How the gambling industry has kept up with decades of computer-assisted tech developed to beat roulette, like wearable devices, timers, and predictive software
One spring evening, two men and a woman walked into the Ritz Club casino, an upmarket establishment in London's West End. LinkedIn: John Connolly , Christine C. Cook , David Sharratt , and Peter Cohen...
The pivot to Web3, driven by ideology rather than utility, is akin to a “collective Theranos” that's warping the economy to benefit professional investors
It can feel as if the entire world is bolting on crypto tokens and NFTs. Many in the industry worry the gold rush is akin to a … Tweets: @maxwellstrachan , @martinsfp , @asmallteapot , @ourielohayon ...
How soccer industry database Transfermarkt arrives at its highly influential player valuations, even as its data is crowdsourced from volunteers and staff
Soccer takes the player valuations posted on the website Transfermarkt extremely seriously. It has never really stopped to ask where they come from. Tweets: @footballcliches , @scott_e_page , @venkat...
A look at Facebook Groups, used by two thirds of Facebook's MAUs and a company focus since 2017, which make leaving the platform especially difficult
Facebook invested heavily in the one feature it knew people couldn't leave behind: Their groups — Before the pandemic, Andrea Norrington barely checked Facebook. Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @kcpike , ...
Trump's campaign is poised to replicate its 2016 success on Facebook, exploiting how FB's AI ad tools automatically distribute ad spend and target audiences
Look at a thousand of the millions of Facebook ads Donald Trump has run, and it's hard to believe that they represent a winning strategy. Tweets: @therealquags , @brianweeden , @antoniogm , @larryrose...
The real-world consequences of misinformation and false rumors on WhatsApp in Brazil, where the app has 100M users
Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @marshallk , @borzou , @chrismessina , @venkatananth , @s_m_i , @craigsilverman , and @katienotopoulos Tweets: Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : When fake news...
The real-world consequences of misinformation and false rumors on WhatsApp in Brazil, where the app has 100M users
The rumors spread among WhatsApp's more than 100 million users in Brazil can vary from the weird — like the mattress dealer who allegedly made a deal with Satan — to the potentially deadly. Tweets: @c...