In his spare time, Tony Eastin likes to dabble in the stock market. One day last year, he Googled a pharmaceutical company that seemed like a promising investment. One of the first search results Google served up on its...
A team led by former Twitter engineers is rethinking how AI can be used to help people process news and information. Particle.news, which entered into private beta over the weekend, is a new startup offering a personalized, “multi-perspective” news...
On Thursday morning, a rumor started to circulate among media workers. Vice senior editor Janus Rose disclosed that staffers were in possession of an anonymous tip that management planned to shutter Vice—and delete the entire website. Employees had noticed...
Could one-off articles and podcast purchases be the future of publishing? That’s the vision of the co-founders of Acast, a podcast hosting and monetisation platform, as they expand their new digital content platform, Sesamy.Swedish entrepreneurs Måns Ulvestam and Karl Rosander have...
Some laws operate like hidden trap doors — everyone walks across the trap at one point or another, but only a handful of us actually fall through. For the rich, it’s the law against insider trading; for the rest of...
For decades, the phrase “fashion editor” has conjured up a certain set of images: luxe oversize offices; constant jet-setting; fleets of assistants; decisive declarations of what’s in and what’s out; daily chauffeured cars for getting whisked from the office...
Tech layoffs may be crowding the headlines, but the news business itself is likewise getting downsized.The media sector keeps taking it on the chin, with fresh rounds of layoffs landing in early 2024. In January alone, hundreds of jobs...
Samantha Stokes is a reporter at Business Insider, covering startups and venture capital firms. At some point last year, feeling adrift and disconnected from her colleagues in the industry, she started thinking about throwing a party for journalists—a way...
Vice Media plans to cut hundreds of jobs as it stops publishing on Vice.com, according to a memo from chief executive Bruce Dixon.In May, the firm filed for bankruptcy in the US and was bought by Fortress Investment Group.Mr...
Game on! Apple launched a free standalone app for sports fans, Apple Sports, which is engineered to fire scores and stats to your iPhone as quickly as possible.
Origen: Apple Sports Free App Provides Real-Time Scores, Links to Apple TV
