Demands to halt campaign featuring model wearing a helmet and just underwear An advertising campaign by Germany’s transport ministry to persuade cyclists to wear helmets has sparked accusations of sexism,… Read more »
The biggest surprise about next week’s Apple event may be the fact that the company has anything left to announce. This week, several core pieces of Apple hardware received upgrades,… Read more »
Asia-focused marketing startup AnyMind Group has landed a further $8 million in funding to close out its Series B round and expand into new verticals. The company announced a $13.4… Read more »
Many of the themes and stories found in Hulu’s “Shrill” will be familiar to fans of writer Lindy West — after all, it’s based on her book “Shrill: Notes From… Read more »
Want to star in your favorite memes and movie scenes? Upload a selfie to Morphin, choose your favorite GIF, and your face is grafted in to create a personalized copy… Read more »
Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications division published its 13th-annual Digital Media Trends survey, focused on identifying changes in the ways US consumers engage with various types of media. Led by… Read more »
You probably know that Netflix is big on data and personalization — it tailors the shows and movies recommended to each user, and even tests different images to promote those… Read more »
Site says it will remove any clip featuring gunman’s footage even if that would not normally break its rules Facebook removed 1.5m copies of the video of the New Zealand… Read more »
Lots of news and interesting tidbits to wrap up the week. Apple kerfuffles Apple has been vindicated (for a brief moment anyway) in its long-standing dispute with Qualcomm. From Stephen… Read more »
Independent channel says decision by Rupert Murdoch’s company to show ‘distressing’ footage of terror attack is behind move Sky New Zealand has pulled fellow broadcaster Sky News Australia off air… Read more »
Apple Music is launching on Amazon Fire TV in the U.S. today, after rolling out in December to Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers. The news is notable as it’s… Read more »
James Williams may not be a household name yet in most tech circles, but he will be. For this second in what will be a regular series of conversations exploring… Read more »
The word ‘humiliation’ features strongly on today’s front pages as PM’s woes show no signs of easing MPs to vote on no-deal Brexit – politics live Theresa May looks downcast… Read more »
Hulu and Spotify today announced an expansion of their partnership on discounted streaming bundles, which lowers the price of Hulu’s ad-supported service to, well… nothing. Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers… Read more »
Sanders describes budget proposal as ‘a massive transfer of wealth from working-class families to the wealthiest people’ Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 5.39pm GMT… Read more »
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman today announced a slate of new series and projects heading to their forthcoming video streaming service, Quibi. The list includes an origin story to complement… Read more »
“Captain Marvel” isn’t a bad movie, exactly. It seems, at this point, that Marvel’s moviemaking machinery is incapable of producing a genuinely terrible film. There’s no “Batman v. Superman: Dawn… Read more »
It looks like the Disney Vault is dead. For years, Disney relied on limited time releases of its films on DVD and Blu-ray to encourage sales. The strategy worked. Consumers… Read more »
Serial Box, a startup bringing back the tradition of serialized fiction, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The company actually disclosed the funding last week, when announcing a partnership… Read more »
It’s not a great time to be a live venue. Once the only game in town, clubs, arenas and other live event spaces now have to compete with the seemingly… Read more »
The next phase of social media is about hanging out together while apart. Rather than performing on a live stream or engaging with a video chat, Instagram may allow you… Read more »
Many things are better said than read, but the best voice tech out there seems to be reserved for virtual assistants, not screen readers or automatically generated audiobooks. WellSaid wants… Read more »
Lawsuits also issued to offset impact of Leaving Neverland, which details alleged abuse Michael Jackson’s estate is engaged in a campaign of adverts, lawsuits and interviews in an attempt to… Read more »
Amazon today is launching a new feature called “Song ID” that aims to help users discover music they like, using Alexa. When enabled, Alexa will announce the title and the… Read more »
In January at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Twitter announced that it was developing new tools that would make it easier for publishers to better understand what sort of content… Read more »
In a recent Twitter thread, comedian Miel Bredouw recounted some shady behavior by Barstool Sports’ legal team. In fact, even Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy isn’t trying to defend it,… Read more »
Netflix did pretty well at this year’s Academy Awards, but it’s also facing pushback from some big names in the movie business. “Roma” took home more high-profile Oscars (Best Director,… Read more »
Photographer Mahmoud Abu Zeid, AKA Shawkan, was jailed in 2013 after covering protests The award-winning Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid has been released from prison after spending nearly six years… Read more »
Netflix’s “Umbrella Academy” opens in 1989, with 43 women across the world giving unexpected, simultaneous birth. Fast forward 30 years, and seven of those (mostly) super-powered children were adopted by… Read more »
Social network targeted legislators around the world, promising or threatening to withhold investment Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising… Read more »