Jerry Seinfeld: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’ (It’s not.) Aug. 24, 2020 Credit... Daniel Arnold for The New York Times By Mr. Seinfeld is a comedian. Leer en español When I got my first apartment in
In the era of President Donald Trump, the news develops the quality “of being shocking without being surprising,” wrote Masha Gessen in Surviving Autocracy . Each week’s events are “an assault on the
M any months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus is still spreading uncontrolled through the U.S. Public health authorities including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC )
5-min read CNN: “Section4, the online education start-up founded by NYU professor Scott Galloway, is in discussions to acquire TikTok.” It. Could. Happen. Hey, why not? The probability that Section4 w
Once upon a time, eight Senior VPs formed Steve Jobs’ inner circle. Steve empowered them because they were talented, strategic, trusted and in tune with his vision. Well, time marches on. Apple doesn’
Apple TV+/Ringer illustration Remember those Geico caveman commercials ? As far as insurance ad campaigns go, the Geico cavemen weren’t the most insufferable spots in the world: They were occasionally
The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America The right has made irresponsible behavior a key principle. July 27, 2020 An antimask protester in Columbus, Ohio, on July 18. By Opinion Columnist 阅读简体中文版 閱讀
Tim Cook , Jeff Bezos , Sundar Pichai , and Mark Zuckerberg all provided written opening statements in advance of today’s hearing . The canonical versions are PDFs, but Politico has conveniently trans
7-min read Since the age of five I’ve enjoyed peeing outdoors. Forty years later, peeing has become something I must do several dozen times a day, and I don’t like the outdoors. But life mimics math,
In 2016, we didn’t know. We were innocent. We still believed social media connected us and that connections were good. That technology equalled progress. And progress equalled better. Four years on, w
10-min read The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are scheduled to testify in front of the US House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. Some thoughts… Big tech has won before the hearing start
A summer afternoon at the Reichstag. Soft Berlin light filters down through the great glass dome, past tourists ascending the spiral ramp, and into the main hall of parliament. Half the members’ seats
Tech Is About Power. And These Four Moguls Have Too Much of It. A congressional hearing on Monday should address this imbalance. July 23, 2020 Jeff Bezos in Washington last October. By Ms. Swisher cov
The first time Lakers two-way player Devontae Cacok met his new teammate LeBron James , it’s fair to guess he was probably a little starstruck. The undrafted rookie was speaking with someone that he’d
At some point a month or two ago (or maybe six months ago, or six days ago — who the hell knows in COVID time), The New York Times started pestering me with a bottom-of-the-page dickbar just about eve
How Facebook and Friends Derailed Advertising 09 July 2020 It’s been a busy few weeks at Facebook, what with the ad boycott, hastily arranged meetings with agencies, bullish statements from Mark Zucke
Here Come the 4 Horsemen of the Techopolypse What will happen when the leaders of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon appear before Congress? We are about to find out. July 1, 2020 Facebook’s chief exe
5-min read Few firms counterpunch like Walmart. “Innovation” has a new, first-of-its-kind feel. But most stakeholder value is a function of firms benchmarking, copying, or stealing other firms’ great
Updated at 1:40 p.m. ET on July 9, 2020. For the past few weeks, I have been obsessed with a mystery emerging in the national COVID-19 data. Cases have soared to terrifying levels since June. Yesterda
To be completely honest with you, I never planned to build a cabin. First, I wanted to rent one, then I wanted to buy one. It was only with desperation after having no luck with these first
Emmy Insider The Emmy race has begun! Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13. Illustration: Vulture and Photos Courtesy of Quibi Last year, Sc
When Bill Gates was on Trevor Noah’s show it was amazing how much better quality his video was . I had experimented with using a Sony camera and capture card for the virtual event we did in February w
Up in smoke? Fossil fuel subsidies cost the world five trillion dollars each year. Getty You have probably heard that we are facing a climate crisis. You probably also know that burning fossil fuels s
When it comes to the big four consumer tech companies — Microsoft’s decision to close its retail stores was the culmination of a step-back from the consumer space five years in the making — Google and
the media equation Mark Zuckerberg has forged an uneasy alliance with the Trump administration. He may have gotten too close. Credit... Brandon Celi Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm To h
Nicht die Politik, nicht die Polizei, auch nicht die Lokalpresse, ja nicht einmal das örtliche Krankenhaus schlug jemals Alarm im Fall Tönnies. Nur eine Frau hat sich das getraut: Inge Bultschnieder.
5-min read US university presidents and chancellors, enough already. It’s time to end the consensual hallucination between university leadership, parents, and students that in-person classes will resu
As the proliferation of misinformation and hate on social networks has grown during the pandemic and in advance of the 2020 election, NYU professor Scott Galloway has emerged as one of the fiercest cr
Mit Corona kommen Schlachthöfe in Verruf. Unternehmer wie Ethan Brown von Beyond Meat stellen vegane Burger her – die selbst Fast-Food-Freunden schmecken. Als Kind verbrachte Ethan Brown seine Wochene
7-min read We witness border skirmishes between big tech firms on a regular basis. This year, one or more will erupt into a shooting war. Just as most wars are not a function of ideology but economics
That was until yesterday, with Snap’s annual Partner Summit, which took place virtually. (Snap canceled the in-person summit due to COVID-19.) Snap introduced new tools to get its partners and users e
5 min read · Jun 11, 2020 -- Shutterstock In the last 5 years or so it’s become increasingly common for creative industries, specifically advertising, to include some derivative of the following in th
Ever since Mark Zuckerberg defended the platform’s hands-off policy toward posts by President Trump that contained misinformation or promoted violence, some companies are staying away. The platform ge
Posted in Uncategorized Statues have been dominating the news lately. Should they stay or should they go? Are they an offensive example of how terrible people can use their ill-gotten gains to build p
The answer: Leap years, the summer Olympics, U.S. presidential elections. The question: What are things that occur every fourth year? Add to that hypothetical Jeopardy answer another item: new iPhone
Singapore's contact tracing app, TraceTogether, which is being used as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in the city-state. Catherine Lai | AFP via Getty Images One of the most amb
In close up, on television, at a glance, with the volume down, Donald Trump can from time to time look like a president. That effect becomes less convincing the more you pay attention, though. Even un
Getty Images / WIRED Instagram is a massive money-maker. Parent company Facebook doesn’t release figures on how much money the division makes but reports claim it generated $20 billion in advertising
4-min read I feel stronger when I wear Nike products. The company is also likely the best advertiser in modern business history. I know many of the people who work there, across many levels of managem
Zuckerberg’s Free Speech Bubble The Facebook chief executive doubles down on a flawed defense of a company policy that allows Trump to post dangerous comments. Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a c