Tag: software studies

• The original Big Tech is working closer than ever with governments to combat coronavirus – with no scrutiny

  August 9, 2020

  The texts can arrive at any time. Recipients are told they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus and must immediately begin a two-week period of isolation. https://thecorrespondent.com/621/the-original-big-tech-is-working-closer-than-ever-with-governments-to-combat-coronavirus-with-no-scrutiny/81373317498-76dea099 more ›

• Instagram ‘censorship’ of black model’s photo reignites claims of race bias

  August 9, 2020

  Hundreds of users fought the platform last week to share the censored photos of Nicholas-Williams under the hashtag #IwanttoseeNyome, while Cameron accused Instagram of a disconnect between its positive statements over… more ›

• The 100-Year History of Self-Driving Cars

  August 8, 2020

  The first self-driving vehicles were ships. After centuries of wrestling with wind and waves, ancient sailors devised contraptions that harnessed these forces of nature to fill in for man. They… more ›

• TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day

  August 8, 2020

  How did an app designed by two guys in Shanghai managed to run circles around U.S. video apps from YouTube to Facebook to Instagram to Snapchat, becoming the most fertile… more ›

• For Whom the Tok Tiks

  August 8, 2020

  TikTok could persist in many ways in America. None is good. Updated at 11:15 p.m. ET on August 6, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/tiktok-microsoft-china/615007/ more ›

• Deepfakes are the most worrying AI crime, researchers warn

  August 6, 2020

  Deepfakes are the most concerning use of AI for crime and terrorism, according to a new report from University College London. The research team first identified 20 different ways AI… more ›

• TheirTube

  August 1, 2020

  Theirtube is a Youtube filter bubble simulator that provides a look into how videos are recommended on other people’s YouTube. Users can experience how the YouTube home page would look… more ›

• The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.

  August 1, 2020

  The Covid-19 pandemic crushed vast swaths of the economy, slashing consumer demand, closing businesses, and vaporizing millions of jobs. But it’s been good to the nascent sliver of the digital… more ›

• Google Ad Portal Equated “Black Girls” with Porn

  July 26, 2020

  Searching Google’s ad buying portal for “Black girls” returned hundreds of terms leading to “adult content”. Google’s Keywords Planner, which helps advertisers choose which search terms to associate with their… more ›

• Nikolay Ironov – AI designer

  July 26, 2020

  A Russian design studio has developed an AI designer and, for over a year, have been passing it off as a human. To date, the network has been used successfully in over 20 of the studio’s commercial projects. Art. https://www.artlebedev.com/ironov/ more ›