, driven by the desire for stable finances and homeownership, could fundamentally redefine the meaning of the American dream.

David Vendrell
Nov 9, 2025
Netflix Teams With Calm On Marketing For Train Dreams
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Netflix Teams With Calm On Marketing For Train Dreams

To promote the film Train Dreams, Netflix and Calm created the first "Sleep Story" for a new movie. This unconventional approach cleverly infiltrates dreams — a space advertisers have long explored — making the film's meditative vibe stick with consumers as they drift off to sleep.

David Vendrell
Nov 9, 2025
International Films Find Life At The US Box Office
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International Films Find Life At The US Box Office

Global cinema has gone mainstream in the US, with another non-English feature possibly earning the next Best Picture. This shows how integrated movie distribution has become and suggests rising popularity could lead to new Hollywood-like production centers abroad.

David Vendrell
Nov 6, 2025
Holiday Shopping Could Hit A Trillion Dollars
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Holiday Shopping Could Hit A Trillion Dollars

Despite pervasive inflation, flat wages, and low consumer confidence, Americans plan to spend a record amount this holiday season. This trend confirms that gift-giving remains an essential priority for households, nearly rivaling basic necessities like housing.

David Vendrell
Nov 6, 2025
Amazon Turns Whole Foods Into A Fulfillment Center
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Amazon Turns Whole Foods Into A Fulfillment Center

Amazon is innovating its grocery presence by utilizing technology to supply food that isn't visible on shelves. By fusing Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods with its robotics and digital commerce operations, the firm aims to showcase a seamless, rapid delivery system in its new pilot store.

David Vendrell
Nov 6, 2025
Apps That Push People To Log Off Go Viral
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Apps That Push People To Log Off Go Viral

Putting down the smartphone is a surging trend both online and off. As studies confirm the toll of excessive screen time and doomscrolling, users are abandoning dysfunctional platforms, paywalls, and AI content in their feeds to seek genuine, in-person connection.

David Vendrell
Nov 6, 2025
Companies Will Now Hire You To Train Your Robot Replacement
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Companies Will Now Hire You To Train Your Robot Replacement

Even as Silicon Valley slashes jobs due to AI's efficiency, it's aggressively recruiting for a specific role: training advanced agentic AI. This unusual hiring surge is a necessary step that may quietly expedite mass automation and permanently curb future hiring booms.

David Vendrell
Nov 4, 2025
Fully-Autonomous Cars Are Arriving
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Fully-Autonomous Cars Are Arriving

Car manufacturers are debuting "Level 3" autonomous vehicles, allowing drivers to momentarily cease monitoring the road. Analysts warn this "eyes-off" technology is flawed, creating a dangerous distraction-whiplash as drivers must instantly seize control when the car demands it.

David Vendrell
Nov 4, 2025
A Theatrical Release Is The Best Marketing For Streaming
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A Theatrical Release Is The Best Marketing For Streaming

Major studio pictures that underperform in theaters are becoming unexpected successes on streaming services. This shift is redefining what a box office hit truly means, proving that cinematic value is found across a film's entire economic lifespan, not just its opening weekend.

David Vendrell
Nov 4, 2025
Facebook Finds Fresh Relevance With Its Dating Feature
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Facebook Finds Fresh Relevance With Its Dating Feature

The leading dating application in the US isn't Hinge or Tinder — it's Facebook Dating. While Meta struggles to revive Facebook's trendsetter status, the site is finding new life as a central connection point for users seeking local, real-world social engagement.

David Vendrell
Nov 4, 2025
MTV Cancels The Long-Running Ridiculousness
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MTV Cancels The Long-Running Ridiculousness

In a surprising move, MTV has axed Rob Dyrdek's Ridiculousness, its most-viewed program of the last decade. Its cancellation signals that Paramount’s new leadership is serious about a sweeping network overhaul, reinforcing CEO David Ellison's public remarks.

David Vendrell
Nov 2, 2025
Podcasters Listeners Don’t Love Cloned Voices
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Podcasters Listeners Don’t Love Cloned Voices

The podcast industry is grappling with the impact of voice cloning technology. Since the host's voice is the main audience draw, AI-generated audio offers massive reach but simultaneously threatens to devalue the unique human asset listeners tune in for.

David Vendrell
Nov 2, 2025
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