Amazon Market Watch | Spring Break 2024 Sales & Revenue

The 2024 spring break season is underway, and demand and sales for products synonymous with travel and beachfront vacations are already seeing spikes on Amazon. According to a recent report from Expedia, long-popular spring break spots like Orlando and Miami in the Sunshine State and Cancun and Punta Cana in Mexico are among this year’s […]

Amazon Seller News – September 13th, 2024 Edition

Welcome back! This week’s lineup features some nifty updates that’ll have you double-checking your delivery options and rejoicing over faster MCF shipping at no extra cost. Plus, Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus has landed in the UK. Don’t miss out on curated reads, guides, and videos packed with tips on pricing psychology, avoiding costly errors, and […]

Solomonic learning: Large language models and the art of induction

“One year of research in neural networks is sufficient to believe in God.” The writing on the wall of John Hopfield’s lab at Caltech made no sense to me in 1992. Three decades later, and after years of building large language models, I see its sense if one replaces sufficiency with necessity: understanding neural networks […]

Mufasa Teases Action, Adventure, and Toothy Grins

Mufasa‘s title suggests it’s a prequel, going back in time to explore what Simba’s father got up to before guiding his young son in The Lion King. And of course that will be the bulk of it—but Barry Jenkins‘ photo-realistic CGI animated musical also has a frame story, set during Simba’s royal rule, in which the […]

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.64 is Here

New support additions MariaDB 11.4, the latest ‘long-term support’ version from the vendor, is now supported in Linux.   Furthermore, additional support for AlmaLinux 9 and for websocket traffic on Docker Proxy Rules have been added.  Further Improvements The Plesk Repair feature in the UI can now fix MariaDB/MySQL server permissions. Plesk Obsidian 18.0.64 has […]

5 Ways to Use Push Notifications for Customer Retention

You probably have heard that retaining customers is significantly less expensive than acquiring new ones. Not only that, but your loyal repeat customers spend on average 67% more than first time buyers.  Retaining customers is essential for long-term growth and loyalty — that much is clear. And one tool that’s sometimes overlooked in retention strategies […]