YouTube takes down Tenet Media and four other channels after the US DOJ alleged that Russia was paying US right-wing political influencers to produce content
The reverberations from indictments this week over Russian influence buying continue to spread. Will Shanklin / Engadget : YouTube terminates five right-wing channels linked to the DOJ's Russia indict...
How The Sims, which lets Sims eat or cook 300+ different dishes, has evolved into a world where players can learn about the many ways people experience food
The 22-year-old life-simulation video game has evolved into a world where players can farm, forage, cook and learn about the many ways people experience food. Tweets: @zoescaman , @tanyasic , @nikitar...
A look at how centralized social media platforms have made the creator economy corrosive for online workers and what can be done to remedy the issue
The creator economy is becoming the gig economy—but there's still time to turn things around — Nearly two years ago, I published … Tweets: @carnage4life , @zoescaman , @p_millerd , @mattschaar , @cn...
NFTs blur the line between social and financial capital and dismissing them is akin to missing the importance of status while analyzing social networks
Analyzing NFTs as Social Networks Using the Status-as-a-Service Framework — The DEAD followed me across Twitter all weekend. Tweets: @zoescaman , @jihoz_axie , and @jessewldn Tweets: Zoe Scaman / @z...
Apple's iOS is inhibiting the growth of the future internet but regulators can remedy that by forcing Apple into competition in app distribution and payments
Chapter One: The Creation of Today's Internet and the Needs of Tomorrow's — One of the neat things about the internet is who created it, why, and how. Tweets: @ballmatthew , @ballmatthew , @pierskic...
Live shopping in the US on Amazon, Instagram, and Google is imminent, following its explosive growth in China, which saw 560M live-stream viewers in March
Carla Stevenné's first live stream terrified her. As part of Amazon Live's influencer beta group, she needed to find stuff to sell … Tweets: @gavinsbaker , @zoescaman , and @zhugeex Tweets: Gavin Bak...
A deep dive into Tencent, its history, core businesses, investment portfolio, and Pony Ma's “outsider CEO” characteristics that led to its success
Tencent is the most important company that many Americans know the least about. When President Trump signed … Tweets: @zoescaman and @docolumide Tweets: Zoe Scaman / @zoescaman : In China, Tencent is...