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]]> https://briefnews.eu/these-are-the-best-portable-storage-drives/feed/ 0 These maps show which parts of the US are already having a green energy jobs boom https://briefnews.eu/these-maps-show-which-parts-of-the-us-are-already-having-a-green-energy-jobs-boom/ https://briefnews.eu/these-maps-show-which-parts-of-the-us-are-already-having-a-green-energy-jobs-boom/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:09:21 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/these-maps-show-which-parts-of-the-us-are-already-having-a-green-energy-jobs-boom/ A worker and wind turbines

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  • A paper highlights just how many jobs in a commuting zone are wind or solar based on job opening data.
  • Places with higher shares of job postings that are wind tended to be down the middle of the US.
  • With the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law, there could be more postings for green energy jobs.

As the threat of climate change becomes more real every day, the US is increasingly moving to green energy. And a recent study shows that some parts of the country are already seeing a boom in wind and solar jobs based on job posting data.

That's according to an analysis using pre-pandemic job openings provided by Lightcast. The authors of the paper find, based on job posting data and what they considered a wind and solar job, that these jobs "are very unevenly distributed across the US territory."

The researchers found the share of 2019 job postings that are considered wind and solar in 741 commuting zones across the US. Lightcast, formerly Emsi Burning Glass, provided the data used in the working paper, but the published results come from the authors' interpretation for what counts as wind and solar jobs. Lightcast told Insider it has a wider definition of green jobs.

Insider mapped the results of the paper by commuting zone and matched it to the county or counties the communing zones map to. The following map shows the share of job postings that are wind in commuting zones across the US:

"Commuting zones with a high share of wind jobs are concentrated on a vertical stripe in the middle of the country from Texas to North Dakota," the authors wrote.

Outside of that "vertical stripe" though was the commuting zone with the highest share. Condon, Oregon had 9.66% of job openings being a wind job. Vernon, Texas had the second highest share per the paper at 4.76%.

The researchers of the paper note some limits to using job postings data. For instance, there's potential that these openings may not have been filled.

The authors of the paper, E. Mark Curtis of Wake Forest University and Ioana Marinescu of University of Pennsylvania, defined green jobs using three different elements of criteria for their analysis. Included jobs had to match at least one. For instance, if the position title and/or the occupation said "solar," "photovoltaic," or "wind," then it was considered falling into their definition. Another element is based on the skills noted; it must "explicitly" need "a skill that relates to wind or solar energy." Additionally, it falls under the definition"if it is posted by a firm that posts a relatively high share of jobs that require wind or solar skills." 

While the map for wind shows shares tended to be higher in the middle of the county, the authors find the share of jobs that are solar in an area don't follow the same exact pattern as wind.

Childress, Texas had the highest share of solar job postings at 6.94%. Another place in Texas, Stephenville, followed behind this percentage. However, it was several percentage points behind, with a share of 2.35%.

Even though some of these percentages seen in the various commuting zones for both of these green jobs across the nation may seem low, Curtis told Insider they can still have a big impact.

"If you're talking about 1% of job postings being directly wind and solar, especially in some of these communities, that is a really big deal," Curtis said.

One state that stood out in the paper is Texas, as the paper notes it "has a high share of both wind and solar jobs."

"Thus, Texas is already an energy hub for both fossil fuel and renewable energy," the authors wrote.

With the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law, more and more clean energy jobs are expected to be created

The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to create new jobs in clean energy. Researchers of the Political Economy Research Institute find that it will create over 900,000 jobs a year on average over 10 years. A White House fact sheet also argues that it will create clean energy jobs. The Inflation Reduction Act is also supposed to help lower emissions and lower people's energy costs. 

Curtis said based on his and his co-author's findings that the kinds of green energy jobs "likely to be created by the [Inflation Reduction Act] will be well-paying and located in areas whose economies are reliant on fossil fuel extraction." Research already suggests that there could be millions of jobs created over 10 years as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Curtis told Insider one main result based on the job posting data he and his co-author used is "that the jobs that are being created are largely in areas that currently have high fossil fuel employment." He added that this suggests "that this is going to make the transition from a fossil fuel based energy economy to a renewables based economy smoother than it otherwise would've been." However, he added "we don't have direct evidence on this."

"Given the domestic production requirements that are part of the bill we should expect to see more solar and wind jobs show up in the manufacturing sector than were seen in the study," Curtis said. "A major reason why environmental legislation has been so difficult to pass is that it has lacked political support from rural and 'red' areas of the country."

Curtis pointed out that many of the green job postings fall in "red" areas of the US, such as in parts of Texas.

"The results of the paper suggest that jobs created in green energy will largely go to more conservative areas that have historically relied on fossil fuels," Curtis said. "Future environmental legislation is more likely to pass if the green energy transition is perceived as helping these regions."

The study not only looked at where wind and solar jobs are in the US but also includes the wind and solar jobs by occupation and industry, pay premiums, necessary education, and job vacancy growth over time. Curtis told Insider one takeaway of his and his co-author's research is just how large growth in these green energy jobs has been since 2007. They found job postings for wind and solar jobs have "more than tripled since 2010."

And more clean or green energy jobs could be made as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.

