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Airbnb valued at $100 billion following blockbuster IPO — equivalent of more than five Expedias

GeekWire

The Wall Street Journal pegged Airbnb’s valuation at $100.7 By comparison, Expedia Group posted revenue of $4.2 Expedia has a formidable and well-funded rival knocking on the door after Airbnb’s stock more than doubled in a blockbuster initial public offering Thursday. billion for first nine months of 2020, down from $9.3

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Reality check: Intelligent machines and the future of the automated workforce

GeekWire

Lewis referenced a recent Wall Street Journal podcast , which reported that “55% of Americans believe companies will use AI (artificial intelligence) programs to replace people in jobs.” “I The ATM/bank teller comparison is a common example for the “don’t worry, disruption creates more jobs than it kills” crowd (e.g.,

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WWE will move its streaming service to Peacock in the US

The Verge

Today, WWE and NBCUniversal announced that the service, which offers live streams of pay-per-view events, a large roster of original shows, and a massive vault of past WWE programming, will be integrated into Peacock starting in March. It ended the third quarter of 2020 with 1.549 million subscribers.

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Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

GeekWire

Callie Craighead was part of a team of eight people when she started as a seattlepi.com editorial assistant in January 2020, her first journalism job after graduating from Seattle University. Seattle is on the 2022 expansion list for the local news initiative from Virginia-based newsletter publisher Axios, known for its “smart brevity.”

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Why Should Associations Invest In Technology?

Kitaboo

However, the non-profit sector seems to be rather slow in catching up to IT, in comparison with other sectors. Due to both internal and external pressure for directing maximum funding to their program work, non-profit associations generally tend to underinvest in technology. Program evaluation. Advantages of Technology.

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Brains vs. bots in the newsroom: Can AI generate better story ideas than humans can?

GeekWire

The breadth of story ideas was remarkably similar, spanning a variety of industries and subjects including art, law, music, healthcare, journalism, customer service, ethics, surveillance, and privacy. By comparison, the chatbots took subtle aspects of the prompts too far, seeing things as black-and-white.

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Make Money Amazon Marketing Review Guide

Galido

It might sound too good to be true but Amazon’s affiliate program, Amazon Associates, allows you to do just that. You might have heard about this income-generating avenue for the first time, but the Amazon Associates Program was established as early as 1996. So How Can You Make Money From Amazon Associates Program? Comparisons.