The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement
…Apple sold an estimated 14–16 million AirPods in 2017, and the number kept growing every year. Untethering yourself from your iPod or iPhone was a game changer. Headphone wires got caught…
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AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
…Both users and artists have expressed frustration, demanding streaming platforms do something to combat the growing problem that is watering down playlists and siphoning millions in royalties away from legitimate artists. Udio…
Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar
…It’s the follow-up to a game that has not only sold nearly 230 million copies across three console generations, but also continues to rake in money through a lucrative online…
How Netflix made us fall in love with K-dramas
…Season 2 attracted 7.4 million views last week, making it the most-watched non-English TV show worldwide on the service, and the third-most-popular show overall. Bloodhounds is no…
Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit
…The Onion wrote an article about the “poppers lobbyists” expected to attend. DC seemed to vibrate with a hope that this party would be somehow different from the usual fare. [Media: https…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment. > From the beginning, Xbox was built by people willing to try things …
Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…Under the terms that are announced, Byron Allen, through his company, Allen Family Digital, they’re going to acquire 40 million shares of BuzzFeed for a total purchase price of $120 million…
First vacuums — then the world
…Others just spend $10 million on a Super Bowl ad. That’s Dreame’s bet. The little-known Chinese robot vacuum company has grand ambitions to become a global consumer electronics giant…
Google Assistant
…With over 1 million “Actions” and a rapidly expanding list of supported devices, Google’s smart assistant will soon be everywhere. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Apr 21 You can now talk to Google…
The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
…The metrics don’t correlate to quality of work or the actual number of features an employee delivers, Harnett says. “All this [data] reasonably could be expected to … help us understand how…