TechCrunch
ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a Deepfakes maker
7 min · · TikTok parent company ByteDance has teamed up with one of the most controversial apps to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else. TechCrunch has learned that ByteDance has developed… · Shared by 86, including Josep M. Ganyet, luis antónio santos, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, John Koetsier, Sam Proud, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
The New York Times
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories.
13+ min · · We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas. Here’s how political divides shape what students learn about the nation’s history. · Shared by 90, including Dr. Kim Cobb @coralsncaves@fediscience.org, Martina Pugliese, Michael Harriot, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🗽🌹, Paul Graham, Richard Deitsch, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Esther Schindler, Scott McLeod, Leo Polovets, Emmie Martin, Carly, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Mathew Ingram, Leslie slow and steady Bradshaw 🐢, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Kelsey Keith, Aleksandra Wisniewska, luis antónio santos
DEV Community
Free illustrations resources for the web
3 min · · It's a versatile means of expressing a message which helps to provide a visual representation or example of what is being shared, making it a message clear. It also adds an aesthetic element to a… · Shared by 320, including Pascal Sulser, Marc Eglon, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Johannes Dornisch, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tom Connor, Gabriele, Ahiesh PVS, Hồng Nam Phạm, Stephanie A Kowalski
The Guardian
Banksy's nativity
2 min · · Scar of Bethlehem designed to make people think about how Palestinians live in divided city · Shared by 32, including Brad Brooks, George M 🇪🇺, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, @grzewap@mastodon.social
Curbed
15 brilliant new books on design and cities
10 min · · These picks are perfect to wrap up for a loved one or keep you company on a long winter’s night. · Shared by 38, including Allison Arieff, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Alexandra Lange, MIT Press
PetaPixel
Looking vs. Seeing as a Photographer
6 min · · I’d like to share some thoughts here on being a musician before I get to the difference between seeing and looking as a photographer. Please bear with me. · Shared by 78, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rick Sammon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Popular Mechanics
Optical Illusions - Optical Illusions Pictures, Videos
2 min · · Shared by 58, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Howard Getson
WIRED
Facial Recognition Laws Are (Literally) All Over the Map
2 min · · From Portland to Plano, local governments are placing different limits on the use of biometric data. That's a good thing. · Shared by 40, including Ian M Calvert, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel, Faik Ersoy, luis antónio santos, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Fern
MIT Technology Review
Emotion recognition technology should be banned, says an AI research institute
1 min · · There’s little scientific basis to emotion recognition technology, so it should be banned from use in decisions that affect people’s lives, says research institute AI Now in its annual report.A… · Shared by 39, including Larry Balaclava, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Martin Kägi, Howard Getson, Vikram Dutt, Jeremiah Owyang, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Faik Ersoy, Gengo 🦁
WIRED
Facebook Removes Accounts With AI-Generated Profile Photos
2 min · · Researchers said it appears to be the first use of artificial intelligence to support an inauthentic social media campaign. · Shared by 49, including Joan Lockwood, Elinor Stutz, Mari Smith, Bob E. Hayes, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Antonio Vieira Santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel
The New York Times
2019: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics
· Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories from the year. · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
BBC News (World)
Animal painting found in cave is 44,000 years old
2 min · · Experts say the art, found in an Indonesian cave, could be the world's oldest recorded story. · Shared by 45, including Christopher Lauer™, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Antonio Vieira Santos, Joe Rogan, sascha aßbach, Faik Ersoy, Matthias Lampe, Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
medium.com
Internet Cartography
9 min · · What does the Internet look like? · Shared by 4, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New Yorker
The Age of Instagram Face
5 min · · How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look. · Shared by 400, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jane, Dr. Alec Couros, Kyle Chayka, TonyParisi.eth, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, MIT Press, John Nosta, Mathew Ingram, Ian M Calvert, David Wallace-Wells, Marsha Collier, Richard Gutjahr, Liliane Ferrari ™, Thomas Power, Amber Mac, MΛRC VIDΛL, Gabriele, Mark Kaigwa, Matt Navarra
EL PAÍS
¿Para qué pintaban los primeros humanos?
7 min · · El descubrimiento de la obra de arte figurativo más antigua del mundo enciende el debate sobre las motivaciones de sus autores · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
UX Collective
4 psychology principles every UX/UI designer should know
7 min · · When designing a product, it’s important to know what type of response you want to elicit from your users. Understanding psychology… · Shared by 157, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, CSS Weekly, Matthias Lampe, Gabriele, Naved Islam