Tech Giants Say They Can't Guarantee Your Security Under New Encryption Laws
A group representing Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others has slammed the Australian government's draft encryption legislation.
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The Anti-Facebook Mask
<strong>Be invisible.</strong> Or, at least, fool Facebook for Halloween.
Akshay Kumar Wrote A Moving Letter Voicing Concern For Bollywood's Stuntmen and Women
"You deserve so much more than a wage packet, & I hope I live long enough to see a change."
Small Social Is Here: Why Groups Are Finally Finding A Home Online
Facebook Groups, Slack, Nextdoor and others are leading a charge into new territory for the social internet.
French People Are Losing Their Shit Over This Photo Of Crêpes
"Sacre bleu! Quelle tragédie!"
A Woman Shared Her Epic Fart Story On Facebook And It’ll Give You Secondhand Embarrassment
"I'm thinking, do I leave? Do I leave the country? Is this happening??"
Facebook's Photo Filters Look Exactly Like Instagram's
<b>It's uncanny!</b> Maybe now we know why Facebook really bought Instagram: so it <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/before-buying-instagram-facebook-planned-to-destr">wouldn't look so bad</a> when they copied it.
A Billionaire Politician — Not Trump, Another One — Is Running Facebook Ads For Chloroquine
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has promised to buy a million courses of a drug that has not been proven to help COVID-19.
What Should Hollywood Learn From Kane Parsons?
The 20-year-old YouTube creator, whose A24 film Backrooms premieres May 29, has created a new kind of rollout strategy.
LiveRamp’s Data Gives Publicis a New Way Into Commerce Media and Agentic AI
Publicis Groupe's $2.2 billion acquisition of data firm LiveRamp could help the holding company better compete in a commerce media landscape dominated by Amazon.
Apple’s Eddy Cue Is Cannes Lions 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year
Under his leadership, Apple TV has emerged as a crown jewel for the company.
Sandi Cohen Named EP for Peter Alexander’s Upcoming MS NOW Show
Cohen was most recently a senior broadcast producer for CNN’s Laura Coates Live.
Viant Taps Ad Fontes Media to Bring ‘News Bias’ Targeting to CTV
The integration scores news programs on reliability and bias, giving buyers a more granular way to activate against inventory.
How Condé Nast Grew Its Events Revenue 40% Last Year
The media company is projecting another 22% growth in 2026 as it leans into cultural tentpoles to hedge against AI and traffic declines.
Heinz Brings Back the Iconic Glass Bottle To Mark Its 157th Birthday
The nostalgia play kicks off the brand’s anniversary campaign from Wieden+Kennedy New York.
Jaron Lanier: How we need to remake the internet
In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge -- but even then, this vision was haunted by the dark side of how it could turn out: with personal devices that control our lives, monitor our data and feed us stimuli. (Sound familiar?) In this vis...
Google Revamps Its Iconic Search Bar for the First Time in 25 Years
Google readies its Search bar for the AI era, answering longer queries, and simplifying shopping across the internet.
Microsoft Ad Chief Kya Sainsbury-Carter Departs; LinkedIn’s Matt Derella Takes Over
Microsoft’s top advertising executive, Kya Sainsbury-Carter, is leaving the company after three years in the role, to be replaced by LinkedIn ads exec Matt Derella.
X pitches advertisers on rising opportunities in the app
<p>X is looking to boost advertiser interest in its re-built its ad platform, which is now powered by AI.</p>
X implements new posting restrictions on nonpaying users
<p>A new posting limit will make it cost prohibitive for spammers to flood the app.</p>