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• Amazon has released the first official poster for Fallout season 2
• It confirms the Prime Video show's next entry will feature a key location from the games
• The series' next trailer and official launch date could be revealed very soon, too

We're less than four months away from Fallout season 2, but Prime Video has already started promoting the return of its hit TV series.

Fallout season 2 won't make its debut until December, but Amazon MGM Studios is kicking off its marketing campaign early with the unveiling of its first official poster.

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The artwork doesn't provide any new information about the hugely successful Prime Video show's return.

Sure, it confirms the show's lead trio in Ella Purnell's Lucy, Aaron Moten's Maximus, and Walton Goggins' The Ghoul – the last of that trio being accompanied by his trusty canine companion Dogmeat – will be back for more Wasteland-based adventures. The poster also reconfirms New Vegas, which was teased in the mid-credits scene of last season's finale and is the setting of its Fallout video game namesake's most beloved entry, aka Fallout: New Vegas, will be a key location in season 2. Those details aside, though, we know relatively little else about one of the best Prime Video shows' next chapter.

Well, for the time being, because I believe we're about to get some huge news about the Fallout TV show's forthcoming installment in the days ahead.

When could Fallout season 2's release date and first trailer be revealed?

Please don't make us wait much longer for more news on Fallout season 2, Amazon... (Image credit: JoJo Whilden/Prime Video)

I'll preface this section by saying I have no insider knowledge on these matters, so read whatever you want into what I outline below.

With that little bit of housekeeping out of the way, I'm convinced Fallout season 2's first trailer and official launch date will be unveiled on Tuesday, August 19.

There's evidence to back up my claim – the main piece being that the above Instagram post confirms season 2 will be part of Opening Night Live at gamescom 2025.

Europe's biggest video game convention runs from August 20 to 24 this year. However, with Opening Night Live set to take place on August 19, I'm expecting any members of the series' cast and/or crew invited onto the stage to announce an actual release date and, at the very least, drop some form of video teaser to whet our appetite for Fallout's return.

It makes perfect sense for a big announcement or two to be made at Gamescom. Microsoft, which owns Bethesda, aka the studio behind the Fallout game franchise, always has a major presence at Gamescom. Considering how well Fallout's first season was received, it's in Microsoft and Bethesda's best interests, as much as it is Prime Video's, to start ramping up excitement for its sophomore season. What better way to do that than at the last big gaming convention of the year?

But, what do you think? Will we get a launch date confirmation and trailer reveal next Tuesday? Or am I jumping the gun? Let me know in the comments. Then, read my dedicated guide for Fallout season 2 and check out the below section for more coverage of the incredibly popular Amazon TV Original.

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2025 has been an awesome year for movies. In the last month alone, we’ve been blessed with huge hits like Superman and The Naked Gun, alongside high-quality smaller fare in a range of genres like Nobody 2 (action/comedy), Eddington (comedy/western) and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (fantasy/romance).

Prime Video's War of the Worlds aside, where 2025 has really shone, though, is in horror.

I'm often more lenient when judging horror films compared to other genres. As long as I get goosebumps and it isn't a complete mess, I'll generally have a good time.

Plenty of this year's horrors fit that description, from genuinely good flicks like Companion, Dangerous Animals and Final Destination: Bloodlines, to good-bad movies that I still had fun with like Clown in a Cornfield and Wolf Man.

Since the beginning of the year, however, there’d been one horror movie I'd been counting down the days to release – Weapons.

The new film is the first after director Zach Cregger's 2022 debut, Barbarian, which was one of my favorite movies of that year – and one of the best horror films in recent memory. So, when Creggers said Weapons "is more – and in a good way" it immediately shot to the top of my must-see list.

Finally hitting theaters last week, it didn't disappoint. Weapons is thoughtful, sad, and downright creepy. As opposed to many other good horrors, it's also a great movie in its own right.

