• Letter to an incoming CS student

    Sonnet Xu writes a letter with heartfelt advice addressed to incoming CS students.

  • Abigail's marketing spoils its only twist

    Spoiler Space offers thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot points we can’t disclose in our official review. Fair warning: This article explains the ending of the movie Abigail. We couldn’t spoil anything Abigail doesn’t spoil in its trailer, posters, and elevator pitch: A crew of bickering crooks kidnaps a pre-teen ballerina who happens to be a vampire. The only one who doesn’t know the twist is the movie. For much of its runtime, Abigail, a riff on Dracula’s Daughter, stalls for time....

    • WNYC

    Reframing 'Free' Beyond Markets

    Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University, chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W.W.Norton, 2024), argues the neoliberal idea of freedom has led to economic crises and social unrest and argues for a more humane, 21st-century reframing of the concept.

  • Voyager 1: A Splendid Fix

    Although it’s been quite some time since I’ve written about Voyager, our two interstellar craft (and this is indeed what they are at present, the first to return data from beyond the heliosphere) are never far from my mind. That has been the case since 1989, when I stayed up all night for the Neptune encounter and was haunted by the idea that we were saying goodbye to these doughty travelers. Talk about naivete! Now that I know as many people in this business as I do, I should have realized...

  • If Your Galaxy Notifications Are Messed Up, Here's the Fix

    Samsung's latest One UI 6.1 update introduced a new setting to disable notification categories, but it's disabled by default. That means your notification category settings may have been disabled as well.

  • Celebrating the best in email marketing

    Inboxes can be crowded, chaotic spaces, full of voices competing to get your attention. The best email marketing cuts through the noise to reach consumers in ways that feel personal. To celebrate the companies on the leading edge of email marketing, Intuit Mailchimp, in partnership with Fast Company, is announcing a new global awards program called the Forward Awards. Recognizing the outstanding work of Mailchimp customers, the Forward Awards honor the most innovative and successful campaigns of...

  • Pokemon Go slammed for “misleading” marketing

    Pokemon Go players are saying that Niantic is using "misleading" ads on their official page, and the community is furious with the devs. The Pokemon Go community has shared some concerning theories about Niantic's promotional ads, which show images of avatar items without the new changes. Pokemon trainers are roasting them for allegedly "misleading" players with "unclear and deceptive" images. As you can see in the post shared by the whistleblower, the OP shows a comparative image...

  • HMD XR21 and HMD T21 incoming

    HMD is planning to relaunch the XR21 smartphone and T21 tablet under its own brand in Europe, revealed a source in Finland. These devices, initially introduced with a Nokia logo on the back, have already appeared in multiple databases of Nordic retailers, revealing colors, memory options and tentative prices. Nokia XR21 HMD XR21 is going to arrive as the company's first 5G phone and should cost around €450, while the T21 will be anywhere between €225 and €300, depending on storage and...

    • Screen

    Major market projects at Cannes 2024

    The 2024 Cannes market runs May 14-22.

  • Common reporting mistake in GA4 and How to Fix It

    The issue centers around how referrer data is handled within GA4 for marketing channel performance.

    • Gulte

    Is This Tamil Hero Destroying His Telugu Market?

    Telugu audiences, who have enjoyed Tamil hero Vishal's performances in dubbed films in the past, have not been impressed with the actor's works in recent times. Most of his latest films like Enemy, Laati and Mark Antony failed to click at the Telugu box office. And here's what the analysts are saying about the actor's latest film and the subsequent future. Early reports suggest that Vishal's latest movie "Ratnam" is likely to underperform at the box office, raising questions about Vishal's...

  • Don't Miss Strategic Marketing West 2024

    Don't miss Strategic Marketing West 2024 if you want to learn about the impact of AI in marketing from the marketing chiefs of leading brands.