Tag: software

• How blockchain helped a gaming platform become a game changer

  December 30, 2019

  EY and Microsoft Xbox implemented a transparent blockchain network so creators could focus on developing the future of gaming. Our blockchain solution gives Microsoft Xbox an infrastructure that helps them… more ›

• Fortnite Is the Future, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

  December 29, 2019

  In 2018, there was a lot to read about Fortnite, and even more to learn from it. And to point, “the game” is indeed the future of entertainment (as well as the greatest… more ›

• How Your Phone Betrays Democracy

  December 25, 2019

  In footage from drones hovering above, the nighttime streets of Hong Kong look almost incandescent, a constellation of tens of thousands of cellphone flashlights, swaying in unison. Each twinkle is… more ›

• Facebook Discovers Fakes That Show Evolution of Disinformation

  December 22, 2019

  Researchers said the profiles, linked to the Epoch Media Group, used photos generated by artificial intelligence in a preview of an “eerie, tech-enabled future of disinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/business/facebook-ai-generated-profiles.html more ›

• Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Georgia, Vietnam and the US

  December 22, 2019

  Today, we removed two unconnected networks of accounts, Pages and Groups for engaging in foreign and government interference — which is coordinated inauthentic behavior on behalf of a government or… more ›

• Testifying at the Senate about A.I.‑Selected Content on the Internet—Stephen Wolfram Writings

  December 15, 2019

  Three and a half weeks ago I got an email asking me if I’d testify at a hearing of the US Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and… more ›

• Logic, Explainability and the Future of Understanding—Stephen Wolfram Writings

  December 15, 2019

  Logic is a foundation for many things. But what are the foundations of logic itself? In symbolic logic, one introduces symbols like p and q to stand for statements (or… more ›

• Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World

  December 15, 2019

  Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations. SEATTLE — Elastic, a software start-up in Amsterdam, was rapidly building its business… more ›

• Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think

  December 14, 2019

  China’s mobile payment ecosystem, the largest in the world, is built upon QR codes. But that technology extends far beyond shopping to ease friction throughout daily life. https://a16z.com/2019/10/30/the-power-of-qr-codes/ more ›

• December 14, 2019

  https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000006082083/lethal-autonomous-weapons.html more ›