While I didn't quite think it hit the heights that my colleague Lucy Buglass did – who awarded it five stars in our Weapons review and called it her favorite movie of the year – it’s undeniably one of the year’s most impactful films.

Another 2025 horror that's winning deserved praise is Together – and I absolutely agree that it’s a body horror flick that shouldn't be missed.

Only catching the trailer a few weeks earlier when watching I Know What You Did Last Summer (which I actually fell asleep during), I went into Together mostly blind – and had an absolute blast. It's one of those movies that makes you want to look away while not being able to, and the weirdly heartfelt ending was a pleasant surprise.

While I really enjoyed Weapons and Together and believe they both deserve the accolades they're receiving, they're far from my favorite scary movies of the year.

In fact, there are three horrors from 2025 that I liked more: my favorite movie of the year, my favorite horror of the year (yes, they're different!) and another that was just a darn good time.

The best part is you can avoid a bad audience that laughs at the wrong time or brings in noisy food and stream all three from the comfort of your home.

"You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home"

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Without a shadow of a doubt, Sinners is my favorite movie of 2025 (so far). And, thankfully, its classification as a horror flick lets me include it here and talk about it.

I just watched it for the third time and loved it just as much as I did the first, if not more. Let's make this clear, though: this vampire flick isn't 30 Days of Night.

Directed by Ryan Coogler, who has sat at the top of my 'watch everything this person directs' list since Fruitvale Station, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as the Smokestack Twins – playing both Smoke and Stack.

At its face, the premise is simple. Set in the American South in the early 1930s, the two brothers arrive back in their hometown after years of war, adventure and making both money and trouble – and looking to hide from that trouble by opening up a 'juke joint', headlined by their younger cousin and gifted musician Sammie.

Only to find evil waiting for them.

Beyond its simple premise, Sinners is also a deliberate exploration of folklore, America's racial history, ancestry, and the liberating power of music.

While I question its status as a horror because I personally didn't find it that scary, a lack of spooks isn't a bad thing. For those after a gory vampiric slasher, you will get a hefty dose of gnarly horror action – but personally, my favorite moments in the film are found in the quiet, world-building first hour.

It's the banter between Smoke and Stack as they recruit their staff, how they treat their Sammie, any moment Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo) is on-screen and the music that I fell in love with.

Arguably worth watching just to hear Sammie sing – and to bask in Mike B's coolness – Sinners is available to stream on HBO Max, but you can also rent or purchase it on Apple TV or Prime Video, depending on your location.

"Some people believe the spirit stays in the body for months after death"

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Beating out Weapons, Sinners and Together for my number one horror of 2025 is Bring Her Back and, frankly, it isn't even close.

While the Philippou brothers' first film, Talk To Me, was a genuinely freaky, fun, and original take on possession, Bring Her Back invokes dread right from its opening scene, with no let-up for its 99-minute runtime.

The Australian film follows Andy and his blind younger step-sister, Piper, after the recent death of their father, whose body Andy discovered. The two siblings are incredibly close, but Andy can't become her legal guardian because he's only 17. So, after much convincing because of Andy's troubled past, they are placed into foster care together.

What follows is the foster mother's deep manipulation of Andy against Piper, as her sinister plot slowly unfolds.

It features some of the most cringe-inducing body horror I've ever seen, along with jumpscares, a supernatural element, and maddeningly real manipulation by a person in power.

Yes, I’ll admit it – it gets a few brownie points from me being a fellow Aussie, but if it's actual horror you're after, nobody is currently doing it better than the Philippou brothers.

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"The more you kill, the easier it gets"

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On the other end of the spectrum from Bring Her Back, 28 Years Later is just a good, zombie-killing time. (And, yes, I know they aren't zombies.)

I should make it clear that I'm not a fan of the series. In fact, I made it through two-thirds of 28 Days Later before I decided I didn't want to waste a Friday night with a movie I wasn't enjoying, and I haven't seen 28 Weeks Later.

