Tag: media platforms

• Tiered Governance and Demonetization: The Shifting Terms of Labor and Compensation in the Platform Economy

  July 13, 2020

  Social media platforms have profoundly transformed cultural production, in part by restructuring the terms by which culture is distributed and paid for. In this article, we examine the YouTube Partner… more ›

• The chip-making machine at the center of Chinese dual-use concerns

  July 12, 2020

  An extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is a technological marvel. A generator ejects 50,000 tiny droplets of molten tin per second. A high-powered laser blasts each droplet twice. The first shapes… more ›

• Apps within apps

  July 5, 2020

  “We think that interactive is the next frontier,” Shapiro said, “and not only interactive, but this kind of remixable interactive.” https://www.protocol.com/kojihttps://www.protocol.com/koji more ›

• The startup taking on Apple and Snapchat in a mini-app war

  July 5, 2020

  Here’s Dmitry Shapiro’s big idea: apps that go inside your apps. Want to play a game inside a Reddit post, make a GIF without leaving the iMessage window, or pick… more ›

• For Lesbians, TikTok Is ‘the Next Tinder’

  July 2, 2020

  Young women feeling alienated by dating apps and bar culture are finding love on their For You pages. On Feb. 3, Lauren Vlach received $8 on Venmo, spread across four… more ›

• How TikTok recommends videos #ForYou

  June 28, 2020

  TikTok’s mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. We’re building a global community where you can create and share authentically, discover the world, and connect with others. The For… more ›

• The push to redefine “good design” amid the Black Lives Matter movement

  June 27, 2020

  Looking at Big Tech as the next Big Oil. In 2015, Nextdoor, the location-based social networking app, gained a reputation as a locus of racial profiling. Users were sending alerts… more ›

• Good Questions, Real Answers: How Does Facebook Use Machine Learning to Deliver Ads?

  June 24, 2020

  Machine learning is a system that learns as it receives new data, without being explicitly programmed, to carry out complex tasks quickly and efficiently. Facebook uses machine learning to generate… more ›

• From HAL 9000 to Westworld’s Dolores: the pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants

  June 22, 2020

  Last year, nearly one third of Australian adults owned a smart speaker device allowing them to call on “Alexa” or “Siri”. Now, with more time spent indoors due to COVID-19,… more ›

• Twitch’s Streaming Boom Is Jolting the Music Industry

  June 21, 2020

  On the morning of May 27, Kenneth Charles Blume III wanted to talk about white privilege. Blume, a 29-year-old DJ from Greenwich, Connecticut, has produced beats for some of the biggest… more ›