Return of the algorithm monster: YouTube auto-promoted conspiracy theory videos

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Worried about a dystopian future full of robots that decide how you see the world? You can wait until tomorrow’s fantastic Blade Runner 2049 to imagine how that might look in the future, or you can get there faster by logging in to modern YouTube. At least, that’s The Wall Street Journal‘s take. […]

Twitter tests $99 subscription for auto-promoted tweets

Twitter is testing a subscription plan that charges users $ 99 a month to automatically promote tweets into strangers’ timelines. This wouldn’t be a service offered to all: Only those invited would be given the option to bellow out tweets to folks who don’t follow them. But at this point, it isn’t another tool for […]