Tag: stories
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COVID-19 is the biggest global event—and challenge—of our lifetimes. As such, it is changing human attitudes and behaviors today and forcing organizations to respond. However, the need to respond won’t… more ›
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Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it,… more ›
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In July 2016, Raymond Thomas, a four-star general and head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, hosted a guest: Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google. General Thomas, who served in… more ›
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Have you ever wanted to hear Jay Z rap the “To Be, Or Not To Be” soliloquy from Hamlet? You are in luck: What about Bob Dylan singing Britney Spears’… more ›
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The great beauty of contemporary music, and what gives it its edge and vitality, is its devil-may-care attitude toward appropriation — everybody is grabbing stuff from everybody else, all the… more ›
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This warm salutation comes not from a seasoned online broadcaster, but from a 49-year-old rural official hoping to sell some sweet potatoes to his audience. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005557/pandemic-turns-chinas-local-leaders-into-livestreamers more ›
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For many Americans, the fallout of the novel coronavirus pandemic gets bleaker by the day. More than twice as many people are unemployed in the U.S. right now than there… more ›
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The internet giant is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the effort, with its first original game, Crucible, to be released next month. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/amazon-making-video-games.html more ›
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With the pandemic having shut down production, companies are asking ad agencies to create commercials made up of digitally altered footage. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/business/media/espn-kenny-mayne-state-farm-commercial.html more ›
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Two years ago I attended an “Innovation in Immersive Storytelling” event at Industrial Light & Magic, featuring the Chief Game Wizard of Magic Leap. I should have known then, from… more ›