How Digital Advertising Markets Really Work
How valuable is data for advertising? From the article: If a company that sells online ads can know what their readers are reading on other sites, then…
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What Western media got wrong about China’s social credit system | Public Radio International
A nuanced look on China’s social credit system. While some of the reports in western media were exaggerated, the overall outlook to acutally implement a…
The Great Hack review – searing exposé of the Cambridge Analytica scandal – The Guardian
The Guardian review of the new Nextflix documentary “The Great Hack“. Our recommendation? Watch it. It’s a must see. Source: The Great Hack review – searing exposé of the Cambridge Analytica scandal | Film | The Guardian Photo by Tracy Le Blanc from Pexels
Apple contractors ‘regularly hear confidential details’ on Siri recordings | The Guardian
Apple has positioned itself as company that respects the privacy of their users. However, as The Guardian reports, Apple’s contractors have access to a…
Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died | Ars Technica
Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. has died at the age of 95. He was one of NASA’s founding engineers, its first flight director, and a key architect of the…
How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem – The Verge
After the neo nazi network Gab migrated to Mastodon, the alternative social media network tries to deal with internet’s Nazi problem head-on.
Can “Indie” Social Media Save Us? | The New Yorker
Cal Newport on Indie alternatives to existing social media platforms: At the end of my TEDx talk , I note that people often ask me what life is like…
Jony Ive’s Fragmented Legacy: Unreliable, Unrepairable, Beautiful Gadgets – iFixit
Starting with a Steven Jobs quote at at the 1983 International Design Conference on the design of computers If you’ve looked at computers, they look like…
The ambitious plan to reinvent how websites get their names – MIT Technology Review
Meet handshake , the ambitious plan to change the way Domain Name System works on the Internet. Using blockchain as underlying technology, the goal is to…
Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions – The Verge
This disturbing article describes how Facebook content moderators work in extremely poor working conditions.