Starting to think the big internet companies in Silicon Valley are out of control? Wondering if they have gotten too big and too powerful and that maybe they’re to blame for a lot of society’s problems? You are not alone – and these days, it is not just your fellow internet... Read more
By Justin Sanders
A new year, a new Congress … and the sixth installment in our series featuring brilliant commentary by others about the endlessly burning dumpster fire that is Big Tech! 2018 ended with yet another Facebook face palm, with new reports showing that the company gave corporate clients intrusive access to user... Read more
By Justin Sanders
While shooting the film he won an Oscar for, The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio made headlines for the hardships he endured outdoors in subzero temperatures. But the hardest job on that film may have occurred indoors, in a room rarely thought about by people not involved with post-production – the coloring... Read more
By Justin Sanders
With all the controversy swirling around Big Tech in 2018, you may have missed yet another, slightly less reported-on scandal that occurred near the end of the year in New Zealand. It involved the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane, and the temporary name suppression ordered by the local authorities... Read more
By: Justin Sanders
Well, another holiday season has come and gone, and we’re feeling a little blue – though not for the reason you might be thinking. Sure, we’re bummed that it’s going to be another year before we get to pull out the menorahs and the Christmas ornaments and the Kwanzaa kinaras.... Read more
By Justin Sanders
With their band The Kin, Isaac and Thorald Koren have toured the world with the likes of Pink, Coldplay, and Rod Stewart. At one time, not so long ago, they were bringing their signature brand of high-energy yet introspective alternative rock to crowds of 20,000 people and more – even... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
In 2009, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a Business Insider interview that his prime directive to his developers and team was to “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” Zuckerberg would later update that uplifting little motto to the far... Read more
By Justin Sanders
Welcome back to our semi-regular round-up of brilliant commentary about the endlessly burning dumpster fire that is Big Tech. The last time we checked in on what’s wrong with Big Tech, the Federal Trade Commission was about to kick off a historic series of “Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection... Read more
By Justin Sanders
Google, and its parent Alphabet, have always shown a remarkable ability to maintain consumer goodwill – their reputation remains strong and their market cap immense despite a litany of misdeeds that would likely have seriously bruised, if not floored, most other companies. What kinds of misdeeds? Harvesting user data en... Read more
By CreativeFuture
From nostalgic front-runners like Super Smash Bros. and The Legend of Zelda to mainstream favorites like Destiny and Fortnite, the video game industry’s hottest properties were a perfect match for live streaming – a widely popular trend that allows gamers to broadcast their gameplay to millions of people. However, the exponential growth... Read more