The indictment of 13 Russians for interfering with the Presidential election has intensified the pressure put on Facebook, which uncovered about three-thousand Russian-linked ads on its platforms before and after November 2016. Cheddar Senior Reporter, Alex Heath, breaks down the the latest developments.
Facebook's Vice President for ads, Rob Goldman, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. Facebook did not intend for Goldman’s tweets to be quoted by Trump. They thought the tweets would only be seen by a contextually-aware audience of techies and media types who follow Goldman.
Heath believes that the tweeting from Goldman and other execs is part of a carefully orchestrated PR campaign by Facebook to make itself appear more transparent and relate-able through engaged spokespeople on Twitter.
Enthusiast Gaming CEO Adrian Montgomery joined Cheddar about the esports and video game media company's plan to go public.
Coinbase has made a rousing debut on Wall Street. The digital currency exchange’s stock rose as high as $429, briefly giving it a market value over $100 billion.
CEO and founder of the autonomous vehicle startup Udelv, Daniel Laury, spoke to Cheddar about partnering with Mobileye in order to improve the tech for a rollout of 35,000 driverless delivery vehicles by 2028.
Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a cash deal worth $16 billion.
Topps, the baseball card and candy company, is putting its latest series of collectible cards on the WAX Blockchain in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — digital assets that are moving in on the world of physical collectables.
Cheddar senior reporter Michelle Castillo visited the world’s first NFT art gallery Superchief Gallery NFT
Many hope that part of Biden’s latest $2 trillion infrastructure plan would help fund construction for a decades-old proposal for a 200 mph high-speed line that could take passengers from Boston to New York City in 100 minutes.
Ben Kohn, Playboy CEO, joined Cheddar to discuss the lifestyle brand's foray into NFTs and hopes for legal THC.
Jack Conte, CEO and co-founder of Patreon, told Cheddar that the latest fundraise will help the company continue to "internationalize."
With more similar services on the market, there are questions if TikTok can remain king especially as it chases after advertiser dollars.