"Clean energy tax credits will be increased by 10% if the clean energy projects are established in communities that have previously relied upon the extraction, processing, transport, or storage of coal, oil, or natural gas as a significant source of employment, creating jobs and economic development in the communities that have powered America for generations," a fact sheet from the White House about the Inflation Reduction Act stated.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/these-maps-show-which-parts-of-the-us-are-already-having-a-green-energy-jobs-boom/feed/ 0 The EU’s upcoming ban on Russian crude could shift 1 million barrels a day to these 7 nations next year, energy researcher says https://briefnews.eu/the-eus-upcoming-ban-on-russian-crude-could-shift-1-million-barrels-a-day-to-these-7-nations-next-year-energy-researcher-says/ https://briefnews.eu/the-eus-upcoming-ban-on-russian-crude-could-shift-1-million-barrels-a-day-to-these-7-nations-next-year-energy-researcher-says/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:58:31 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-eus-upcoming-ban-on-russian-crude-could-shift-1-million-barrels-a-day-to-these-7-nations-next-year-energy-researcher-says/ oil

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  • Roughly 1 million barrels of Russian crude could be redirected come 2023 as Europe's new sanctions kick in. 
  • Energy research firm Kpler broke down potential destinations where Russian oil could pivot to as Moscow seeks new markets.
  • Those nations include Indonesia, Pakistan, and Brazil, among others. 

Once Europe's partial ban on Russian oil kicks in this December, the direction of those crude flows could change dramatically as Moscow seeks new buyers for its excess barrels. 

In a Friday note by Kpler's Viktor Katona, the research firm highlighted seven different nations other than China and India that could see an uptick of Russian oil deliveries in 2023. 

Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged the potential for buying Russian oil, and Kpler sees the country as a top prospect for a surge in imports from Russia. 

"Very much alike India, Jakarta is seeing discounted barrels as a way of mitigating inflation – after the government hiked fuel prices by 30% in early September (as the country's $ 34 billion subsidy system was getting untenable), inflation worries have come to the forefront again," according to the note.

The last time an Indonesian refiner purchased a Russian crude cargo was December 2016. In Kpler's view, Indonesia could see a potential influx of 100,000 to 150,000 Russian crude barrels per day. 

Pakistan

Pakistan, too, has publicly weighed buying Russian crude, Kpler explained, as the government in Islamabad has reportedly asked the nation's refiners to consider buying discounted supplies from Russia as crude prices soar.

Still, there are some reservations. 

"Given that Pakistan is effectively buying crude from two Middle Eastern producers – Saudi Arabia and the UAE – it remains to be seen whether domestic refiners would risk antagonizing their relationship," Kpler said.

Pakistan could see a jump of roughly 50,000 to 100,000 additional barrels per day from Russia. 

Brazil

Kpler anticipates that Brazil's October elections will rejuvenate its international ties to so-called BRICS nations, of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Meanwhile, Brazil has ramped up its intake of domestic production throughout 2022 and flows to domestic markets are at their highest since 2019. At the same time, its exports have dipped slightly. 

"Given that Urals is of very similar quality to Brazil's Tupi or Buzios (same density, higher Sulphur content), refining a discounted crude could free up a substantial portion of Brazilian production to maximize profits," Kpler's Katona wrote.

Brazil could have see an uptick of roughly 100,000 to 200,000 barrels per day from Russia moving forward, according to Kpler. 

South Africa

Historically, South Africa has only had one delivery of Russian crude, which came earlier this summer, according to Kpler. But its status as one of Russia's BRICS peers means it stands as a likely candidate for higher volumes. 

What's more, the nation's Natref refinery, Kpler noted, is less likely to self-sanction from doing business with Moscow compared to BP- and Shell-owned Sapref.

There could be a potential impact of 50,000 to 100,000 barrels per day flowing from Russian ports to South Africa. 

Sri Lanka

Since August, Kpler reports that Sri Lanka has already started buying one cargo per month of Russian crude, and the research firm expects this pace to continue moving forward.

As it deals with massive debt and political turmoil, Sri Lanka's oil imports are set to remain depressed, but that could open it up for a small increase in crude deliveries from Russia. 

Kpler said the nation could see a marginal increase of about 20,000 to 30,000 Russian barrels per day. 

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

It's unclear whether any Middle Eastern nations will step up as buyers of Russian crude, but Kpler noted that refineries in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in particular will be operating at full tilt once Europe's new sanctions begin. 

"Given that these refineries will be effectively reducing exportable volumes, all this in a period of elevated crude prices, the temptation might be to feed Urals into the refineries and let the likes of Arab Light flow freely in Asia," Kpler wrote. 

The potential impact for these Middle East countries are both the highest and lowest, with a range of zero to 500,000 barrels per day flowing from Russia. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-eus-upcoming-ban-on-russian-crude-could-shift-1-million-barrels-a-day-to-these-7-nations-next-year-energy-researcher-says/feed/ 0 These two smartwatches reveal a dark side of Wear OS 3 https://briefnews.eu/these-two-smartwatches-reveal-a-dark-side-of-wear-os-3/ https://briefnews.eu/these-two-smartwatches-reveal-a-dark-side-of-wear-os-3/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:39:37 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/these-two-smartwatches-reveal-a-dark-side-of-wear-os-3/ Since Google announced Wear OS 3 in 2021, the only way to experience the software has been on a Samsung smartwatch — either the Galaxy Watch 5 or Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, where it’s covered by the company’s own One UI Watch interface and tweaks. That has recently changed with the release of the Montblanc Summit 3, which also comes with Wear OS 3, but obviously not Samsung’s software.

