Tag: media platforms
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The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/alibaba-china-facial-recognition-uighurs.html more ›
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Imagine if you spent years and years growing your Facebook account, posting and writing about your passions for democracy, but then in one easy act, Facebook just erases all the… more ›
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“The Machine Stops” is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster’s The Eternal Moment and… more ›
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As the battle against COVID-19 continues to rage, the plight of Britain’s theatres, which have suffered catastrophic financial strain thanks to lockdown, continues to rumble through the arts world. One… more ›
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Sickly and often bedridden, by February 1911 French novelist Marcel Proust had one constant companion in the solitary confines of his cork-lined Paris sanctuary: a mysterious contraption that he kept… more ›
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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Slack Technologies, Inc., (NYSE: WORK) today reported financial results for its fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2020. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201006167/en/Slack-Announces-Strong-Third-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2021-Results more ›
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WhatsApp is being remodeled in front of our eyes. Watch what happens because even if you don’t use the messaging app, the changes could reshape the direction of the internet.… more ›
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One would not normally draw a connection from a company like Largan Precision (TPE:3008), a small Taiwanese component supplier, to the publishing industry. https://stratechery.com/2014/publishers-smiling-curve/ more ›
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Back in 2012 when it first launched, Jumia’s long-term goal was to become the leading e-commerce player on the continent. It set about that objective like typical e-commerce platforms do:… more ›