In light of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend, Recode reviewed how these platforms handle content that promotes violence and spreads hateful ideologies.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.In less than 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday, two mass shootings in , and , have . The back-to-back massacres are raising questions about the role of social media platforms in spreading content that promotes violence and white supremacist ideologies.Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been slow to take action against white...…In light of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend, Recode reviewed how these platforms handle content that promotes violence and spreads hateful ideologies.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.In less than 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday, two mass shootings in , and , have . The back-to-back massacres are raising questions about the role of social media platforms in spreading content that promotes violence and white supremacist ideologies.Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been slow to take action against white...WW…

It probably won’t look like this for long.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.The media landscape used to be straightforward: Content companies (studios) made stuff (TV shows and movies) and sold it to pay TV distributors, who sold it to consumers.Now things are up for grabs: Netflix buys stuff from the studios, but it’s making its own stuff, too, and it’s selling it directly to consumers. That’s one of the reasons older media companies are . Disney, for example, — though much of the early success of its Disney+ streaming service looks like it’s a...…It probably won’t look like this for long.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.The media landscape used to be straightforward: Content companies (studios) made stuff (TV shows and movies) and sold it to pay TV distributors, who sold it to consumers.Now things are up for grabs: Netflix buys stuff from the studios, but it’s making its own stuff, too, and it’s selling it directly to consumers. That’s one of the reasons older media companies are . Disney, for example, — though much of the early success of its Disney+ streaming service looks like it’s a...WW…

The Big Four mobile carriers would become the Big Three.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.T-Mobile announced yesterday that it’s Sprint in a long-awaited bid to reshape the U.S. wireless market.And while the $26 billion merger — if approved — brings the combined company closer in size to AT&T and Verizon, it won’t be enough to unseat its rivals as the largest U.S. mobile operator.T-Mobile was the third biggest U.S. carrier by total wireless subscribers as of the end of 2017, and Sprint was the fourth largest. Together they’ll still be in third...…The Big Four mobile carriers would become the Big Three.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.T-Mobile announced yesterday that it’s Sprint in a long-awaited bid to reshape the U.S. wireless market.And while the $26 billion merger — if approved — brings the combined company closer in size to AT&T and Verizon, it won’t be enough to unseat its rivals as the largest U.S. mobile operator.T-Mobile was the third biggest U.S. carrier by total wireless subscribers as of the end of 2017, and Sprint was the fourth largest. Together they’ll still be in third...WW…

It’s all about investing in the future.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.Amazon skeptics have long repeated a narrative about the e-commerce behemoth now worth $880 billion: that it doesn’t make money, that its razor-thin margins meant to crush competitors are unsustainable, and that its business model will surely, eventually, fail.And pretty much every financial quarter, I for Amazon’s quarterly earnings that seems to reflect this narrative. It compares Amazon’s revenue (gray line) — seasonal peaks and valleys that go up and to the right to the...…It’s all about investing in the future.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.Amazon skeptics have long repeated a narrative about the e-commerce behemoth now worth $880 billion: that it doesn’t make money, that its razor-thin margins meant to crush competitors are unsustainable, and that its business model will surely, eventually, fail.And pretty much every financial quarter, I for Amazon’s quarterly earnings that seems to reflect this narrative. It compares Amazon’s revenue (gray line) — seasonal peaks and valleys that go up and to the right to the...WW…

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.If 2020 was the year Zoom rode the pandemic to skyrocketing success, 2021 could be the year the videoconferencing company comes back down to Earth.Zoom started trading on the stock market in April 2019. At the time, it was known for being a rarity: a newly public tech company that actually turned a profit. One year later, the world was in lockdown for the , and Zoom went from being a niche business software popular among tech companies to the way people did just about everything.Not only did that mean a sharp rise...…Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.If 2020 was the year Zoom rode the pandemic to skyrocketing success, 2021 could be the year the videoconferencing company comes back down to Earth.Zoom started trading on the stock market in April 2019. At the time, it was known for being a rarity: a newly public tech company that actually turned a profit. One year later, the world was in lockdown for the , and Zoom went from being a niche business software popular among tech companies to the way people did just about everything.Not only did that mean a sharp rise...WW…

