TheFutureParty
A Community-based Media Company
Sections
Business Culture Entertainment Fashion Gaming Media Music Technology
Soham Parekh, a software engineer living in India, has sparked a frenzy in the tech world after it was uncovered that he’s been moonlighting for three or four companies simultaneously over the past several years. Why It Hits: Silicon Valley is a secretive place, so working full-time for multiple companies — which some overly ambitious […]
TikTok is reportedly building an American version of the company’s namesake app as it finally prepares for a deal with a US buyer. The Big Picture: TikTok was supposed to be banned in the US in January, but Donald Trump has pushed back the deadline on the bipartisan law three separate times. Why? Because actually […]
The global economy is undergoing a paradigm shift as millennials begin to inherit trillions of dollars of wealth from boomers… which will be a boon for the already maturing crypto industry. Why It Hits: The Wild West era of crypto, defined by meme coins and profile-picture NFTs, is finally starting to ride off into the […]
A team of international cognitive scientists has developed an AI system, Centaur, that mimics the human brain, including logical thought, decision-making, and behavioral psychology. The Big Thought: Historically, psychological experiments have focused on a single aspect of research. The team behind Centaur aims to study how the entire brain functions to understand the connections between […]
Cloud-infrastructure provider Cloudflare is debuting a new marketplace that will allow publishers to paywall their sites, forcing AI firms to drop some cash each time they want to crawl them. Why It Hits: Querying chatbots is killing the publishing industry, which relies on people actually visiting their sites in order to make money. Many publishers […]
Netflix is ramping up unscripted programming in music, game shows, and competition series in order to become the true cable replacement that so many of its users already view it as. The Big Picture: For many audiences, especially younger ones, Netflix is synonymous with television as cord-cutting reaches a fever pitch. But there are still […]
Gen Z is already feeling the work burnout and is now planning mini-retirements every year or so to recharge. Why It Hits: Thanks to a challenging job market, depressed wages, and the threat of displacement by AI, workers are feeling the squeeze from all sides, leading to burnout. Taking periodic breaks from work tracks when Gen Z already […]
Silicon Valley is abuzz about a list of the world’s best minds working on AI, compiled by Meta, as the tech giant pours massive amounts of money into luring them to its new superintelligence team. The Big Picture: The list of people who are actually able to work on and advance cutting-edge AI models is quite small […]
The Velvet Sundown currently has 400,000 monthly listeners and “debuted” less than a month ago. The Big Picture: The band is described as a psych-rock group composed of four men. However, no evidence of the members’ existence can be found on the internet, and their content appears to be AI-generated. Between the Lines: The band […]
Big brands are spending more on advertising via anonymous social media accounts. The Full-Page Ad: Also known as user-generated content (UGC) creators, faceless creators establish a brand identity by sharing memes and content. They’re often very young, attending college or even high school, and leverage algorithms to reach a broad viewer base without having to […]