Tag: software studies

• When Chinese hackers declared war on the rest of us

  January 13, 2019

  Late one Wednesday in March 2015, an alarm sounded in the offices of GitHub, a San Francisco–based software firm. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612638/when-chinese-hackers-declared-war-on-the-rest-of-us/ more ›

• How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.

  January 6, 2019

  In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered. http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html more ›

• Use the Web instead

  January 3, 2019

  Few things annoy me more than a random website asking me: “do you want to use the app instead?” Of course I don’t want to—that’s why I use your website. There are people… more ›

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar

  January 3, 2019

  Linux is subversive. Who would have thought even five years ago (1991) that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand… more ›

• The Friendship That Made Google Huge

  December 4, 2018

  The Friendship That Made Google Huge One day in March of 2000, six of Google’s best engineers gathered in a makeshift war room. The company was in the midst of… more ›

• Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work

  November 29, 2018

  Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on… more ›

• Apple's Airpods Are an Omen

  June 17, 2018

  Apple's Airpods Are an Omen » The moment I put the Apple AirPods in my ears, I feel like I’ve already dropped them in the toilet. They are so small… more ›

• GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion Undo Button

  June 9, 2018

  GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion Undo Button » Oh, GitHub, we knew ye … pretty well, actually, over the past decade. At least programmers did. more ›

• The software layer between the company and their…

  May 25, 2018

  “The software layer between the company and their armies of contractors eliminates a huge amount of middle management, and creates a worrisome disconnect between jobs that will be automated, and… more ›

• At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change…

  May 9, 2018

  At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change and shape our lives » Every company in Silicon Valley will tell you, with operatic grandeur, that it aims to change the… more ›