Instagram confirms testing an unskippable ad format with a countdown timer that briefly prevents feed scrolling, similar to the free version of YouTube
users are not happy about it Kit Eaton / Inc.com : Unskippable ‘Ad Breaks’ Annoy Instagram Users Abhiman Biswas / MySmartPrice : Instagram Might Soon Show Unskippable Ads to Users as Part of Ad Breaks...
Book excerpt examines Peter Thiel's support for Trump and partnership with Steve Bannon, libertarian ideology, battles with the IRS, and founding of Palantir
In an exclusive excerpt from The Contrarian, a new biography, the disruption-preaching power broker is revealed … Tweets: @s_m_i , @chafkin , @jimaley , @chafkin , @bw , @chafkin , and @silviakillings...
Microsoft says Bing is not displaying image results for “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre due to “accidental human error”
showing the long column of tanks that he held up. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @starsandstripes : Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine brie...
Elon Musk is either trading on his unique ability to move the price of Bitcoin and Dogecoin, or just trolling, and both scenarios are bizarre and incredible
As Elon Musk reverses his Bitcoin sentiment … Matthew Fox / Insider : Ethan Allen stock is soaring as traders confuse its ticker with the identical one for ether Scott Chipolina / Decrypt : Ark Invest...
eBay confirms that ex-CEO Devin Wenig is the person who allegedly ordered six eBay employees to initiate a cyberstalking campaign; Wenig is not being charged
Surveillance. Harassment. A live cockroach delivery. US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign. Tweets: @karlbode , @wired , @lachla...
Facebook Dating launches in 14 more countries, will come to US in 2019, adds Secret Crush feature to let users select up to 9 friends for Tinder-like matching
and it was promptly hacked (by a frat) and published, and the rest of my senior year was basically a series of awkward encounters in campus bars. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! http://twitter.com/... Sophie Ve...
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 story spreading on Brazilian WhatsApp went like this: a couple — a young woman and an older man — were kidnapping children to sell them as part of an international scheme. Tweets: @marshallk , @ch...
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...