It gives us a chance to see how Samsung’s vision for Wear OS 3 differs from Google’s, as there appears to be very little customization on Montblanc’s part. It turns out it’s very different, and using them may give us a glimpse as to what Wear OS 3 will be like when companies without Samsung’s experience eventually utilize the new software.

Same swipes, different results

The two smartwatches differ considerably in operation. Swipe up on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, and you get a list of installed apps — but do the same on the Summit 3, and you’re looking at your notifications. You press the button on the crown to see installed apps, where they’re presented in a vertical, named list. This is actually preferable to Samsung’s icon-based app list, which can be confusing as it’s not always immediately obvious which apps some icons relate to. The Summit 3 is far more glanceable.

The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro and the Montblanc Summit 5.
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You swipe down from the top of the screen to see Quick Settings on both smartwatches, but Samsung has spread multiple buttons across scrollable screens, making them larger and easier to press. On the Summit 3, there are 10 buttons in all, and they only just fit on the screen at once.

Swipe left on both to see Tiles that relate to health and fitness, along with information like the weather and your calendar. Swipe right on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro to see your notifications.

The treatment of the menus and buttons in One UI Watch is heavily influenced by Samsung’s Tizen software, last seen on the Galaxy Watch 3. Buttons and menus are more colorful with bolder fonts, there are more eye-catching graphics, and easier-to-press buttons. It’s unfortunate there’s no immediately obvious way to change the app icon layout to a text-based list, as that’s the only place where Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3 improves on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro’s system.

Feature packed vs. barebones

Digging deeper into the menus reveals further differences. We’re going to start with the Accessibility menu, as it’s something at which the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro excels and at which Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3 falls short. On the Summit 3, there is a Magnification mode, the option to increase font size, and a way to turn the haptic vibration on or off. It’s a fairly basic set of controls compared to One UI Watch.

App menu on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
Notifications on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
Quick Settings on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
Setting an alarm on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
The accessibility menu on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.

Samsung breaks its accessibility options down into three main sections: visibility, hearing, and interaction. Go into each, and there are settings for high contrast fonts, inverted colors, reducing blur, changing the size and type of the font, bolding text, muting audio or using mono sound, changing the duration of screen taps, ignoring repeated taps, and even changing the amount of time the watch will wait to recognize an interaction. It makes the Watch 5 Pro far more useful to more people.

Basic apps have a lot more functionality on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. Take the alarm feature. On the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, it greets you with the option to set an alarm on the watch or for one to sound on your phone, plus provides options for the alarm sound, vibration pattern, snooze, and the usual repeat features. On Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3, you can set the time and whether it’s repeated or not.

Body composition on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5.
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The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro has a lot more features in general than the Summit 3, where Wear OS 3 feels barebones, with just the basics needed. Samsung’s technically impressive camera app (where the watch shows a preview of the camera view on your phone) isn’t available, the sensor array isn’t as comprehensive, so health features are more limited, and there’s no ability to make or receive calls, plus no speaker for Google Assistant either.

What’s not clear is whether the basic nature of Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3 is Montblanc’s decision or if Wear OS is, in general, feature-light and ready for manufacturers to embellish as they see fit. Noting its simplicity isn’t a criticism of the Summit 3 either, as it’s not aimed at the same person who would be considering the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, but there’s no excuse on Montblanc or Google’s part for missing accessibility features or making things like the alarm so basic.

Using Wear OS 3 and One UI Watch

Using the two smartwatches for general tasks — including downloading apps from Google Play, controlling music through the YouTube Music app, and interacting with notifications — showed very little in the way of performance or feature differences. Choose an app to download, and both open the Google Play app, locate the app, download, and install it in basically the same amount of time.

App menu on the Montblanc Summit 3.
Notifications on the Monblanc Summit 3.
Quick Settings menu on the Montblanc Summit 3.
Setting an alarm on the Montblanc Summit 3.
The accessibility menu on the Montblanc Summit 3.

It takes seconds to pair Bluetooth headphones on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, and if you have Samsung headphones already paired with your phone, they automatically appear in the list on the watch. Pairing is no problem on the Summit 3 either, but it does not automatically highlight headphones that have previously been paired with the connected phone, making the process slightly longer.

Heart rate on the Montblanc Summit 3.
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Notifications are slightly more basic in Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3 but are more natural and faster to view quickly. The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro has a set of pre-written single-word responses to some messages, plus the option to use an emoji or to open the message on your phone. The Summit 3’s reply options don’t include canned responses, but you can reply using your voice, the keyboard, or on your phone — just as you can on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.

The way notifications are arranged in list form on the Summit 3 does make them faster to navigate, particularly combined with the excellent rotating crown. Notifications are treated like Tiles on the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, and you swipe left to right and view a single notification at a time, which can be ponderous.

Waiting for the Pixel Watch

What’s clear after using the two together is that Samsung adds plenty of value to its Wear OS 3 smartwatch with the use of One UI Watch. While some of its interface choices aren’t as user-friendly as Wear OS 3 on the Summit 3, there’s a lot more customization (in a good way) and helpful features that make the watch more useful to more people. The Summit 3 is very much, “what you see is what you get.”