America’s polarization problem is bigger than we thought it would be.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.When Eli Pariser coined the term “filter bubble” , he narrowly defined it to be a situation in which algorithms skew the variety of information we get online in favor of stuff we like. At the time, he worried that might lead to political polarization through less exposure to divergent viewpoints.Ten years later, America is in the aftermath of a hyperpartisan presidential election in which people not only disagree with those on the other side,...…America’s polarization problem is bigger than we thought it would be.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.When Eli Pariser coined the term “filter bubble” , he narrowly defined it to be a situation in which algorithms skew the variety of information we get online in favor of stuff we like. At the time, he worried that might lead to political polarization through less exposure to divergent viewpoints.Ten years later, America is in the aftermath of a hyperpartisan presidential election in which people not only disagree with those on the other side,...WW…

The US Elections Project estimates nearly 67 percent turnout — the highest since 1900.The early voter turnout rate for the 2020 election reached a , and it looks like total turnout may set a record as well — at least for the past 120 years.More than 160 million people may have voted in this presidential election, according to a by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, who runs the nonpartisan elections data website . That would mean 66.9 percent of the voting-eligible population turned out in this election — the highest rate since 1900, when 73.7 percent of the population...…The US Elections Project estimates nearly 67 percent turnout — the highest since 1900.The early voter turnout rate for the 2020 election reached a , and it looks like total turnout may set a record as well — at least for the past 120 years.More than 160 million people may have voted in this presidential election, according to a by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, who runs the nonpartisan elections data website . That would mean 66.9 percent of the voting-eligible population turned out in this election — the highest rate since 1900, when 73.7 percent of the population...WW…

Nearly 100 million , an , record-breaking figure heading into Election Day.The has far surpassed the total . The early vote surge indicates turnout in 2020 could be , at around 65 percent of the voting-eligible population, or about 150 million voters.And 2016 wasn’t exactly shabby in turnout: .“We’re seeing a very energized, interested electorate, and we’re seeing a public, I think, that is responding to a message that you need to cast that ballot early this year,” Paul Gronke, a professor of political science at Reed College who runs the , said.Enthusiasm among voters is high. : His...…Nearly 100 million , an , record-breaking figure heading into Election Day.The has far surpassed the total . The early vote surge indicates turnout in 2020 could be , at around 65 percent of the voting-eligible population, or about 150 million voters.And 2016 wasn’t exactly shabby in turnout: .“We’re seeing a very energized, interested electorate, and we’re seeing a public, I think, that is responding to a message that you need to cast that ballot early this year,” Paul Gronke, a professor of political science at Reed College who runs the , said.Enthusiasm among voters is high. : His...WW…

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.So far, the office of the future looks a lot like the office you left seven months ago — though you probably haven’t seen it. Most of those who have been able to work at home during the pandemic haven’t gone back to the office and .It’s not clear when, if ever, offices will return to their previous level of activity. As of mid-October, less than 15 percent of office workers have returned in New York City, the largest office market in the United States, according to Partnership for New York City. In big cities...…Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.So far, the office of the future looks a lot like the office you left seven months ago — though you probably haven’t seen it. Most of those who have been able to work at home during the pandemic haven’t gone back to the office and .It’s not clear when, if ever, offices will return to their previous level of activity. As of mid-October, less than 15 percent of office workers have returned in New York City, the largest office market in the United States, according to Partnership for New York City. In big cities...WW…

A new Harvard study shows that President Trump is the main vector of misinformation about mail-in voting.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.The fake news is coming from inside the White House, and it could influence who lives there next.Earlier this month, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a studying mail-in voting disinformation campaigns. Using a quantitative and qualitative study of millions of tweets and tens of thousands of Facebook posts and news stories about mail-in voter fraud — the persistent but idea that...…A new Harvard study shows that President Trump is the main vector of misinformation about mail-in voting.Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.The fake news is coming from inside the White House, and it could influence who lives there next.Earlier this month, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society released a studying mail-in voting disinformation campaigns. Using a quantitative and qualitative study of millions of tweets and tens of thousands of Facebook posts and news stories about mail-in voter fraud — the persistent but idea that...WW…