Author: Tech Support

    • In 2010s, Twitter enabled young and marginalized people to be heard, held news organizations accountable, and pushed largely ignored issues into the mainstream (Sarah J. Jackson/New York Times)

    Sarah J. Jackson / New York Times: In 2010s, Twitter enabled young and marginalized people to be heard, held news organizations accountable, and pushed largely ignored issues into the mainstream  —  It’s impossible to avoid news about how harmful social media can be.  The Cambridge Analytica scandal.  The ubiquitous Russian bots. In 2010s, Twitter enabled

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    • With print books often cheaper than ebooks, whose sales stabilized at ~20% of total book sales, a look at the aftermath of Apple's ebook price fixing lawsuit (Constance Grady/Vox)

    Constance Grady / Vox: With print books often cheaper than ebooks, whose sales stabilized at ~20% of total book sales, a look at the aftermath of Apple’s ebook price fixing lawsuit  —  Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks.  There were unintended consequences. With print books often cheaper than ebooks, whose sales

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    • As labels increasingly rely on streaming data to scout talent, they could become less willing to sign artists whose music isn't engineered to maximize profit (Allyson McCabe/Wired)

    Allyson McCabe / Wired: As labels increasingly rely on streaming data to scout talent, they could become less willing to sign artists whose music isn’t engineered to maximize profit  —  The explosion of metrics and algorithms isn’t just reflecting what’s happening in the music industry.  It’s transforming it. As labels increasingly rely on streaming data

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