The three-time RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Shangela stars in the new HBO series We’re Here. HBO D.J. “Shangela” Pierce competed as a contestant on the popular reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race three times. But in April, Shangela branched out on her own with the new show We’re Here on HBO. It follows her, along with […]
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30-second summary: During the past seven years, ad blocking increased from 15,7% to 26,4% and this rate continues to grow. APAC countries block the most – 50% of ads, second-leading is MEA region with 49%. The greatest share of ad blockers is seen on desktops. Google starts its own ad-blocking initiatives to restrict annoying ads.
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It was a surge unlike any other, even for Amazon. In the first quarter of 2020, the e-commerce giant’s net sales increased by 26% over the same period a year earlier. It was panic-buying on a grand scale. Amazon.com search rankings from mid-March awarded top billing to toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and Clorox wipes, but
Within a week, Blair’s tweet got the attention of 200 participants worldwide, along with academics who either wanted to help or wanted advice on how to conduct their own diary studies during quarantine. Projects like Blair’s and Jaouad’s will preserve portions of our lived experience during the pandemic. But getting the internet to archive as
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You can read our most essential coverage of the coronavirus/covid-19 outbreak for free, and also sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. But please consider subscribing to support our nonprofit journalism. The company’s scientists quickly prepared the blood for analysis on a microfluidic chip where individual immune cells can be isolated and their antibodies studied. Within three days, AbCellara CEO Carl
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After my recent essay “Slack vs Teams vs Workplace: The intriguing dynamics of the work messenger market,” I didn’t plan to revisit the competition between Slack and Microsoft Teams just yet. Despite the rapid development of the work communication market, it is still a B2B market that is changing relatively slowly. However, something extraordinary has
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the series here: Power in AI. When it comes to AI’s role in making online content, Kristin Tynski, VP of digital marketing firm Fractl, sees an opportunity to boost creativity. But a recent experiment in AI-generated content left her a bit shaken. Using publicly available
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A gender-based wage gap is persistently setting women and people of color back in the technology industry. While diversity and inclusion have made revolutionary strides for white women, the picture is still dismal for women of color — for every dollar a man makes, a black woman makes 61 cents, while a white woman makes
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Ever wondered what it’s like to ride in a driverless car? How about a driverless race car zooming around the Silverstone Circuit at high speed? Well that’s what I did this week, and I can tell you it feels a lot like a rollercoaster … until you remember that there are no tracks, and the
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NASA’s Juno mission, launched in 2011, has collected a wealth of information about Jupiter since it arrived in 2016. It has discovered unexpectedly storm-free poles, learned about the planet’s complex weather system, observed bizarre geometric storms, and captured some truly beautiful images. And this week the craft it pulled off a feat of precision engineering,
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