Why Authentic Storytelling Is Becoming Media’s Most Valuable Asset
In an age of endless content, audiences are now searching for stories that provide meaning, authenticity and genuine human connection.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
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Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores
Apple is simplifying its EU App Store fees, replacing its per-install fee with a 5% commission for apps distributed outside the App Store and making it easier for developers to operate alternative app marketplaces.
5 Places AI Learns About Your Brand (Your Website Isn’t One of Them)
AI assistants build their picture of your brand from what other people publish, not from your homepage. The five channels that matter most, ranked by citation data.
Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch
A new feature added to Comcast’s newest routers can detect if there is motion is inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors.
Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.
This Dad Lost His Job and Started Making a Breakfast Staple at Home. It Was So Good He Sold $85,000 Worth From His Kitchen.
Six years ago he’d never made a bagel. Now he’s baked more than 1.5 million of them.
Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
McDonald’s Lost Money When Workers Missed Shifts. Here’s the ‘Crazy Beneficial’ Solution That Finally Fixed It and Saved $35,000 a Month.
A new app makes it easier for McDonald’s employees to get to their jobs.
Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans
The cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan is increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month.
She Grew Up in a Log Cabin in Canada. Now She’s Booking Wild Parties for the Ultrarich.
Olivia Ferney is setting Guinness World Records for clients who think nothing of spending six figures on a single night.