Tag: software studies

• How to Think About Bots

  January 30, 2021

  We live in a world of bots. Generally speaking, these sets of algorithms are responsible for so much on the backend of the internet, from making Google searches possible to… more ›

• Spatial Software

  January 23, 2021

  Software applications can utilize spatial interfaces to afford users powerful ways of thinking and interacting. Though often associated with gaming, spatial interfaces can be useful in any kind of software,… more ›

• What social networks can learn from public spaces

  January 16, 2021

  The research began with the observation that in the offline world, healthy communities have traditionally been served by thriving public spaces: town squares, libraries, parks, and so on. Like digital… more ›

• AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government

  January 15, 2021

  In October 2019, Idaho proposed changing its Medicaid program. The state needed approval from the federal government, which solicited public feedback via Medicaid.gov. Roughly 1,000 comments arrived. But half came… more ›

• The Metaverse is coming

  January 12, 2021

  We will see a shift in the way people play, work, learn or simply hang out in 2021. Some of this connection will move into the Metaverse, a digital place… more ›

• DALL·E: Creating Images from Text

  January 12, 2021

  We’ve trained a neural network called DALL·E that creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language. We find that DALL·E is able to create… more ›

• He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.

  January 11, 2021

  Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?  “Pods,” personal online data stores, are… more ›

• This Is Why You Heard About TikTok So Much in 2020

  January 4, 2021

  It’s been well over two years since TikTok arrived in the United States in August 2018, offering a rejoinder to anyone who thought social media had lost its way. The… more ›

• The Great Distractor

  December 31, 2020

  The children’s television show Teletubbies premiered on British TV on 31st March 1997. It immediately attracted controversy. https://www.mediatechdemocracy.com/work/the-great-distractor more ›

• “Algae Bloom” within Gaming Creator Platforms

  December 22, 2020

  An algae bloom occurs in nature when there is too much nutrient in the water. At first, the bloom is welcomed by fish and other animals as food. But over… more ›