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Amazon’s Echo devices and its virtual assistant are meant to help find answers by listening for your voice commands. However, police in Arkansas want to know if one of the gadgets overheard something that can help with a murder case. According to The Information, authorities in Bentonville issued a warrant for Amazon to hand over any audio or records…
The Megyn Show Megyn Kelly‘s last day on Fox News will be this Friday. She is joining NBC News in a bold, risky move, and the media world is abuzz about it. Ever since 12:30 p.m. ETDylan Byers and I have been on the phone with sources, gathering intel, and this special edition of the newsletter contains 1) everything we know…
The statue of George Mason at George Mason University. (Pete Marovich For The Washington Post) My school, George Mason University, has been triggered. I know this from the seven — yes, seven — university administration emails I received in less than 24 hours advertising forums described as “post-election conversations” and “healing spaces.” These forums are offered…
Clinton Lost the Economic Argument It was the way she could have eased Trump voters’ racism, and she blew it. /header President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters at an election night event on Tuesday in New York City.Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty Images It is an ironic twist of history that Hillary Clinton,…
Darren Cauthon, annoyed at LG’s refusal to fix a family member’s broken TV, went public with the problem. But this isn’t about bad pixels or a bum warranty: the set’s been laid low by malware displaying a fake FBI message. “Avoid these ‘smart tvs’ like the plague,” he posted on Twitter. [via…
Photo: Getty Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve saga is simply unending, dahling, and it’s all her team’s fault. On Tuesday, Entertainment Tonight reported that Carey fired her creative director Anthony Burrell as a direct result of the disastrous performance that aired live on ABC. Per “a source close to Carey,” “part of the reason for…
An Allstate ad on Nowtheendbegins.com, next to an article claiming that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting did not happen. By emphasizing technology and data in placing online ads, marketers risk bankrolling sites that are toxic to society Advertising on the internet has never been easier. Data and automation increasingly allow companies large and small…
The major U.S. ad trade associations Tuesday evening jointly submitted a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its order mandating opt-in privacy requirements by Internet service providers. The petition — which was submitted jointly by the Association of National Advertisers, the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the American Advertising Federation, the Data &…
pick-uppath/iStock Elizabeth Abel walked up to the front door of her house for the first time in four months and rang the bell. She’d just flown halfway around the world to drop in, unannounced, on the man who’d taken over her home. When he came to the door, Abel says, the man didn’t seem surprised…
Image via author. In March of last year, I wrote a blog about an upcoming Netflix series starring Drew Barrymore called Santa Clarita Diet and wrote, “The ‘romantic comedy series’ stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as—does it even matter? No.” But that was then, and this is now. As I flipped over today’s tabloids…