Lifestyle image of a woman wearing a Google Pixel Watch.
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What’s frustrating is we really don’t know whether any other manufacturers will spend as much time and effort making Wear OS 3 as feature-packed as Samsung has, particularly as few will have the benefit of an older smartwatch operating system (in its case, Tizen) to learn from and integrate. It’s frustrating because there’s nothing to compare the Summit 3 to, as no other Wear OS 3 smartwatch has been released yet.

We’ll find out more about Wear OS 3 in October when Google releases the Pixel Watch, which we know will run the latest software. However, Google has no track record with making smartwatches, and although Android on a Pixel’s simplicity and clean design is a benefit, if Wear OS 3’s default state is like the Summit 3, the Pixel Watch will struggle to compete with the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro.

For now, Wear OS 3 definitely benefits from Samsung’s involvement. The difference One UI Watch makes to the software compared to the experience on the Summit 3 is genuinely noticeable, and almost all of the time, useful too.

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Ukrainian servicemen drive a T-72 tank on the frontline in eastern Ukraine on July 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Some pro-Russian bloggers are criticizing the Russian military's mistakes.
  • Ukrainian counter-offenses have been retaking parts of the country from Russian forces.
  • "It's time to punish the commanders who allowed these kinds of things," said Maksim Fomin, a blogger.

Some pro-Russian bloggers are angry about their military's mistakes as the country retreats due to Ukrainian counter-attacks, according to a report from The New York Times. 

In his nightly news address on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had liberated 700 square miles, including the city of Izium, since launching a counter-offensive earlier this month.

Insider is unable to verify the figures, and Ukraine has not allowed media on its front lines since the counteroffensive began.

The Kremlin's justification was that the decision to retreat was "to regroup" its troops, according to NYT.

Maksim Fomin, a pro-Russian blogger from eastern Ukraine, posted a video on the social network Telegram saying, "It's time to punish the commanders who allowed these kinds of things," referring to the failed response of the Russian army.

While his military struggled to hold its position, NYT reported President Vladimir Putin was at the grand opening of a Ferris wheel at a park in Moscow to commemorate the city's founding. 

"You're throwing a billion-ruble party," said another pro-Russian blogger on Telegram who NYT didn't name: "What is wrong with you? Not at the time of such a horrible failure."

Criticisms have become louder over the last few months. In May, the Russian military attempted to cross the Siversky Donets River and lost dozens of armored vehicles, while more than 400 Russian soldiers were estimated to have been killed or wounded during the battle.

Following that event, Insider's Abbie Shull reported that Yuri Podolyaka, a war blogger with 2.1 million followers on Telegram, said in a video that he had been avoiding criticizing the Russian military but after the failure of the Siversky Donets river crossing, his patience was "overwhelmed."

"I emphasize, because of the stupidity of the Russian command — at least one battalion tactical group was burned, possibly two," Podolyaka said.

The response from pro-war bloggers follows calls from Russian lawmakers in St. Petersburg and Moscow to remove President Putin from power over the war in Ukraine. 

As the war has dragged on, Russian military failures have become well-documented: One Russian paratrooper even wrote about his experiences, recalling clueless commanders, desperately searching for food, and comrades purposely shooting themselves in their legs to get sent home and receive a $ 50,000 payout from the government.

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The iPhone mini had all the features of a normal iPhone, but in a smaller size.

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  • Apple isn't making a "mini" version of the iPhone 14, marking an apparent end to their popular line of smaller iPhones.
  • The iPhone 13 mini is the only mini iPhone that Apple still sells, with a 5.4-inch screen.
  • They also still sell the iPhone SE, which has a smaller 4.7-inch screen but a bigger body.

The iPhone mini line has an incredibly devoted fanbase. So when this year's Apple event came and went without a new iPhone 14 mini, there were a lot of broken hearts in the audience.

But even with no new iPhone mini, Apple still sells some powerful small phones.

If you're a fan of Apple's small smartphones, here's a quick guide to what's still available.

There are two small iPhones still on the market

After the reveal of the iPhone 14, Apple stopped selling a few older iPhone models. One of these discontinued models was the iPhone 12 mini.

With that iPhone gone, there are only two small-sized iPhones still up for sale on Apple's website: the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone SE (3rd generation).

iPhone 13 mini

The iPhone 13 mini has a 5.4-inch screen size, nearly a full inch smaller than the standard iPhone 13. It's about 5.18 inches tall, 2.53 inches wide, and 0.3 inches deep. Altogether, it weighs 4.97 ounces.

Despite this, the OLED screen still offers full HD resolution, and the phone itself is just as powerful and full-featured as the standard iPhone 13.

The iPhone 13 mini (right) compared to the standard iPhone 13 (left).
The iPhone 13 mini (right) compared to the standard iPhone 13 (left).

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You can buy the iPhone 13 mini from Apple's website, where it starts at $ 599.

iPhone SE

The iPhone SE (3rd generation) is even smaller with a 4.7-inch screen — however, this is largely due to the physical Touch ID button that takes up part of the phone's lower half. Because of the button, the phone's casing is bigger than the iPhone 13 mini: It's about 5.45 inches tall, 2.65 inches wide, and 0.29 inches deep. It weighs 5.09 ounces altogether.

Intended to be their ultra-budget model, Apple sells the iPhone SE starting at $ 429. It offers nearly all of the same features as the iPhone 13, but isn't as water-resistant, and has a lower resolution screen.

Someone holding an iPhone SE (3rd generation).
The iPhone SE still has a Home button.

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How do these small iPhones compare to the regular models?

