Tag: media

• Why China Cracked Down on the Social-Media Giant Bytedance

  July 15, 2020

  Last week, just as Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook, was emerging largely unscathed from two days of congressional testimony about how his company works, the Chinese C.E.O. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-china-cracked-down-on-the-social-media-giant-bytedance more ›

• The TikTok War

  July 15, 2020

  Over the last week, as the idea of banning TikTok in the U.S. has shifted from a fringe idea to a seeming inevitability (thanks in no small part to India’s… 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 ›

• 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 ›

• 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 ›

• Mastering TikTok Mobile Ads: Takeaways from Six Months in the Self-Serve Beta

  June 16, 2020

  After several years of eye-popping growth, TikTok has elbowed its way into contention as a major social platform. As expected, this has led to huge interest from marketers eager to… more ›

• Embracing the metaverse: Roblox’s ambitious vision for building online worlds

  June 15, 2020

  If you’re over 30, you probably have never used Roblox in your life. But if you have children of a certain age, chances are that Roblox is their life. The… more ›

• Here’s how Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri answer the question, ‘Do black lives matter?’

  June 9, 2020

  Digital assistants from Amazon, Apple, and Google state their support for the Black Lives Matter movement when prompted (via Business Insider). https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21284546/apple-siri-amazon-alexa-google-assisant-black-lives-matter-ai-response more ›

• Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on competing with Microsoft, the future of work, and managing all those notifications

  May 30, 2020

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