Meta Q1 2026: $56.3B revenue as AI tools double advertiser adoption: Meta posts $56.3B in Q1 2026 revenue, up 33%, as AI ad creative tools double to 8 million advertisers and the Adaptive Ranking Model drives conversion gains. https://ppc.land/meta-q1-2026-56-3b-revenue-as-ai-tools-double-advertiser-adoption/ #Meta #Advertising #AI #Revenue #DigitalMarketing

P.E.I. municipal funding model no longer sustainable, experts warn
The way municipal governments on P.E.I. are funded is no longer sustainable, experts say, as communities grapple with mounting infrastructure costs, rising expectations from residents and limited tools to raise revenue.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-municipal-funding-model-no-longer-sustainable-9.7181089?cmp=rss

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/from-jakarta-to-manila-south-east-asia-turns-to-russia-to-plug-fuel-fertiliser-gaps-caused-by-iran-war. Great news for #Putin - & all the extra #revenue will make it easier for him to prosecute his #war against #Ukraine - so #Trump & #Netanyahu are doing him a big favour. What a surprise... NOT! Birds of a #fascist feather stick together!

CBU braces for layoffs, tuition hikes amid expected revenue loss
About 50 positions will be affected as Cape Breton University expects to lose an estimated $77 million in revenue over the next three years. The CBC’s Kyle Moore reports.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7180536?cmp=rss

Oh, 1 Billion! Really - not...."Anonymous sources told the Wall Street Journal that #OpenAI fell short of meaningful internal company #goals, including its ambition for #ChatGPT to hit 1 billion users by the end of 2025. It also missed key #revenue targets and saw high user “defection” (presumably as more people jumped ship to competitors like #Anthropic). #SamAltman via TechBrew

AI stocks tumble following report over OpenAI’s growth targets
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar expressed concerns to other leaders over the company's ability to pay for future computing contracts if revenue did not grow fast enough, the report said.
#Economy #Tech #AI #OpenAI
https://globalnews.ca/news/11820255/ai-stocks-fall-openai-growth-report/

AI stocks tumble following report over OpenAI’s growth targets
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar expressed concerns to other leaders over the company's ability to pay for future computing contracts if revenue did not grow fast enough, the report said.
#Economy #Tech #AI #OpenAI
https://globalnews.ca/news/11820255/ai-stocks-fall-openai-growth-report/

Report says MLS looking to move Whitecaps away from Vancouver
Despite the on-field success, the Whitecaps still sat at the bottom of the league in team revenue, trailing clubs in the middle of the standings by US$40 million, CEO Axel Schuster said in February.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/major-league-soccer-vancouver-whitecaps-relocation-9.7179465?cmp=rss