Here's a chart gathering all the size data we listed above, and comparing it to Apple's smallest current-gen phone, the iPhone 14.

Model Name

Screen Size (diagonal)

Full Device Height

Full Device Width

Full Device Depth

Full Device Weight

Screen Resolution

Price on Apple's Website

iPhone 13 mini

5.4 inches

5.18 inches

2.53 inches

0.30 inches

4.97 ounces

2340 x 1080 pixels

Starts at $ 599

iPhone SE (3rd generation)

4.7 inches

5.45 inches

2.65 inches

0.29 inches

5.09 ounces

1334 x 750 pixels

Starts at $ 429

iPhone 14

6.1 inches

5.78 inches

2.82 inches

0.31 inches

6.07 ounces

2532 x 1170 pixels

Starts at $ 799
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Iger.

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  • Former Disney CEO Bob Iger says that he doesn't think all streaming services will survive.
  • But he is impressed by a select few, including, obviously, Disney+.
  • He also called out Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+.

Bob Iger is optimistic about a handful of streaming services — but not all of them.

"I don't think they'll all make it," Iger said during an interview at Vox's annual Code Conference on Wednesday. "There will be haves and have nots."

The former Disney CEO who helped launch the Disney+ streaming service toward the end of his tenure declined to specify which he thinks are in trouble, but he called out a select few that impress him. Obviously, Disney+ is one of those; he said he's "clearly a big believer" in the service's longevity.

Disney+ has 152 million subscribers after just two-and-a-half years as of the end of Q2.  

Netflix is another, despite the streaming giant's recent woes. It's lost subscribers for two quarters in a row this year, a first for the company, and has conducted massive layoffs.

But it's still the leading streaming service with over 220 million subscribers worldwide, and is taking steps to address slowing growth with plans to introduce an ad-supported plan early next year.

"I believe that Netflix is going to continue to thrive," Iger said. "They have some issues now, but they're not going away."

He also acknowledged that tech giants Amazon and Apple made great strides in streaming with Prime Video and Apple TV+, respectively, saying that they'll both "continue to grow" (Neither company breaks out subscriber numbers).

"They're not primary businesses for them and they're measured, probably, by different standards in terms of bottom line, and they serve other purposes in those companies," Iger said.

"But they're not going to stand pat. They're going to continue to grow and they'll grow well. They've got deep pockets. They've got great access to consumers. They have strong technology platforms. They've proven they know how to do it. So they stay."

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  • Lululemon reported a jump in foot traffic to stores, proving that not all retailers are getting hit as hard by an economic slowdown. 
  • Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target all reported slowing sales due to inflation and supply chain issues. 
  • Lululemon isn't the only retailer still showing strength amid a slowdown, though. Check out some other examples.

Lululemon reported a jump in sales and foot traffic to its stores last week, proving that not all retailers are created equal in the current economy. 

Last month, Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target attributed slowing sales to inflation or lingering supply chain issues. However, Lululemon's chief financial officer, Meghan Frank, painted a different picture of the consumer. 

"Despite the challenges around us in the macro-environment, guest traffic in our stores and on our e-commerce sites remains robust," she said in a company press release. 

To be sure, Lululemon's target audience is in a relatively higher income bracket, and some brands are reporting that despite inflation, demand for luxury products is thriving. Still, not all retailers that cater to lower-income shoppers are struggling. 

Here are some of the retailers that have still reported strong sales, despite the faltering economy. 

Dollar General

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Dollar General reported better-than-expected sales last month, while competitor Dollar Tree cut its full-year earnings forecast. Todd Vasos, Dollar General's CEO, said the stores have seen an uptick in consumer traffic. 

Home Depot

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Home Depot recently said there's still strong demand for home improvement projects, despite a weaker housing market. A Home Depot executive recently told reporters and investors on a call that there are positive trends in professional and DIY sales growth. 

Williams-Sonoma

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Williams-Sonoma, which also owns West Elm and Pottery Barn, reported record sales of more than $ 2 billion last week. "We continue to demonstrate our ability to perform by offering high-quality, differentiated, and sustainable products that our customers know and love," CEO Laura Alber said in a press release. 

Dick's

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Dick's Sporting Goods recently boosted its earnings outlook for the rest of the year. The company's sales were up 38% in the second quarter compared to pre-pandemic in 2019. "The Dick's Sporting Goods consumer has held up quite well," said the company's CEO, Lauren Hobart, in a recent press release. 

Ulta

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Ulta Beauty

Demand for makeup doesn't seem to be slowing after Ulta reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter. "We saw healthy sales gain from members across all income demographics. Consumer engagement with beauty remains strong," said Ulta's president, Dave Kimball, about the company's second-quarter results on a call with investors and reporters. 

Walmart

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Walmart reported better-than-expected results last month but recently noted that shoppers affected by inflation are spending less on apparel. "We're pleased to see more customers choosing Walmart during this inflationary period, and we're working hard to support them as they prioritize their spending," Walmart's CEO Doug McMillion said in a press release. 

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Certain species of beetle have evolved unusual “back pockets” to safely house symbiotic bacteria during metamorphosis—the only known instance of this among insects. It’s part of a mutually beneficial arrangement, since the bacteria protect vulnerable larvae and pupae from fungi. Scientists have also determined that only adult females retain these symbiotic bacteria, shuffling the populations out of those back pockets via friction to the genital area as they emerge from their pupae, according to a new paper published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology.