So, when my sister dragged me to see 28 Years Later starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson off the back of his Oscar-worthy performance in Kraven the Hunter, I didn't exactly have high hopes.

I don't love the over-the-top blood, the slow-mo kills, or the chaotic editing during action scenes. But I still thoroughly enjoyed the near-two-hour journey.

It follows a small village of survivors who live comfortably on a small island away from the mainland, focusing on Spike (Alfie Williams), his father Jamie (Taylor-Johnson) and his mum Isla (Jodie Comer), who has fallen ill.

While I loved the film for its fun action and any scene involving Ralph Fiennes (which I won't dare spoil), the story is also about a young boy braving unknown horrors to save his mother.

Still, in terms of zombie flicks that will have you watching the screen between your fingers, crying and cheering for the heroes at different times, 28 Years Later is an easy recommendation, and I'm looking forward to whatever this new trilogy may hold.

28 Years Later is available to rent or purchase on Apple TV and Prime Video. Sony Pictures films usually come to Netflix, so you can expect 28 Years Later on the red streamer at some point soon in the US, UK and Australia. I suspect it might come to Binge Down Under, too.

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A single missile can cost millions of dollars and only hit a single critical target. A low-equity, AI-powered cyberattack costs next to nothing and can disrupt entire economies, degrading national power and eroding strategic advantage.

The rules have changed: the future of warfare is a series of asynchronous, covert cyber operations carried out below the threshold of kinetic conflict. Battles will still be fought over land, sea, and sky, but what happens in the cyber domain could have a greater bearing on their outcome than how troops maneuver on the battlefield.

We were always heading in this direction, but AI has proven a dangerous accelerant. The entire military industrial base must become fortified against these risks, and that starts with continuous, autonomous validation of its cyber security defenses.

The Case for Autonomous Resilience

Today’s adversaries, whether state-sponsored actors or independent cybercrime syndicates, are deploying AI-driven agents to handicap critical systems across the entire military supply chain. These attackers aren’t focused on headline-making digital bombs, but a slow attrition, applying continuous pressure to degrade functionality over time. They’re also working anonymously: AI-enabled cyberattacks are executed by autonomous agents or proxies, making attribution slow or impossible.

Consider a hypothetical attack on the U.S. Navy. The Navy depends on a vast, decentralized web of small and mid-sized suppliers for everything from propulsion components to shipboard software systems. While these systems and suppliers may coalesce into the most technologically advanced Navy in the world, their interdependence is almost akin to human biology, in the way that a hit to one system can thoroughly destabilize another.

An adversary doesn’t need to breach the Navy directly. Instead, they can launch persistent cyberattacks on the long tail of maritime subcontractors, degrading national capability over time instead of in one massive, headline-making blow.

Third-party vendors, which often lack the financial resources to properly patch vulnerabilities, may be riddled with unsewn wounds that attackers can use as an entry point. But major security vulnerabilities aren’t the only way in. AI-driven agents can autonomously compromise outdated email systems, misconfigured cloud services, or exposed remote desktops across hundreds of these suppliers.

The impacts of these attacks can look like “normal” disruptions, the result of human error or some missing piece of code: delayed component deliveries, corrupted design files, and general operational uncertainty. However, the ill effects accumulate over time, delaying shipbuilding schedules and weakening overall fleet readiness.

Emerging threats

That’s not even accounting for sanctions. If equipment is damaged, and replacement parts or skilled maintenance teams are restricted, one attack has just crippled a nation’s chip manufacturing capacity—potentially for months or years.

These attacks also get smarter over time. AI agents are designed for continuous improvement, and as they sink deeper into a system, they become more adept at uncovering and exploiting weaknesses. The cascading damage limits recovery efforts, further delaying defense production timelines and dragging entire economies backwards.

Despite these emerging threats, most defense and industrial organizations still rely on traditional concepts of deterrents, built around visible threats and proportional response: think static defenses, annual audits, and reactive incident response. Meanwhile, adversaries are running autonomous campaigns that learn, adapt, and evolve faster than human defenders can respond. You cannot deter what you cannot detect, and you cannot retaliate against what you cannot attribute.

