Tag: stories
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Wrapped in furs, dripping with diamonds and with her blond hair perfectly coifed, Faith Hope Consolo cut a glamorous figure in the flashy, late 20th-century world of New York City… more ›
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Richard Clarke was in Abu Dhabi one morning in 2013 when his phone lit up. “You busy?” a familiar voice said. It was a rhetorical question. The caller was Mohammed… more ›
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The British government has been accused of “behaving like a bunch of cowboys” after a confidential report revealed it had allowed illegal copying of an EU database. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/09/uk-accused-of-behaving-like-cowboys-over-eu-database-copying more ›
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Here’s one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc. https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/ more ›
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Last February, some of Iran’s most influential leaders gathered at the Amir al-Momenin Mosque, in northeast Tehran, inside a gated community reserved for officers of the Revolutionary Guard. They had… more ›
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On the eve of 2020, a space in the nation’s capital dedicated to the past, present and future of journalism will close. While the Newseum has remained a destination for… more ›
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Asking readers to pay has become the go-to answer in digital news. In 2020, I think we’ll start to discover one constraint of that model. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/a-constraint-of-the-reader-revenue-model-emerges/ more ›
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It’s been quite a decade. Tech surfed into the 2010s upon a huge wave of optimism and connection (Facebook!) but eventually wiped out on the shoals of cynicism and tribalism… more ›
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Olavo de Carvalho’s anger has inspired a number of Brazilian far-right politicians, the country’s president among them. Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “Democracy Undone” series about the… more ›
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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 ›