“We show how an insect can maintain beneficial microbial partners despite the drastic rearrangements of body structures that occur during metamorphosis,” said co-author Laura V. Flórez of the University of Copenhagen. “By modifying unique ‘pockets’ on their backs, Lagria beetles manage to keep their protective symbionts and facilitate their relocation during pupation to newly developed adult organs.”

There are many examples of microbial symbionts in nature. For instance, the Hawaiian bobtail squid has a built-in flashlight to help the creature navigate those murky nighttime waters, hunt for prey, and hide from predators in turn. It’s a special organ on the underside, a convenient little cavity that houses colonies of bacteria, Vibrio fischeri. Once that bacterial colony reaches a critical threshold, they all begin to glow, serving as a light source for the squid. Aphids, tubeworms, digger wasps, cereal weevils, and bean bugs have also evolved symbiotic relationships with microbes for various purposes.

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  • Investors are pouring money into marketing and media startups.
  • These startups are using technology to disrupt advertising and marketing.
  • Read these 30 decks to see how these startups sold their visions to VCs and other investors.
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Investors are pouring money into startups that are trying to disrupt advertising, media, and marketing.

Insider has been tracking these startups that are using tech to capitalize on changing consumer media habits and marketers' desire to reach new audiences and ensure their ads are working.

They're enabling live shopping, measuring digital ad performance, collecting consumer data, and more.

Check out these pitch decks that they've used to sell their vision and raise millions from private equity and VC investors.

Making video ads that perform

Founded in 2014, video adtech firm VidMob offers technology and a marketplace that helps advertisers convert their TV and web ads into hundreds of different video formats. 

It also helps advertisers understand how specific creative decisions — such as how far away an actor is from the camera — influence how an ad performs on different platforms.

VidMob just raised a $ 110 million Series D round, led by Shamrock Partners.

Check out the pitch deck video-focused adtech company VidMob used to raise its $ 110 million Series D round 

Better B2B events

Goldcast is a B2B events startup that's trying to reimagine the stuffy conference arena by incorporating Netflix-like features in its video presentations. It also gathers info from attendees that clients can use to pitch them down the road.

Goldcast just raised $ 28 million in Series A funding from private-equity firm Westbridge Capital, with participation from VC firm Unusual Ventures, for a total of $ 40 million in funding.

A company that wants to be the Netflix of B2B events just raised $ 28 million — here's its pitch deck

Gaming ads

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Odeeo

Israeli startup Odeeo puts audio ads in mobile games so advertisers can message players without disrupting their gaming experience.

It just raised a $ 9 million seed round to expand to the US, led by Play Ventures and with participants including gaming studio founders Anton Gauffin and Lior Shiff and mobile guru Eric Seufert.

Read the pitch deck a startup used to raise $ 9 million from investors like mobile guru Eric Seufert to expand its video game ads business to the US

Shoppable video

Retailers are rushing to add video shopping tools to their sites to keep up with tech giants like Amazon and YouTube. Austin, Texas-based startup Kerv is helping companies make video ads shoppable, using machine learning and AI to recognize items in ads, match the items to a brand's products, and insert click-to-buy links.

Kerv recently raised $ 12 million in a growth round led by Trinity Capital Inc.

Read the pitch deck that helped a tech startup get $ 12 million to help big brands like Macy's and Apple make their video ads shoppable

Live shopping tools

Another startup, Firework, is jumping on the live video shopping trend, with software it sells to retail chains like Albertsons and Fresh Market.

Firework just raised $ 150 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank.

Read the pitch deck that a startup used to raise $ 150 million led by SoftBank to help retailers add live videos to their sites

Simplifying market research

Ad agency vets Grant McDougall, Liza Nebel, and Matt Gross started BlueOcean in 2019, when they saw an opening to use machine learning to show marketers how they and their competitors were performing. Now, they count Microsoft, Riot Games, and Bloomingdale's as clients.

The software-as-a-service startup just raised a $ 30 million Series B round, led by Insight Partners.

Check out the pitch deck this AI brand strategy startup used to raise $ 30 million to help marketers audit the strength of their brands

Marketing in the metaverse

Anzu, a startup whose technology inserts ads into video games, helps advertisers place logos and digitally-rendered products inside video games.

Anzu raised $ 20 million in a new funding round led by NBCUniversal and HTC, which manufactures electronics including VR headsets.

Read the pitch deck that helped an adtech startup raise $ 20 million to build ads in the metaverse

Capitalizing on messaging apps

AI platform Connectly helps businesses market to people through messaging apps. 

It was founded by the former head of Meta's messenger and blockchain businesses and Strava's ex-CTO.

Connectly raised $ 4 million in seed funding in February 2021 from Unusual Ventures, Marathon Venture Capital, and others and is now seeking $ 15 million.

Check out the pitch deck this startup is using to raise $ 15 million to help marketers capitalize on the rise of messaging apps

Reinventing the PowerPoint

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Giide

Crispin Porter Bogusky alums founded Giide to update the business presentation with tools that let customers create interactive, audio-based content.

They just raised $ 1.6 million in seed funding led by Supernode Global, which was joined by other early-stage venture funds including FirstMile Ventures and TechNexus.

