Too much power: Advertisers can now use Walmart’s shopping data for targeted ads on Disney+ and Hulu. Disney Advertising and Walmart Connect’s partnership gives marketers access to 145 million customers. They say they’ll match users’ data “without violating their privacy,” but they always say that.
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Come with me. Imagine you rush to the emergency room, but after five hours, they tell you to find another hospital. Or you check in at your specialist’s office for a chronic condition, only to find they’ve lost your entire medical history. Both of these scenarios just happened.
Amazon wasn’t always called “Amazon.” Our pal, Jeff Bezos, considered two other names first. Were they … A.) Caboodle, B.) Relentless, C.) Cadabra and/or D.) Tireless?
Way down from the 3,400 roles posted just a week ago. Elon Musk says he’s being “absolutely hardcore” about job cuts, trimming 20,000 folks over four weeks. Ex-employees were reportedly laid off over email, and let’s just say they’re hardcore pissed about it.
Found in the wall of a child’s bedroom in Charlotte, North Carolina. The little guy thought it was a monster in his room! A beekeeper transported the hive to a sanctuary, but their 100-pound honeycomb was destroyed. What a buzzkill!
For a foodie account with 359,000 followers. You can find the “deal” on resale site Social Tradia. Wild guess: Most of the followers are bots, and the rest are gonna smash that “unfollow” button once they catch wind of a bait and switch. Pass.
From a U.S. soldier showed up in a Texas mailbag. A postal worker tracked down the late sender’s sister and drove 500 miles on his day off to return them to her. It’s like the USPS creed: “Neither snow nor rain … nor an unpaid five-and-a-half-hour drive.” Love that!
Film critics disagree: “Oppenheimer” won the Oscar last year at double that length — 180 minutes! A perfect movie to test the theory: 1940’s “His Girl Friday.” Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, it’s, yep, 92 minutes.
