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Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Get epic PC game cheats with a Cheat Happens Premium lifetime subscription for $34.99 with CODES30 at checkout (normally $99.99 on their website). Some PC games are too hard. Others are too short. And, when you pay a nice $60+ for them, it’s frustrating when they take up hard drive space, and…

Skip to content Image: Ben Patterson/Foundry After more than a year out of sight, Alexa+–the new Alexa with its AI-powered revamp–took center stage at a crowded coming-out party in New York City on Wednesday, and I got a first-hand look at what this turbocharged voice assistant can do.  Following the big unveiling, we were all…

Image: Mark Hachman / Foundry Will Framework ever build a laptop based upon a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor? If history holds, then yes… but not now. At the launch of the Framework Desktop (and the Framework Laptop 12 and updated Laptop 13), I asked Framework chief executive Nirav Patel about the possibility of a Snapdragon X-based…

Now, the cost-per-thousand viewers (CPM) across those three streamers hovers between $38 to $40 (down from Netflix’s 2022 price of $60), low enough that small to medium business (SMB) advertisers can begin to consider them a viable alternative to local cable or regional linear TV. Consider the example of Naturepedic, a premium mattress and sleepwear…

Independent agencies have discovered their latest edge over the big guys: better tech.  They’re hiring CTOs, spinning up their own tech platforms, even reselling third-party tech they don’t own. Forget scale and leverage — the indie pitch now is agility, innovation and a tech playbook nimble enough to charm advertisers who don’t need (or want)…

By Kimeko McCoy  •  February 27, 2025  • Ivy Liu The number of retailers launching their own media, commerce, financial, travel (you get the point) networks continues to grow. At this point, more than 250 retail media networks exist globally, according to retail media intelligence platform Mimbi, and they’re all fighting for the same ad…

By Antoinette Siu  •  February 27, 2025  • This article is part of our Confessions series, in which we trade anonymity for candor to get an unvarnished look at the people, processes and problems inside the industry. More from the series → The creator economy is still growing rapidly but that growth isn’t always a…

Skip to content Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to AdGuard’s ad blocker and malware protection software is on sale for $15.97 with code GUARD20 at checkout (reg. $39.99). The internet isn’t what it used to be. Ads chase you from site to site, pop-ups interrupt every click, and it feels like you’re being watched…

Image: Plex Watching Plex videos with friends is about to get harder, with the company announcing that it will drop its “Watch Together” feature from its redesigned suite of mobile and TV apps.  On its community forum, a Plex rep announced Tuesday that “Watch Together will not be available in the new Plex experience for…