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If there's one thing The Trade Desk's CEO Jeff Green appears to hate, it's walled gardens.At an event in New York City on Tuesday, The Trade Desk (TTD) announced an AI-powered upgrade to its platform - dubbed Kokai - that Green pitched as an attempt to save the open internet from being dominated by Big Tech.

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Over Memorial Day weekend and next week's National Trails Day, thousands of Southern Californians will head into the great outdoors for some sun, exercise and natural beauty - and in many cases, a nasty rash.Unusually heavy rainfall this past winter has helped many a native plant, wildflower and, yes, poisonous weed along Southern California's hiking trails to grow and extend its greenery "almost like it wants to reach out and shake your hand because it's sticking out everywhere," said Cris Sarabia, conservation director for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.

Tess Hanson has been a Taylor Swift fan since the singer's self-titled debut album came out in 2006.So it's no surprise that nearly 20 years later, Hanson decided to spend $47 to preorder an untitled book simply because there is a slim chance that it may be Swift's memoir.Most fans don't stick with an artist for that long, says Hanson, who lives in Ohio.

A former investigative news producer at KNBC in Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of allegedly distributing more than 100 child porn images and videos, according to the FBI.Phil Drechsler, 60, accessed and shared child pornography in a group chat with more than 20 other people on the secure messaging app Telegram, an FBI agent wrote in a criminal complaint against the ex-L.A. news producer.

The fourth annual 2023 Community Industry Awards ceremony was a success, and we'd like to thank you for making it happen!It was a celebration of the achievements of exceptional community professionals and companies making waves in the industry as they work to make a difference by building amazing places for their members.

Losing weight, eating more healthily and getting fitter will have featured in millions of people's new year resolutions for 2023.There are lots of different weight-loss programmes out there but how do you know which one is right for you, and what do you get for your money?Guardian Money decided to take a close look at five of the main programmes.

For example, you can use social listening to see how consumers are talking about a new product you've launched, or you can ask consumers a question and create an interactive poll in your YouTube Community tab.According to HubSpot's State of Consumer Trends Report, 24% of social media users have actively participated in an online community in the last three months.The HubSpot report also asked consumers the most significant benefits they get from participating in online communities, and they said learning new things, gaining new ideas and inspiration, and being able to meet and interact with others with similar interests.

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