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Adtech company The Trade Desk is downsizing.In a note late Thursday, The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green informed staff it was laying off 15% of its head count.In the announcement, which was also published on The Trade Desk’s news site, The Current, Green said the aim was to restructure the…
Here’s a novel problem companies may have to deal with in the AI era.A nefarious Big Tech employee leaves for a competitor with trade secrets, feeds them to an AI agent or model while employed by the competitor, and runs some tests using those secrets.Maybe the bad-apple employee then creates…
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Valerie Crisp, the 38-year-old founder of Common Goods, an online Canadian marketplace. She is based in Toronto. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.The Buy Canadian movement certainly ebbs and flows. But right now I’m blown away by the way…
New York has a message for Canadian tourists who might be rethinking their trips to the US: “We’re lucky to have neighbors like you!”The Empire State is particularly exposed to a decline in Canadian tourism as President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs and calls to make Canada America’s 51st state…
Mark Carney is facing a challenge familiar to many company leaders: how to deal with a more powerful partner you can’t afford to lose.The Canadian prime minister is in a trade fight with US President Donald Trump. Though Carney lacks the upper hand because Canada depends more on access to…
Despite President Donald Trump’s Truth Social declaration that “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” on Monday, Las Vegas is doing its best to court visitors from Canada as it grapples with plummeting Canadian tourism.The casino and convention hub is particularly vulnerable to Canadian calls to boycott travel to the…
