Tag: software studies

• The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”

  July 24, 2019

  The button that ruined the internet — and how to fix it. Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter’s retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet more ›

• (Can’t) Picture This 2

  July 23, 2019

  Internet platform companies operating in China are required by law to control content on their platforms or face penalties, under the expectation that companies will invest in the technology and… more ›

• Collective sweat

  July 20, 2019

  Nikolas and Brittany Loecher spent their anniversary in Napa Valley, where they drank wine, enjoyed the warm spring days away from their home in Colorado, and made a side trip… more ›

• I found your data. It’s for sale.

  July 20, 2019

  I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve… more ›

• Controversial deepfake app DeepNude shuts down hours after being exposed

  July 8, 2019

  Less than a day after receiving widespread attention, the deepfake app that used AI to create fake nude photos of women is shutting down. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761496/deepnude-shuts-down-deepfake-nude-ai-app-women more ›

• How stock photographers take a perfectly anonymous picture

  July 6, 2019

  The Atlantic’s Megan Garber summed up the intrinsic quality of a stock photo like this: “To see a stock image is to know you’re seeing a stock image.” It’s a… more ›

• TikTok’s Videos Are Goofy. Its Strategy to Dominate Social Media Is Serious.

  July 3, 2019

  China’s first big hit in the U.S. uses an advanced algorithm to personalize its addictive video-sharing app, and parent Bytedance’s enormous ad spending on Snap, Facebook and Instagram aims to… more ›

• MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on the problem with tech people who want to solve problems

  June 26, 2019

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• Inside the Shifting Plans for Toronto’s Smart City of Tomorrow

  June 26, 2019

  What happens when a group of high-profile urban thinkers, capitalized by the vast wealth of a tech goliath, snags a parcel of public waterfront in a major North American city… more ›

• The I in We

  June 23, 2019

  In early January, employees of the We Company, formerly known as WeWork, gathered in Los Angeles for its annual summit. As with many of the company’s events, it was more tent… more ›