By Zach Sharf / SalonFeb 28, 2020
"Knives Out" director Rian Johnson explains why the bad guy in his latest film isn't using any of the tech company's products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
ALEX VEIGA / The Associated PressApr 19, 2019
Companies and brands get on board the April 20 celebration of all things pot related, even advocating for criminal justice reform. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigFeb 6, 2018
Martin Luther King selling Ram trucks during the Super Bowl may be the tipping point for America. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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Donald Kaufman / TruthdigSep 13, 2017
CEO Tim Cook declares the company's new product "the biggest leap forward since the first iPhone." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 8, 2017
In this episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” Robert Scheer interviews "Food Evolution" filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy. [Transcript added] Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )
By Lisa ZeidenJun 3, 2016
When you search for shoes or a hotel online, Google is watching you. But so are armies of marketers, psychologists and neurologists. They want to know why you chose what you chose. A new book parses what we know about the science of personal preferences. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 14, 2014
"I know, I know. I’m rich, I’m famous, I have money, I have had private security on and off for years," comedian Russell Brand acknowledges in a recent article for The Guardian as he discusses the need to abolish the guard labor that protects the rich. However, he goes on to concede, "There is no doubt that I as much as anyone have to change. Revolution is change." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, TruthoutOct 2, 2014
The use of new digital technologies and social media by Islamic State has drawn a great deal of attention by the dominant media not only because the extremists have used them as a form of visual terrorism to graphically portray the beheadings of captured American and British civilians, but also because of its alleged sophistication as a marketing tool. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2012
Companies in pursuit of “likes” on Facebook are discouraged to hear that many of those clicks are coming from fake profiles set up to spread spam. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 18, 2012
Sneaky, sneaky Google. The online search giant did an end run around Apple's proprietary Web browser by jacking Safari's privacy settings so that the Internet travels of iPhone and computer users could be followed for marketing purposes without their knowledge. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2012
Decades of neuropsychology research have given Target the ability to predict customers’ shopping habits with increasing precision. The company’s statistical team can even tell when shoppers are likely to be in their second trimester of pregnancy. Combined with aggressive marketing tactics, such powers promise to add millions to its already swollen revenues. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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