Malkia Cyril Contributor Share on Twitter Malkia Cyril is founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) and co-founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network. In the wake of revelations that the personal information of as many as 87 million Facebook users was used by data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica in 2016 […]
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Amazon isn’t to blame the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive
Cyrus Radfar Contributor Cyrus Radfar is a founding engineer of AddThis, which was acquired by Oracle. More posts by this contributor Dear United: Autonomous cars will pull you out of your seat With autonomy, commercial real estate could go mobile In the past week, the 45th president has Twit-tacked Amazon three times and, potentially, cost […]
View More Amazon isn’t to blame the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survivePatterns, Predictability, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Tom Goodwin Contributor Share on Twitter Tom Goodwin is EVP, head of innovation at Zenith Media and the co-founder of the Interesting People in Interesting Times event series and podcast. More posts by this contributor Andrew Yang is running for President to save America from the robots The battle for consumers gets physical (instead of […]
View More Patterns, Predictability, and the Rise of Donald TrumpFacebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm that worked for the Trump campaign
Facebook announced late Friday that it had suspended the account of Strategic Communication Laboratories, and its political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica — which used Facebook data to target voters for President Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2016 election.In a statement released by Paul Grewal, the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel, Facebook explained […]
View More Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm that worked for the Trump campaignSpaceX is making big money moves
Planning a mars mission, a global telecommunications network for inexpensive internet service, and creating an interplanetary hedge against world war three isn’t cheap, so it’s no wonder that SpaceX is closing on $500 million in new cash through a financing round led by Fidelity, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the round. Responding to clamoring […]
View More SpaceX is making big money movesFord says its electric SUV will be famous without having to shoot it into space
Ford is committed to electric vehicles and today revealed more details about its upcoming performance electric SUV. Jim Farley, President of Ford Global Markets, speaking a media event today, called the upcoming vehicle low-slung like a Mustang. The company is targeting 2020 release and Farley promised that it will be famous without having to shoot […]
View More Ford says its electric SUV will be famous without having to shoot it into spaceFrance takes legal action against Apple and Google for their app stores
France’s Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire criticized Apple and Google for the way they run the App Store and Play Store. According to him, Google and Apple have too much power against app developers. Le Maire will ask a court to look at it and fine tech giants if necessary. “When developers want to develop […]
View More France takes legal action against Apple and Google for their app storesThe U.S. secretary of state was fired. On Twitter.
President Donald Trump just fired his embattled secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, via Twitter this morning, replacing him with former Tea Party Congressman and current Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo. Mike Pompeo, Director of the C…
View More The U.S. secretary of state was fired. On Twitter.The U.S. secretary of state was fired. On Twitter.
President Donald Trump just fired his embattled secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, via Twitter this morning, replacing him with former Tea Party Congressman and current Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo. Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson […]
Stephen Colbert tried divine intervention to convince Oprah to run for president
On the Late Show last night, Colbert gave Oprah what she said she needed in order to run for president in 2020: a sign from God.
After Oprah firmly explained the talkativeness of her co-stars from A Wrinkle In Time, as well as her intense dislike…
Want to learn about African immigrants? Mr. President, meet Africa’s tech sector
President Trump’s comments about immigrants coming from “shithole” countries are continuing to stir up a shitstorm internationally. And while the language itself is bad enough, the President and his advisors need to also reboot their assumptions about the African continent — not just for the immigration debate but for U.S. foreign policy considerations. Among other… Read More
Photo of Donald Trump at his desk inspires epic Twitter thread of past presidents at work
The White House press team might want to ask for a mulligan on this one.
One day into the U.S. government’s first shutdown since 2013, the White House sent out a press blast featuring photos of Donald Trump at work. The message was simple: Look at ou…