Category: Data-Labor-Technology Stories

On a Friday in June 2016, MediaCom CEO Stephen Allan got the call no agency leader ever wants: The shop had unexpectedly lost the global business of Volkswagen, a client since 1996 that was one of its top three revenue generators with an annual marketing budget between $2 billion and $3 billion. “You feel completely…

From LeBron James to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook to Stephen Curry, the level of play and talent that exists in today’s National Basketball Association makes the product as captivating as it’s ever been. The games are intense, exciting, fast-paced, and the on-court rivalries–between teams and even individual players–are fierce. The NBA is separating itself…

The U.S. indictment handed down against three Russian companies and 13 individuals suggests it won’t be easy to stop any aggressive influence campaign in the run-up to the midterm election in less than nine months.

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has said he plans to leave Silicon Valley in part because of its perceived cultural uniformity, joining other investors who have defected from the nation’s high-tech cradle.

The alleged Russian campaign to manipulate the U.S. presidential election was orchestrated by what amounted to a propaganda startup, with finance and graphics departments, performance targets and a sophisticated social-media strategy.

“Fortnite” wasn’t a big hit when it first came out as a $40 game. To attract players, Epic Games made an unusual decision: create a free version.

Three Russian companies and 13 Russian nationals were indicted Friday on charges of engaging in a widespread effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, providing the most comprehensive official account to date of a sweeping effort by Moscow to upend U.S. politics and set Americans against each other.

Disturbing social-media posts apparently made by Nikolas Cruz before a deadly shooting spree have rekindled questions about what responsibilities and capabilities technology companies and law-enforcement authorities have for detecting threats among the billions of words, images and videos online.

Twitter took a look back at the video game-related content on its platform in 2017. In a blog post, Rishi Chadha, head of gaming content partnerships at Twitter, said more than 218 million tweets about gaming were shared by users around the world last year. In terms of mentions, the most-mentioned video game globally in…

Voice technology was everywhere at CES this year (toilets included), in large part because it’s an easy, natural interface. But it still requires input from consumers–which, at least in marketing terms, means friction remains. “There are few things more natural than simply asking for something and having that thing brought to you,” said Jason Snyder,…