Tag: business models

• Cheatsheet: What you need to know about influencer fraud

  August 6, 2022

  Influencer marketing fraud is a growing problem in an industry valued at over $1 billion. Influencers — essentially social media stars with large followings — are attractive to marketers for the… more ›

• A day in the life of a Chinese robotaxi driver

  August 6, 2022

  When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/27/1056472/life-of-chinese-robotaxi-driver/ more ›

• The End of Social Media

  August 5, 2022

  Last week, Meta announced that the Facebook newsfeed would be shifting towards an algorithmic, recommendation-based model of content distribution. Platforms like the massively popular (and still growing) TikTok and YouTube put far… more ›

• Old thinking will break your brain.

  August 5, 2022

  You’re not ready for what’s coming. You’re also not alone in your unreadiness. https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/old-thinking-will-break-your-brain more ›

• ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators

  August 4, 2022

  If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. AI-generated artwork is quietly beginning to reshape culture. https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/2/23287173/ai-image-generation-art-midjourney-multiverse-interview-david-holz more ›

• The Changing Face of Compute

  August 2, 2022

  Once upon a time chip companies all specialized on designing one type of chip: Intel made CPUs; Qualcomm made modems; Nvidia made GPUs; Broadcom (pre-Avago) made networking chips. That age… more ›

• A Crypto Game Promised to Lift Filipinos Out of Poverty. Here’s What Happened Instead

  July 31, 2022

  Samerson Orias was working as a line cook last year in the rural Philippines when his friend told him he could make way more money playing a new video game.… more ›

• S06 E09: Billy Reid, Fashion Designer at Billy Reid

  July 29, 2022

  Scott Kerr sits down with American fashion designer Billy Reid for a fascinating conversation about his eponymous label and how cataclysmic setbacks in the early stages were instrumental to the… more ›

• Mushroom Leather Is Here. Will Shoppers Care?

  July 29, 2022

  Early adopters like Stella McCartney are pitching sustainability and innovation in swapping cowhides for mushroom roots. In a warehouse outside Oakland, California, the air smells like decaying trees. Workers toss… more ›

• How Lifelogging is Transforming the Way We Remember, Track Our Lives

  July 28, 2022

  Once explored by only an elite few, the practice of lifelogging refers, quite literally, to logging or registering your daily life with technical tools and services. When lifelogging first emerged… more ›