Facing such dire stakes, defense contractors must exploit their own environments before attackers do. That means deploying AI-powered agents across critical infrastructure—breaking in, chaining weaknesses, and fixing them—to achieve true resilience. If the window for exploitation narrows, and the cost of action rises. “Low equity” means little against a high chance of failure.

Leveraging AI in Proactive Defense

Fighting fire with fire sounds simple enough, but there are serious risks involved. The same AI tools that bolster organizations’ defenses against smarter, more covert attacks can also create new vulnerabilities. Large language models (LLMs) may cache critical weaknesses in their model architecture, and third-party components that contribute to the models’ effectiveness can also introduce new vulnerabilities.

Any AI-powered security tools should undergo a comprehensive vetting process to identify potential risks and weaknesses. Model architecture and history, data pipeline hygiene, and infrastructural requirements–such as digital sovereignty compliance–are all factors to consider when augmenting security with AI-enabled tools.

Even the cleanest, most secure AI program is not a failsafe. Defenders that rely too heavily on AI will find themselves facing many of the same problems that plague their counterparts who use outdated scanners.

A mix of false confidence and alert fatigue from automated risk notifications can lead to missed critical vulnerabilities. In a national security scenario, that can lose a battle. That can lose a war. Real, attack-driven testing makes up for where AI lacks, and when used in tandem with it, creates an ironclad shield against AI-enabled adversaries.

Artificial intelligence is a boon for society and industry—but it is also a weapon, and a dangerous one at that. Fortunately, it’s one that we can wield for ourselves.

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With IT infrastructure growing more complex and teams under pressure to do more with less, it’s time for organizations to rethink their observability strategy before costs, burnout, and blind spots spiral out of control.

Across industries, legacy observability tools are buckling under the weight of today’s dynamic infrastructure. These traditional monitoring systems were designed for a world where environments barely moved, data trickled in manageable amounts, and collecting more metrics felt like progress.

But that era is long gone, and teams stuck in ‘collect everything’ mode are paying the price with runaway costs, spiraling complexity, and blind spots that turn small hiccups into full-blown outages.

In today’s fast-moving, containerized world, this strategy is backfiring. What once felt like a safety net has morphed into a data landfill, drowning teams in noise, burning them out, and surprising them with cost overruns that deliver the only visibility nobody wants: a meeting with the CFO to justify the bill.

The observability promise that fell apart

For years, engineering teams were sold a simple idea: more data meant more control. That advice made sense when infrastructure was static and applications evolved slowly – capturing everything often delivered the insights teams needed. But the rise of cloud technology changed everything, turning environments ephemeral and accelerating the pace of change and telemetry growth. Yet many teams still cling to the old ‘collect everything’ strategy, even as it drags them down.

Modern systems don’t wait. They scale instantly, shift constantly, and produce overwhelming volumes of telemetry. The tools that once brought stability are falling behind; they weren’t built for today’s level of scale or complexity. They’ve become rigid, noisy, and expensive, and the cracks are starting to show.

In sectors like aviation, even brief outages can result in millions of dollars in losses within minutes. Elsewhere, the fallout is just as real: frustrated customers, eroded trust, and reputational damage.

What once felt like a smart investment has quietly become a liability. Many organizations are waking up to the uncomfortable truth: their observability stack is no longer fit for purpose. Instead of becoming the true utility teams can rely on, it adds to the technical debt they’re actively trying to mitigate.

When teams can’t separate signal from noise, dashboards become cluttered with irrelevant metrics, alerts never cease, and real issues slip through the cracks. This constant stream of distractions imposes a steep distraction tax: every context switch, every false alarm, every hunt for meaning chips away at an engineer’s productive time and mental energy.

