Tag: media platforms

• Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed

  March 6, 2019

  SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the world’s biggest internet messaging companies are hoping to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups have failed by introducing mainstream consumers to the alternative world of digital… more ›

• The Future of Computing Is Analog

  March 5, 2019

  The next revolution in computing will be signaled by the rise of analog systems over which digital programming no longer has control. https://onezero.medium.com/the-future-of-computing-is-analog-e758471fbfe1 more ›

• The Route of a Text Message, a Love Story

  February 27, 2019

  Scott B. Weingart is an historian of science, a data scientist, and a librarian at Carnegie Mellon University. Find him on twitter @scott_bot. This article originally appeared on Weingart’s blog,… more ›

• Why The Future Isn’t Digital

  February 22, 2019

  In a famous scene in the 1967 movie The Graduate, a family friend takes aside Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, and whispers in a conspiratorial tone “Plastics.  There’s a great… more ›

• When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online

  February 22, 2019

  Updated at 4:53 p.m. on February 20, 2019. For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/ more ›

• Cameras that understand: portrait mode and Google Lens

  February 13, 2019

  I’ve talked quite a lot about the impact of machine learning and computer vision in general on everything from e-commerce recommendation to social to all kinds of cool industrial applications,… more ›

• Inside the Atlanta Strip Club that Runs Hip Hop | Magic City

  February 9, 2019

  This documentary by Lauren Greenfield explores Magic City, an iconic Atlanta strip club that plays a significant role in the hip-hop industry. It highlights the lives of strippers, rappers, and… more ›

• Peter Saville: How to rebrand a fashion label

  February 5, 2019

  In late 2018, a graphic charting the evolution of luxury typefaces went mildly viral. They demonstrated a growing homogeneity in visual culture, as brands from across the spectrum – from… more ›

• 5G Unplugged

  February 5, 2019

  The advent of the mobile internet has massively accelerated the information revolution brewing since the start of the 20th century; the impact on civilization is staggering. https://medium.com/@sergesapiens/5g-unplugged-6cda0f078419 more ›

• The Death of Clothing

  February 3, 2019

  NEW YORK, United States — The apparel industry has a big problem. At a time when the economy is growing, unemployment is low, wages are rebounding and consumers are eager… more ›