Tag: media platforms

• May 5, 2019

  https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/hearables-will-monitor-your-brain-and-body-to-augment-your-life more ›

• The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program

  May 5, 2019

  It’s easy to forget now, but Amazon wasn’t always the king of online shopping. In the fall of 2004, Jeff Bezos’s company was still mostly selling just books and DVDs.… more ›

• History of the Capital AI & Market Failures in the Attention Economy

  May 5, 2019

  This is a lengthy discussion, so I’ll begin with a summary. The basic idea in this post is to consider capitalism as a highly efficient objective function (or “AI”) with… more ›

• How Google is building its huge subsea cable infrastructure

  April 25, 2019

  Google announced a milestone in its bid to control the world’s internet infrastructure with its first privately funded international subsea cable touching down in Chile yesterday. https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/24/how-google-is-building-its-huge-subsea-cable-infrastructure/ more ›

• This colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisible to AI

  April 23, 2019

  The rise of AI-powered surveillance is extremely worrying. The ability of governments to track and identify citizens en masse could spell an end to public anonymity. But as researchers have… more ›

• Newsonomics: Bryan Goldberg wants to build Bustle into the “Meredith of the digital age”

  April 22, 2019

  Bryan Goldberg positions himself as a contrarian. While many media owners look to sell, he’s on the hunt for bargains — and he’s finding a few he believes in. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/04/newsonomics-bryan-goldberg-wants-to-build-bustle-into-the-meredith-of-the-digital-age/ more ›

• Miss Millennium: Beyoncé

  April 20, 2019

  Beyoncé is ready to receive you now. https://www.gq.com/story/beyonce-cover-story-interview-gq-february-2013 more ›

• Facebook Showed Me My Data Is Everywhere And I Have Absolutely No Control Over It

  April 17, 2019

  According to the description, “These advertisers are running ads using a contact list they or their partner uploaded that includes info about you. This info was collected by the advertiser… more ›

• The global value of music copyright topped $28bn in 2017

  April 17, 2019

  What is the global value of music copyright? This intriguing question was addressed by Music Business Worldwide for calendar years 2014, 2015 and 2016; and we can now reveal the… more ›

• ‘Be urself’: meet the teens creating a generation gap in music

  April 17, 2019

  It is a disconcerting experience to look at your tweenage daughter’s Spotify playlists and realise that you have never heard of any of the artists. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/29/be-urself-meet-the-teens-creating-a-generation-gap-in-music more ›