Over time, this chaos breeds reliance on tribal knowledge from a few seasoned ‘heroes’ who know where the bodies are buried. These heroes become the crutch that props up the system, celebrated for their late-night saves. However, a hero culture comes at a high price, with burnout, a lack of knowledge sharing, and stalled innovation, as teams spend more time firefighting than building differentiating features.

Observability should enable innovation, not kill it. When engineers are drowning in data without clarity, the best they can do is react. And in a world moving this fast, organizations that can’t move past constant triage will find themselves leapfrogged by the competition.

What does good observability look like?

Solving this problem isn’t just about new tools – it demands a strategic approach to your business pain. A strong observability strategy helps you deliver a better customer experience, enhance employee productivity, and increase conversion rates and revenue.

It delivers clear insights into the performance of your digital investments by revealing feature adoption trends, capacity and scaling gaps, and release quality and velocity issues. Done right, observability fuels a culture shift where teams embrace it as an enabler, not another distraction tax.

A clear telemetry collection methodology is essential to make observability a strategic asset rather than an operational burden. This methodology should be guided by well-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets, which set the standard for what matters most to your business and customers.

By aligning telemetry collection with these objectives, you ensure your observability strategy surfaces only the data that helps measure and improve outcomes. This disciplined approach connects engineering efforts directly to business value, enabling teams to confidently invest in features, optimize performance, and scale systems without getting lost in the data deluge.

Even the best telemetry strategy will fail if observability is treated as an afterthought or siloed concern. Successful organizations make observability a shared responsibility by embedding it into team norms, workflows, and incentives. That starts with clear executive sponsorship to set expectations, coupled with training that gives every engineer confidence in reading, interpreting, and acting on telemetry data.

Organizational Change Management (OCM) practices help teams adopt observability incrementally, shifting the culture from reactive heroes to proactive, data-driven improvement. When observability becomes part of how everyone builds and operates software, it transforms from a distraction into a force multiplier for innovation and resilience.

Observability done right isn’t optional – it’s a competitive advantage. Teams that treat it as a strategic utility, guided by clear objectives and supported by a culture of shared responsibility, will outpace those stuck in reactive firefighting.

Now is the time to rethink your observability strategy: invest in disciplined telemetry, align it with what matters most to your business, and empower your teams to build with confidence. Strong observability turns bold strategies into market leadership and keeps your teams focused on the future.

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While unmanned aerial vehicles have been in operation for nearly 200 years, drones, as we know them today, were first used by the military in 2006 before technological innovations turned them into in-demand children’s toys.

Now, industries, including mining, oil and gas, ports, utilities, and public safety teams, are starting to recognize their capabilities. When used for surveillance or inspection, they can protect workers from entering hazardous areas and deliver greater situational awareness about operations or incidents when every second counts.

Today, the industrial drone sector is rapidly evolving, with 2025 marking significant advancements in technology and applications across various industries. Several countries are making drones even more attractive for industrial use, allowing them to be flown beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) at low heights close to buildings and infrastructure.

Drones for safer, more efficient operations

The global drone market is projected to grow from $36.7 billion in 2024 to $44.32 billion in 2025, with industrial applications being a significant contributor to this growth. This has the potential to unlock new Industry 4.0 use cases for operational efficiency and worker safety improvements.

For example, at vast mining sites, drones can handle site surveys more safely, effectively and sustainably than on foot or by plane. They can be dispatched multiple times, equipped with payloads including LiDAR sensors, HD cameras, magnetometers and thermal imaging cameras to gain greater intelligence or terrain mapping

Once a mine is operational, drones can inspect waste and stockpiles, relieving workers, often in the harshest of temperatures. They can also more accurately and rapidly calculate stock volumes for better management. Operational disruption and worker hazards are reduced when drones are flown to inspect the impact of blasting.

Using drones to handle perimeter surveillance at large industrial sites reduces reliance on people, vehicle wear and tear and fuel consumption which contributes to industrial enterprises sustainability efforts. Oil and gas companies can use them to inspect storage tanks, pipelines, cooling towers and substations.