Here's the pitch deck a startup that wants to reinvent the business presentation used to raise $ 2.2 million

Growing streaming TV businesses

Amagi helps media giants like NBCUniversal and Gannett build and distribute ad-supported streaming channels. It also provides tools to help content owners sell ad inventory.

It just raised $ 95 million in a round led by Accel Ventures, which it plans to use to invest in the news and sports categories.

Read the pitch deck a media tech firm used to raise $ 95 million to help content owners like NBCUniversal and Gannett run their streaming channels

Targeting home buyers

Adtech vet Ed Carey got the idea for Audience Town, an ad tech startup focused on real estate, when he realized how data-rich the industry was.
The company uses public property data to help advertisers target home buyers and owners, and it just raised $ 6.1 million in its third seed round from investors including Utah's Wasatch Venture Partners and Aperiam Ventures.

This pitch deck helped an adtech startup raise $ 6.1 million to capitalize on the red-hot real estate market

Connecting PR pros to journalists

As consumers avoid online ads and tech giants curtail advertisers' use of targeting, marketers need to find other ways to get their messages in front of people.

Tech startup Propel argues that PR has a chance to benefit by using earned media. It sells tech that helps public relations pros find the right journalists to pitch.

It just raised $ 4.5 million in seed funding, led by Lyft and DoorDash investor NFX.

Read the pitch deck that helped a PR tech startup raise $ 4.5 million, led by an early investor of DoorDash and Lyft

Socially responsible advertising

UK startup Good-Loop is trying to harness companies' growing desire to show they're socially responsible. It's encouraging viewers to watch ads by having brands donate to one of their charity partners once the video is complete. Clients include Unilever, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Levi's, Adidas, NBC Universal, and Nike. 

It just raised a $ 6.1 million Series A round, led by Questus Capital Management.

See the pitch deck watch-to-donate adtech startup Good-Loop used to raise a $ 6.1 million Series A round

Creative consulting platform

Founded in the UK in 2015, BeenThereDoneThat connects companies with c-suite creative and strategy officers to help them solve marketing and advertising challenges by linking them to a network of chief strategy, chief innovation, and chief creative officers. 

The startup just raised a $ 7 million Series A round, led by VC firm Beringea.

See the pitch deck creative marketing consultancy BeenThereDoneThat used to raise a $ 7 million Series A round

AI tools to grow sales

Ocean.io CEO and founder Michael Heiberg

Ocean.io

Ocean.io is a Copenhagen-based martech data platform that helps clients like Sony, UserTesting, and Brandwatch target key B2B accounts.

Personalizing B2B marketing can be a tedious process, but Ocean.io's pitch is that it analyzes more than 300 million web pages, company registries, public databases, and existing account and transaction data to help companies find likely prospects.

The company just raised $ 7 million from Peak Capital and existing investors.

See the deck that helped a martech startup used by Sony and Brandwatch raise $ 7 million. The European company is now set to expand to the US.

Measuring the value of PR services

Eddie Kim, CEO and founder of Memo
Eddie Kim, CEO and founder of Memo

Memo

Founded in 2018, Memo pitches software that shows clients like Google and Samsung how many people read an article about their company or products, using data from publishers like Condé Nast, Forbes, and The Washington Post.

It most recently raised $ 10 million in Series A, for a total of $ 17 million in funding.

Read the pitch deck that a PR startup used to raise $ 10 million to help clients like Samsung and Google grab publisher insights

Protecting companies' reputations

Founded in 2013, Signal AI collects and analyzes data from regulatory filings, social media, broadcast, and net promoter scores to help clients like Bank of America Securities, Google, and Exxon Mobil, measure their reputation and manage supply chain risks.

It just raised $ 50 million in Series D funding from venture capital firm Highland Europe along with asset manager Abrdn.

Check out the pitch deck that a PR tech company used to raise $ 50 million to extend its business beyond public relations

Collecting data in the privacy era

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Qonsent

Advertisers are scrambling to find new ways to market to people as the privacy clampdown makes it harder to target people online.

Qonsent is a startup that helps advertisers get customers to share personal data like birthdays or email addresses using QR codes on ad creative.

It just raised $ 5 million in seed funding from Zekavat Investment Group, who led the round; VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk; and Michael Kassan, chairman and CEO of MediaLink.

Check out the pitch deck a privacy tech startup used to raise $ 5 million from investors like Gary Vaynerchuk to transform how advertisers collect customer data

Selling mobile advertising

UK-based Picnic says digital ads are rife with fraud and perform terribly. Its solution: mobile ads inspired by social media features like stories and carousels that actually engage readers. It claims its ad formats boost ad performance for brands and bring in more revenue for online publishers.

Now it's expanding to the US with help from $ 3 million in Series A funding it just raised from Guinness Asset Management, along with existing angel investors.

Check out the pitch deck that helped UK digital advertiser network Picnic raise $ 3 million

Customizing the user experience

Businesses have scrambled to update their digital operations in the pandemic, creating an opportunity for UX startups like Uniform that help companies customize their user online experience.

Uniform just raised $ 28 million from Insight Partners, Array Ventures, and Elad Gil.

Check out the pitch deck that this startup that helps advertisers customize their digital user experience used to raise $ 28 million

Creating non-intrusive audio ads

AudioMob cofounders Christian Facey (left) and Wilfrid Obeng
AudioMob cofounders Christian Facey (left) and Wilfrid Obeng.

