“Last week Amazon announced plans to release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, produced by the incoming US first lady herself. The tech giant reportedly paid $40mn for the exclusive deal just weeks after it donated $1mn to her husband Donald Trump’s inauguration committee and committed to livestreaming the ceremony on its Prime […]

“Factcheckers had no doubt about the real audience for the news this week – delivered via Mark Zuckerberg’s medium of choice, the awkward video message – that, starting in the US, Meta would abandon professional, third-party factchecking across its networks in favor of the user-powered “community notes” model used on X”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: […]

“Imagine lazing by a pool on a warm summer’s day and drifting off into a gentle sleep when suddenly, someone throws a bucket of iced water in your face. Then another. And another, until you are drenched, cold and very much awake”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Pilita Clark Link: The truth about green business

“Imagine it’s 1956. The first Cold War is raging. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has told Western ambassadors: “We will bury you!” Out of nowhere, Pravda, the Soviet propaganda outlet, launches a bid to buy ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Such an effort would have been rejected by the American […]

“One result of Donald Trump’s victory is that business CEOs are rethinking their obeisance to the Democratic left. The latest example is Meta’s welcome decision this week to abandon its censorship regime”. Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: Mark Zuckerberg’s Speech Mea Culpa

“Lego guards its bricks jealously. Early in Mr Sawaya’s artistic career, the Danish toymaker sent him a cease-and-desist order. (Now a “Lego certified professional”, he builds with the firm’s blessing.) At Lego’s headquarters in Billund, in Denmark, “master builders” work behind tinted windows, hidden from prying eyes. This year the EU’s General Court ruled in […]