Dispatching drones from one or multiple operation centers ahead of first responders enables early assessment of a situation's severity, helping to support efficient resource allocation while also receiving AI-powered intelligence that can inform and accelerate decisions to help keep workers, property, and premises safer.

For instance, in a wildfire, drones can be flown lower than a manned aircraft, using thermal cameras to identify heat spots through the smoke. Using data accessed through drone flights, teams are better equipped to handle these situations and protect themselves, the community, and the environment. Today hundreds of US police departments have drone programs. Skilled police pilots operate drones for search and rescue missions, crowd and event monitoring, and various other tasks.

Integrating edge and AI technology for reliable drone flights

Connected to an edge and AI platform, drones can benefit industrial enterprises with automated activities that enhance efficiency and safety.

For example, leveraging AI, analytics and machine learning, changes in sensor data could trigger a drone flight – whether to monitor a perimeter breach, an equipment malfunction, or to notify the correct first responder teams. Using data and video from those drones, any team will be better informed, ensuring that the right people get to where they need to be faster with the right equipment.

To do this, industries must deploy an integrated digitalization platform that uses the right mix of technologies. That means reliable connectivity, real-time edge data processing, ruggedized drone hardware and an extensive range of software to enable new use cases.

To fly beyond BVLOS, connectivity must be robust, meaning seamless handovers at speed. Using Wi-Fi alone, as networks become overloaded, handovers between access points can be delayed, meaning that drones fail. However, by implementing a platform that integrates multiple technologies, including public and private 4G and 5G wireless and Wi-Fi, enterprises will benefit from redundancy and reliable connectivity even as the drone flies BVLOS.

An on-premises industrial edge processing solution allows data to be processed in real time and consumed by applications for new efficiencies. Real-time data will better inform teams of the latest situation, while enhancing productivity and ensuring the right people and equipment are in the right place at the right time.

Drone hardware must be ruggedized, built to withstand harsh industrial environments and weather conditions at sites including mines, agricultural areas and oil and gas facilities. A drone solution that can be used with a mix of payloads and software will unlock flexibility for any enterprise. Efficiency is enhanced further using drones that are charged remotely and flown further BVLOS.

The drone use cases will vary depending on the industrial enterprise's needs, but in most cases, they will allow them to achieve multiple goals simultaneously. For example, industries can access more accurate data for operational improvements while also protecting their workers.

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Super Apps are gaining traction globally, combining shopping, banking, messaging, and more into seamless mobile experiences. These platforms are reshaping how consumers live, engage, and transact, particularly in mobile-first environments.

At the same time, global economic shifts, including rising tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, and growth plateaus in traditional markets, are prompting brands to explore opportunities in new markets. A pattern is emerging, with mobile-first businesses pushing to expand beyond their home turf, not just for growth but to reduce exposure to risk.

I refer to this emerging trend as internationalization. It is not a theoretical concept, but a real and active shift that we are already seeing play out. Brands are entering and testing new regions through mobile channels, especially in places where Super Apps have already become the central gateway to mobile life. Mobile apps offer a fast, scalable way to reach new audiences, particularly where mobile commerce dominates.

Understanding the intersection of these trends is crucial for anyone helping to shape how global brands will continue to grow.

Why internationalization is accelerating

Internationalization is no longer just a growth strategy. It is becoming a necessity. As trade restrictions increase and supply chains become more fragile, relying on a single market creates vulnerability. Regulatory shifts, currency swings, and platform volatility can all impact performance overnight.

Recent advertising patterns make this clear. In response to new U.S. tariffs, platforms like Temu and Shein have adjusted their strategies by pulling back ad spend in the region and ramping up investment elsewhere. Shein has reportedly increased its ad spend by more than a third in the UK and France, while Temu boosted its budgets by 40% in France and 20% in the UK.

