Tag: software studies

• LIBRA: Rising tides of change lift all the boats

  June 23, 2019

  For the past few days, my social media feed has been overwhelmed with comments, opinions, and notes about the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s new global blockchain protocol and cryptocurrency. A…… more ›

• Surveillance Capitalism

  June 23, 2019

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• Masks, cash and apps: How Hong Kong’s protesters find ways to outwit the surveillance state 

  June 18, 2019

  HONG KONG — The moment the 25-year-old protester got home from demonstrations that turned violent — tear gas still stinging her eyes — she knew what she had to do:… more ›

• Why These Hong Kong Protests Are Different

  June 18, 2019

  HONG KONG—Bonnie Leung and members of the Civil Human Rights Front have reason to feel triumphant. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/06/hong-kongs-protests-leader/591820/ more ›

• Mary Meeker’s most important trends on the internet

  June 14, 2019

  It’s the holiday season for data nerds: That is, Mary Meeker is delivering her annual Internet Trends Report — the most highly anticipated slide deck in Silicon Valley — again… more ›

• The Rise of “No Code”

  June 13, 2019

  I built my first website with Dreamweaver, a WYSIWYG site builder that became popular during my teenage years. I was so proud of my creation. It was ugly, but I… more ›

• When AI needs a human assistant

  June 12, 2019

  For years, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mTurk) has been a kind of open secret in the tech world, a place where fledgling algorithms can hire human labor on the cheap. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/12/18661657/amazon-mturk-google-captcha-robot-ai-artificial-intelligence-mechanical-turk-humans more ›

• Q&A: Snap’s VP of Camera Platform, Eitan Pilipski

  June 9, 2019

  The executive leading Snap’s augmented reality and camera platform explains the company’s approach to building AR products. https://medium.com/cheddar/q-a-snaps-vp-of-camera-platform-eitan-pilipski-21c4d0e86001 more ›

• They See It. They Like It. They Want It. They Rent It.

  June 9, 2019

  Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of subscription start-ups. Many young American urbanites have resigned themselves to a life of non-ownership, abandoning the dream of their… more ›

• Data Ethics is important

  June 2, 2019

  The May issue of Admap puts the spotlight on data ethics. According to the Open Data Institute, data ethics is “a branch of ethics that evaluates data practices with the… more ›