The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business (and Everything Else)
Ken Auletta's latest book explores the chaotic world of contemporary advertising.
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Making Sense of the Challenges to the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback
On Wednesday, the Senate made use of an obscure legislative procedure to challenge the FCC's proposed changes to net neutrality regulations. We chatted with a law professor to break down the specifics.
Who Are the ‘Incels’ of 4chan, and Why Are They So Angry?
A recently uncovered social media post by Alek Minassian, the suspected Toronto killer, provides further evidence of 4chan's slow descent from chatroom for the esoteric into incubator for hatred.
How Facebook Is Throwing Our Brains Into Overdrive
Has Facebook fundamentally transformed human behavior—and is such damage irreparable?
The Agony of Rural America’s Inescapable Broadband Gap
The T-Mobile settlement is a stark reminder that waiting for private industry to make the investment is a losing proposition.
What’s Behind America’s Inability to Create a Trustworthy Broadband Map?
Broadband-mapping efforts from both the federal government at large and the FCC have had critical flaws that disproportionately affect rural and minority communities.
Facebook and the Reckoning of the Modern Self
The most disturbing insight into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal has little to do with either Facebook or Cambridge Analytica.
This Chart Shows the Unequal State of Access to Fintech Services in America
What good are financial technologies if low-income folks don't have high-speed Internet to access them?
Fake News Is Our Fault
Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.
Your Laziness Is Saving the Planet
New research finds we're driving less in the Internet age, and that's reducing our energy consumption.