Google Search recorded its highest usage ever this week, driven by a World Cup goal. The company says the most queries per second in Search’s near-28-year history landed right after Argentina’s winning goal, a spokesperson told CNBC. The spike followed Argentina’s comeback victory over Egypt in the knockout rounds on Tuesday, with Lionel Messi at the […]
UiPath spent much of the year as one of software’s biggest disappointments. Now the Romanian-founded automation firm is clawing back. Its first profit and an all-in bet on AI agents are the reason. Shares in UiPath have rebounded in recent weeks. They are up around 15 per cent over the past five days, lifting the […]
Nearly every marketer in the world is now using AI to make creative work. Nearly every consumer would still rather that a person had made it. That tension, between the industry’s enthusiasm and the public’s unease, is the central finding of Canva’s State of Marketing and AI report for 2026, and it suggests that […]
Summary: OpenAI has shifted ChatGPT’s advertising from CPM to cost-per-click pricing, with bids between $3 and $5, after the $60 CPM it charged at launch in February eroded to as low as $25 within ten weeks. The move puts OpenAI in direct competition with Google and Meta for performance ad budgets, while Perplexity and Anthropic […]
