Tag: software studies

• Epidemic Accelerates China’s Commercial Livestreaming Boom

  February 28, 2020

  For the past two decades, Sun Laichun’s business acumen has served him well. Unfortunately, circumstances beyond his control have dealt the most crushing blows to his commercial ventures. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005231/epidemic-accelerates-chinas-commercial-livestreaming-boom more ›

• Internet founder scales up efforts to redesign way web works

  February 23, 2020

  Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. https://www.ft.com/content/343febdc-5573-11ea-abe5-8e03987b7b20 more ›

• Film Crew Documents Life in Wuhan Amid COVID-19 Epidemic

  February 21, 2020

  The streets are eerily empty. Buildings stand silent. There’s hardly any sign of life. http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005196/film-crew-documents-life-in-wuhan-amid-covid-19-epidemic more ›

• He Combs the Web for Russian Bots. That Makes Him a Target.

  February 11, 2020

  Ben Nimmo helped pioneer disinformation investigations. His work is now more urgent as misleading internet tactics spread. HADDINGTON, Scotland — In August 2017, Ben Nimmo was declared dead by 13,000… more ›

• An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away

  February 8, 2020

  PHILADELPHIA — Darnell Gates sat at a long table in a downtown Philadelphia office building. He wore a black T-shirt with “California” in bright yellow letters on the chest. He… more ›

• Opening transmediale 2020 End to End

  January 28, 2020

  transmediale/ art& digitalculture newsletter Opening transmediale 2020 End to End Schedule bookmark Related events: Related texts: https://2020.transmediale.de/content/opening-transmediale-2020-end-to-end more ›

• Predictions for 2030 with Azeem Azhar

  January 19, 2020

  This browser doesn’t support Spotify Web Player. Switch browsers or download Spotify for your desktop. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3huk6iUjxs0hA1pV12uzBG more ›

• State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise

  January 12, 2020

  Tens of billions of dollars in financial assistance from the Chinese government helped propel Huawei to the top of global telecommunications, a scale of support that dwarfed what its tech… more ›

• 7 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Take Over

  January 12, 2020

  In October of last year, I wrote about the absurdity of the fact that Big Media content companies and distributors were spending unprecedented sums to increase their exposure to a… more ›

• Enforcing Against Manipulated Media

  January 12, 2020

  People share millions of photos and videos on Facebook every day, creating some of the most compelling and creative visuals on our platform. Some of that content is manipulated, often… more ›