“I like to start with an unusual, thought-provoking question — something that shakes it up and throws the candidate off a bit. I want to see how they react.” This comment, from an investor I recently trained, sums up a common but fundamentally flawed approach to interviewing. And guess what this investor’s top complaint was,…
HBO has long posted the main segment from new episodes of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver to YouTube on Monday to coincide with the episodes’ premiere, but now you’ll have to wait. John Oliver posted yesterday that “HBO has decided they’re going to wait until Thursday to post them to YouTube from now on,”…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…
Reading Time: 10 minutes Whether you’re launching a new product, or getting ready for an annual sale, you’re about to create a Marketing Campaign. And of course we want that campaign to be a success. From 2014 – 2018, I was Chief Marketing Officer for a global company serving entrepreneurs. Every year we would run…
We’ve partnered with Voltron Data and the Arrow community to align and converge Apache Arrow with Velox, Meta’s open source execution engine. Apache Arrow 15 includes three new format layouts developed through this partnership: StringView, ListView, and Run-End-Encoding (REE). This new convergence helps Meta and the larger community build data management systems that are unified,…
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says that her job is like being a substitute teacher. It’s not what you’d expect from the head of an experimental, up-and-coming social platform, but it makes sense: there’s a lot of pressure, and a mischievous audience is eager to poke and prod at any crack in your armor until you…
People from historically marginalized groups are underrepresented in every level of company leadership, creating a sizable opportunity gap. For example, women hold nearly half (48%) of entry-level roles, but only 40% of manager roles and 28% of C-suite roles. Their representation drops at each job level. We see a similar trend for men of color,…
Last Week Tonight aired its Season 11 premiere last night, but the latest video from John Oliver is not yet available on YouTube. Update: In a statement to 9to5Google this afternoon, an HBO spokesperson confirmed that the network is now “delaying” when Last Week Tonight is available on YouTube. The “hope [is that] those fans…
Dirty God director Sacha Polak’s drama Silver Haze is finally coming to cinemas after running the film festival gamut, and there’s a new trailer to gear you up for it. Set in East London, the film follows 23-year-old nurse Franky (Vicky Knight), who is still navigating the physical and emotional impacts of a traumatic arson…
Most marketing advice you hear today revolves around online media: how to make short, quippy social media posts or write great emails and blog posts that attract clients, for example. Undoubtedly, these forms of marketing are valuable and have their place. But something also gets lost when you solely focus on those channels. In fact,…
We’re collaborating with the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) to launch a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp in an effort to combat media generated using artificial intelligence which may deceive people on matters of public importance, commonly known as deepfakes, and help people connect with verified and credible information. The helpline will be available for the…
Services of the microblogging platform Twitter continued to remain disrupted in Pakistan for the third consecutive day on Monday. According to internet monitoring website Downdetector, people started reporting issues with accessing Twitter from around 10:30AM which persisted until noon. While the services were temporarily restored around 12:24PM, disruptions were again reported after 1PM. Downdetector showed…
YouTube is officially the 2024 VidCon title sponsor for its show in Anaheim. The tech giant has been the convention’s sponsor for eight years since 2013. YouTube also signed a deal to be the title sponsor for the second annual VidCon East Coast edition in Baltimore. VidCon is an event originally founded by Hank and…
Apple is facing a first-ever fine, which Brussels is set to announce next month. The company will reportedly be fined around €500 million ($539m) for allegedly breaking EU law. This follows a European Commission antitrust probe looking into whether or not the tech giant used its platform to favor its music streaming service over others….