By Karla Jo Helms, Chief Evangelist & Anti-PR® Strategist at JOTO PR Disruptors™ AI has rapidly scaled advertising and marketing—but it’s also exposing deep structural cracks across efficiency, trust, and brand identity. As brands race to automate, they are confronting a paradox—more technology, but diminishing clarity and control. In this environment, brands need to rethink marketing…
With 2026 marking the definitive “death of the cookie” and rising digital ad blindness, performance marketers are seeing diminishing returns on traditional MarTech stacks. 1. The 2026 Reality Check We’ve officially moved past the ‘death of the cookie.’ Now that the dust has settled, how has this shift fundamentally changed the way performance marketers view…
As more companies implement AI to automate tasks, many tech-forward business leaders are touting the promise of “freeing up” employees for more creative and impactful work. However, much of this automation is streamlining work done by entry-level employees, who may not have the skills to step into those new roles and responsibilities. Gen Z employees…
AI is becoming a profitability question for Australian law firms Australian law firms are confident about their future, but LEAP Legal Software’s Profitability in Law: Global Report 2026 shows pricing pressure, administrative workload and uneven AI adoption are changing how firms think about growth. TechEdge AI spoke with Carly Stebbing, Head of Employment Law at…
A last-minute meeting hits your calendar: “URGENT: Client Issue, Transaction Freeze.” You join and learn the AI fraud detection system your team deployed froze a multimillion-dollar transaction from a long-time client. The account team has escalated. Legal’s asking questions. The client wants an explanation. Your team doesn’t have one. Moments like this are becoming routine….
1. How has AI changed the role of the website, from a presence to a business tool? AI has changed the website from being a digital presence into both an active business tool and a strategic source of truth. For a long time, companies treated websites mainly as places to publish information about who they are,…
Itzik Swissa, Country Manager ANZ & Senior Director at JFrog Q1: What has JFrog uncovered in n8n and why should ANZ organisations pay attention? JFrog’s security research team identified two serious vulnerabilities in n8n, a widely used AI workflow automation platform. Tracked as CVE-2026-1470 (rated 9.9 Critical) and CVE-2026-0863 (rated 8.5 High), these flaws allow authenticated…
Author: Jonathan Frohilinger, Founder and CEO of Big Happy How is fragmentation across DOOH, mobile, and retail media impacting marketers today? Fragmentation across DOOH, mobile, and retail media has created a more complex, noisy landscape, with countless data signals and platforms all competing to drive performance. But marketers are starting to realize that signals alone…
1. How are Gen Z and Gen Alpha changing the traditional retail mall experience? Gen Z and Gen Alpha don’t see malls as places to shop. They see them as places to experience, linger, socialize and find joy. For them, physical spaces are social platforms. They’re coming for discovery, content creation, and shared moments, not…
Introduction Laura Briel Sullivan, a former bank Chief Marketing Officer, turned author of Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace, brings a unique perspective shaped by more than 25 years in financial services and a personal journey into storytelling. Her work explores how life transitions caregiving, loss, and career reinventions and how they…
