How AI Dictation Tools Changed the Way I Work (and Which Ones Are Worth It)

As an Engineering Manager at Buffer, I write a lot: Slack messages, proposals, code, documentation and feedback. And when AI tools became part of my workflow, I found myself writing even more. I have always been slow at typing, and I think better by talking than by writing. It never felt like a major limitation […]

Somalia declares drought crisis as millions of people go hungry after failed rains

On November 10, Somalia’s federal government formally declared a drought crisis and called for urgent international assistance as conditions continue to deteriorate in the northern, central and southern regions. according to to the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHA. Puntland is among the hardest-hit areas, with authorities estimating that nearly a million people need support, 130,000 […]

Trump’s threat of ‘military action’ in Nigeria fuels religious tensions

Nigerians at a newsstand with headlines reflecting the Trump-Nigeria saga. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (Abuja, Nigeria) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov 26 (IPS) – Diplomatic ties between Nigeria and the US have deteriorated further after US President Donald Trump threatened “military” intervention over what some US lawmakers have called […]

YouTube Music introduces AI-powered summary for 2025

YouTube is rolling it out 2025 Recap for YouTube Music Subscriberswhich, like Spotify’s popular “Wrapped” annual reviews, provides an overview of what you’ve listened to in the app. But this time, YouTube has added an extra special element. That’s right, YouTube has added an AI query prompt to this year’s roundup so you can ask […]

How to Integrate Solitaire Concepts into Your Social Media Marketing – Social Media Explorer

Social media marketing has a retention problem. We spend hours coming up with the perfect caption and designing the perfect image so a user can scroll past it in less than a second. The battle isn’t just about eyeballs anymore; it’s for residence time. We are constantly looking for the ‘hook’ that stops scrolling […]

The potential of MarTech does not consist of the dots, but of the connections that complete the vision | Martech zone

After twenty-five years in the marketing technology industry, I’ve seen that each generation of platforms promises transformation. CRMs, CDPs, marketing automation, business analytics, AI-driven everything – you name it, I’ve implemented it. Each platform made the same pitch: once it’s in place, clarity will follow, performance will improve, and the company will finally see the […]

The G20 has failed on debt. Time to look at the UN

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Gustavo Stephan | The Group of Twenty (G20) consists of 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and the United States) and two regional bodies: the European Union and the […]