How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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“Now, what were you using? An app? a widget? Native code? What programming language? Did you install an app or surf the web? I’d suggest that none of those questions would really mean anything, at least not as we think… more ›
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“In other words, a brown Mark Zuckerberg is not going to change the fact that kids of color continue to be underrepresented in STEM” – The Problem With the Zuckerberg Analogy for Youth of Color, by Kortney Ziegler | Model… more ›
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“The page is fucked. It’s not coming back. If you’re telling a story that’s available online then you no longer control the layout the reader sees. They’re tapping and swiping and pinching-and-zooming their way through your work, many of them… more ›
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“Slave labour cannot be obtained without somebody being enslaved.” – THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron | Imaginary Futures more ›
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Internet of Everything | Circle Story (:60) (by Cisco) more ›
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DLD14 – What’s Up WhatsApp? (Jan Koum, David Rowan) (by DLDconference) more ›
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“Bitcloud aims to harness the same methods used to mine Bitcoins, to provide services currently controlled by internet service providers (ISPs) and corporations. Individuals would perform tasks such as storing, routing and providing bandwidth, in return for payment.” – BBC… more ›
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English » andreainspired: Ailurophile A cat-lover.Assemblage A gathering.Becoming Attractive.Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.Brood To think alone.Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.Comely Attractive.Conflate To blend together.Cynosure A focal point of admiration.Dalliance A brief love affair.Demesne Dominion, territory.Demure Shy and reserved.Denouement The resolution of… more ›
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badassembly: Digital photo frames are the quintessence of cheesy futurism, which is why NoDesign made one that recalls an older, classier technology: the lightbox. more ›