AudioMob

UK-based adtech firm AudioMob offers audio ads that appear in mobile games. It pitches the ads as "non-intrusive" because they don't interrupt the gameplay, the ads only play if a user's device is set to a certain volume, and they don't rely on hypertargeted tracking techniques.

It just raised a $ 14 million Series A round from investors including Makers Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Google, to grow its team and expand to new products.

See the pitch deck that helped audio ads firm AudioMob raise $ 14 million from investors including Makers Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Google

Bringing efficiency to video editing

Toch.ai is an India-based startup that aims to democratize video editing, arguing that the technologies to produce and distribute videos require time-consuming, manual processes, and existing video editing software can be pricey.

Toch.ai has raised $ 11.75 million in Series A funding led by Moneta Ventures to support an expansion into bigger markets like the US.

See the pitch deck that helped a video-editing startup raise $ 12 million to take on Adobe and expand into the US

Placing contextual advertising

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Seedtag

Contextual advertising has become a buzzy area in adtech as the sector shifts away from the precision-targeting and tracking of individual users. 

Founded seven years ago by two former Googlers, Seedtag specializes in contextual advertising — using data and artificial intelligence to place ads within relevant publisher content that users should be more likely to interact with. 

Seedtag recently raised a $ 40 million funding round, led by Oakley Capital. 

See the pitch deck that helped contextual advertising firm Seedtag raise $ 40 million. The European adtech company now plans a US expansion.

Automating ad creation

Dan Pantelo started a performance marketing agency in college and pivoted to software after discovering that creative testing was the most important and time-consuming part of making ads.

Today, his marketing technology startup Marpipe claims to help advertisers figure out which ads perform best by automatically testing hundreds of variations.

Marpipe recently raised $ 8 million in Series A for a total of $ 10 million raised to date.

The key pitch deck slides that helped an ad automation startup raise $ 10 million

Connecting companies to freelancers

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Catalant Technologies

Investors are pouring millions into platforms like Catalant Technologies that connect companies to independent advertising and consulting professionals, a need that's growing as people quit in the pandemic.

Catalant has raised more than $ 100 million by pitching itself as an alternative to consulting giants like McKinsey.

See the key slides a staffing platform used to raise more than $ 100 million from investors like Morningside CEO Gerald Chan

Data management tools

Google and Apple's moves to clamp down on third-party cookies and the rise of online shopping have advertisers clamoring for help managing all their customer data so they can effectively market to them.

One such company is 4-year-old Amperity, which sells software that clients like Starbucks, Patagonia, and Crocs use to manage stats from sales, email, e-commerce, and loyalty card programs.

Amperity raised $ 100 million in its Series D from existing investors including Tiger Global Management, Declaration Partners, and Madrona Venture Group, for a total of $ 187 million.

Here's the pitch deck that helped a marketing tech startup raise $ 100 million at a $ 1 billion valuation to help brands manage their data

Out-of-home advertising platform

Outdoor advertising is coming back after being crushed during the pandemic, and adtech startup OneScreen.ai is hoping to cash in with a platform for brands to search, buy, run and measure their out-of-home ad campaigns.

OneScreen recently raised $ 1.2 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Florida-based fund TechFarms Capital with other investors including HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, Wayfair's alumni fund Wayfund, Lola.com CEO Mike Volpe, and BuySellAds.com CEO Todd Garland.

See the pitch deck that Google, Hubspot and Wayfair alums used to raise $ 1.2 million to build the 'Amazon of out-of-home advertising'

Collecting consumer data

Tracer started in 2015 as a unit of Gary Vaynerchuk's ad agency VaynerMedia that automatically collects and organize data that isn't personally identifiable. Led by Tracer co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Nicholson, it also offers free consulting services. It started by helping VaynerMedia oversee hundreds of millions in ad buys for clients like Oreo maker Mondelez; today, clients include other ad agencies like Labelium; Condé Nast; and pharma giant Sanofi.

Tracer recently raised $ 9.9 million in seed funding led by big names like former Walmart and Amazon exec Marc Lore and NBA star Kevin Durant's firm Thirty Five Ventures.

Read the pitch deck a Gary Vaynerchuk-backed data startup used to raise $ 10 million from investors like Walmart's ex-ecommerce CEO

Growing repeat customers

Retina AI founder Emad Hasan
Retina AI founder Emad Hasan

Retina AI

As people do more of their shopping online, marketers are trying to get them to become repeat customers.

Former Paypal and Facebook product and data analytics manager Emad Hasan says his startup Retina helps brands like Dollar Shave Club and Madison Reed acquire and keep customers by building lookalike audiences based on companies' order history and shopper attributes.

It recently raised $ 8 million in Series A funding from Alpha Intelligence Capital, Vertical Venture Partners, and others. 

This investor deck helped a former Facebook product manager raise $ 8 million to help brands boost customers' long-term value

Real-time market research

Agency veteran Matt Britton pitches his consumer intelligence startup Suzy as an always-on digital assistant like Siri or Alexa for marketers. It has a consumer panel that lets marketers conduct surveys and research on subjects like product development and ad effectiveness testing.

He raised $ 50 million in Series D after closing a $ 34 million Series C last year, bringing its total raised to $ 100 million.

H.I.G. Growth Partners, an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, led the round, with Rho Capital Partners, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, and Triangle Peak Partners also participating.

See the pitch deck a market research startup that's trying to rival Qualtrics and SurveyMonkey used to raise $ 50 million

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