Expanding into new regions spreads risk and opens access to mobile-first populations with advanced digital behaviors. And for good reason. Localizing an app experience is one of the fastest and most effective ways to test, learn, and scale.

The benefit is not just about protection. It is also about growth through diversification, reaching new audiences, unlocking cultural insights, and building relevance beyond your base market.

Super Apps as the platform advantage

In many high-growth regions such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, and South Asia, Super Apps are not just part of the consumer journey. They are the consumer journey. These platforms function as commerce, payment, and engagement ecosystems, often all within a single app.

Even in markets that are yet to fully embrace Super Apps, platforms are increasingly bundling services and moving toward more integrated, mobile-first experiences. For brands, this represents an opportunity to meet users where their digital lives are already converging and to shape that convergence in new regions.

Uber is a prime example of this evolution. It has moved far beyond ride-hailing to offer food delivery, groceries, freight, and even financial services − all from a single interface. This expansion has helped power Uber’s advertising business, which surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue in 2023, driven by rich first-party data and high-frequency user interactions.

For brands looking to expand internationally, these platforms offer direct access to engaged, mobile-native audiences. But success takes more than presence. It requires thoughtful localization aligned with local preferences, payment behavior, and platform expectations.

That might mean adapting checkout flows to local payment providers, surfacing regionally relevant promotions, or aligning creative with cultural shopping habits; all of which depend on having access to the right regional insights and data. When brands get this right, they can scale faster and more sustainably across markets that might otherwise be disrupted by economic or policy shifts.

Super Apps offer reach, but they are not plug-and-play. Brands need to treat them as local infrastructure, shaped by how people shop, pay, and engage in each market. Success depends on designing for that context, not just adapting language or layout.

Measurement with trust and depth

As Super Apps bring together commerce, content, communication, and payments, they create both a challenge and an opportunity for measurement. The customer journey becomes more consolidated but also more complex. Traditional attribution models often fall short when interactions span multiple functions within one app environment.

At the same time, these platforms offer something rare. Because users stay logged in and conduct a wide range of activities within a single ecosystem, Super Apps create a unified stream of high-quality, first-party data. When managed responsibly, this data can offer brands a richer, more accurate understanding of what drives performance across the entire customer lifecycle.

But this opportunity requires a shift in how measurement is approached. Brands need to move beyond fragmented analytics and build a framework that accounts for the full breadth of user behavior. This is not just about reporting. It is about harmonizing data across channels and touchpoints to create a more complete view of impact.

Equally important is how that data is handled. Privacy must be built into the infrastructure, not layered on after the fact. When a user's entire digital experience takes place within a single app, privacy is not just a compliance issue. It becomes an essential commitment.

For marketers operating inside Super Apps, measurement is no longer a technical task. It is a strategic imperative. The brands that win in this environment will be those that can gain from insights without compromising integrity.

Navigating complexity with strategic intent

Super Apps deliver scale but also come with complexity. Closed ecosystems can restrict access to data and reduce flexibility. Platform dependency raises questions about control and long-term resilience.

This is not a reason to hold back. It is a reason to engage strategically, with visibility, adaptability, and a clear approach to measurement and integration. Sustainable growth means knowing how to work within these environments while maintaining your own strategic independence.

Global expansion today is not about replicating what worked at home. It is about adapting, aligning, and operating with a deep understanding of where you want to grow next.

Compete with context

Super Apps are not just a trend. They are becoming the infrastructure for mobile-first economies and the entry point to digital life in many parts of the world. At the same time, internationalization is accelerating as brands seek new revenue, new users, and greater resilience.

Those who succeed will not just be available in a region. They will localize with purpose, measure with precision, and deliver value within the platform experience itself.

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The potential benefits and opportunities from AI agents in both our business and personal lives center around one word: productivity. Being able to do more with the help of AI seems like a no-brainer and a road to a less busy and hectic life.

But we’ve heard this before, haven’t we?

Like the introduction of the internet, smartphones, and app stores – all had the promise to simplify our lives and boost productivity. While they have had a profound impact on the way we work, it hasn’t changed how busy we are. In fact, Pew Research found that 47 percent of office-based employees said technology has actually increased their work hours. We always seem to fall back into the “busyness trap,” using technology to get things done faster, but filling our newly-found spare time by adding more menial tasks to our lists.

Why? Because we live and work in a world where being busy is equated with success. However, this new AI era presents a chance to approach things in a completely different way.

The fascination around AI being able to unlock new levels of productivity is absolutely warranted – it is an opportunity to help employees save time on administrative tasks and focus on delivering more strategic value through bigger, more impactful projects.

But in order to achieve that, we need to spark a mindset shift around what productivity truly means and to become comfortable with a “fewer but better” philosophy. Otherwise, we’re setting ourselves up to repeat the same busyness cycles we’ve seen before.

Business leaders now have the chance to rethink their approach, create an employee experience built on impact vs. to-do lists, redefine success standards, and optimize an AI-driven workforce. Here are a few ways to get started:

It’s time to redefine productivity

By automating routine and tedious tasks, AI adoption is opening the door to new levels of productivity, but not in the sense of checking more boxes. Real productivity means doing better, bigger, and more valuable things with less.

This requires a cultural shift. Leaders must be willing to rethink what productivity actually is. Allowing people to focus more time on more meaningful initiatives can result in higher value and better execution across their organizations. By fostering a culture that emphasizes meaningful results, quality outcomes, and impactful contributions, leaders can inspire employees to align their efforts with the broader goals of the organization.

Break the mold: normalize not being busy

“There are not enough hours in the day.” “I am working as hard as I can.” “I wish I could, but I’m just too busy.” We all know these familiar phrases because more often than not, we are all busy being busy.

Busy people are too often seen as important people, but with the help of AI, we don’t have to be so busy to be accomplished. AI offers an opportunity to focus on essential, strategic, and high-value work, but it’s all for naught unless we can alter the perception around not being busy. We have to move away from the idea that busyness is a badge of honor and instead embrace intentionality, balance, and strategic prioritization.

Look for ways to reduce the noise and sit in silence

One of the key opportunities of integrating AI into workflows is letting AI agents handle the “noise.” All of those small yet time-consuming tasks that are keeping us busy can be automated. Some examples include data entry, scheduling and calendar management, time zone coordination, invoice generation, and more. Letting AI eliminate the noise of our everyday seems easy enough, as long as we don’t replace them with more tedious tasks.

Being OK with allowing AI to take over the mundane and not replacing that time with other filler tasks is a skill business leaders will need to adopt, foster, and encourage their teams to exhibit as well. It requires continuously re-evaluating the essential vs. non-essential tasks, and assigning the non-essential to AI agents. A day with three strategic priorities completed can be just as – if not more – successful as a day with ten or more to-dos checked off.

Move away from multi-tasking

We’re now so used to constant context switching between devices, screens, conversations, and projects. The idea of being productive has centered around accomplishing multiple things, and that is traditionally done by multi-tasking. Although constantly switching between tasks may seem productive, it often results in mental exhaustion, diminished concentration, and a lower quality of work.

But with the growing adoption of AI agents, we have the opportunity to lean into hyper-focused productivity and hone in on specific initiatives that require and deserve our undivided attention. Over time, this focused approach is what drives more meaningful outcomes, greater personal fulfillment, and material improvement in productivity and effectiveness.

Embrace a better way forward

Despite the potential of past technological advancements, the reality is they haven’t alleviated our busy lives as we hoped. However, AI agents offer an incredible opportunity, not just to do more, but to do better. But business leaders need to be willing to redefine cultural and workplace norms.

By focusing on quality over quantity, reducing the constant noise, and moving away from multi-tasking, we can unlock the real promise of AI and create a future where productivity energizes rather than exhausts the workforce, all resulting in better business outcomes.

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