The New York Times
Point. Smile. Click. Repeat.
5 min · · Selfies are supplanting the signature as a sports collectible, and players on the U.S. women’s soccer team, who interact with their fans as much as any team in the world, are getting very, very good… · Shared by 6, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Fast Company
5 times when using paper and a pen is better than using an app
3 min · · Sometimes tech can be a lifesaver, but in certain cases, opting for an analog option is the more productive choice. · Shared by 47, including Lee Keyes, Klaus Eck, Lucas Foster, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rob Tiffany, Sachin Rekhi
ModusMag
Data-Driven Design Is Killing Our Instincts
7 min · · Valuing data over design instinct puts metrics over users · Shared by 140, including Moritz von Hase, John Maeda, Jim Mayes, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Matthias Lampe, Nick Floro, Gabriele, Johannes Dornisch, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Jacob Jarnvall, Danny Preussler, 🇺🇦
The New York Times
Cómo impedir el reconocimiento facial
2 min · · Dale a la cámara la cara de otra persona u oculta la tuya. Esmérate en tener un rostro asimétrico. Haz que tu cabeza no tenga cabeza. Un artista te dice cómo. · Shared by 4, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, NYTimes en Español
EL PAÍS
La fotografía móvil se encomienda a la programación para superar sus limitaciones
4 min · · Viaje a los laboratorios donde OnePlus prueba las cámaras de sus ‘smartphones’ para desentrañar los secretos del ‘hardware’ y del ‘software’ · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
El fin de la tele
5 min · · Un cambio tecnológico ha producido una crisis en una de las industrias aparentemente más sólidas: la de la televisión abierta. Durante años la televisión impuso una dictadura absoluta sobre lo que… · Shared by 5, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, NYTimes en Español
The New York Times
Apollo 11 As They Shot It
11+ min · · From the Earth to the moon, in the astronauts’ words and photographs. · Shared by 41, including Graham Roberts, Mathew Ingram, Andreas Klinger 🏝, Craig Mod, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Alison Snyder, Marcus Schwarze 🚀, Mike Maples, Jr, Josh Katz
The New York Times
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.
16+ min · · A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything, a New York Times reconstruction has found. · Shared by 214, including Tim O'Reilly, Christopher Lauer™, Denny Burk, Armin Wolf, Eugene Wei, RJ Andrews, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Paola Antonelli, Craig Mod, Esther Schindler, Rate limit exceeded, Arne Keuning, Claudia Sommer, Richard H Thaler, Marcus Schwarze 🚀, Marsha Collier, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Mathew Ingram, WPI, Aleksandra Wisniewska
The New York Times
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
7 min · · Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide. · Shared by 130, including Charles Baldwin, tektology, Martin Ford, Mike Butcher, Mathew Ingram, Craig Brown, PhD, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Michael Grupe, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Yvette Dubel, Ouriel @Zengo, Cade Metz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after
The New York Times
The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV
20+ min · · In their rush to match Netflix, competitors like HBO, Hulu and Amazon are ordering a slew of content — ushering out the age of “prestige TV” and ushering in an age of anything goes. · Shared by 72, including mrbrown, Chad S. White, Charles Baldwin, Oscar MacDonald, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
artsandculture.google.com
Hidden Details in Famous Paintings
3 min · · There’s often far more encoded in a canvas than first meets the eye. One of the great joys of looking at historical art is trying to unravel the intentio... · Shared by 1, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
As Cameras Track Detroit’s Residents, a Debate Ensues Over Racial Bias
8 min · · Studies have shown that facial recognition software can return more false matches for African-Americans than for white people, a sign of what experts call “algorithmic bias.” · Shared by 20, including Jane, Charles Baldwin, The Indian Express, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
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Una aplicación machista que desnudaba a mujeres pone en el punto de mira la creación de imágenes falsas
3 min · · Estados y redes prohíben y vetan la difusión de ‘deepfakes’ ante la generalización de su uso gracias a la inteligencia artificial · Shared by 6, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
EL PAÍS
La Movida que vivieron (y retrataron)
8 min · · Alberto García-Alix, Ouka Leele, Pablo Pérez-Mínguez y Miguel Trillo protagonizan una exposición sobre el movimiento cultural que transformó España en los Encuentros de Arlés · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
We Need More Critics of Color
7 min · · With white supremacy on the rise, museums and screens are battlegrounds for our national values, well before they’re confirmed at the ballot box. · Shared by 46, including Alex B., Mathew Ingram, Nieman Reports, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Christina, WeNeedDiverseBooks
MIT Technology Review
An AI app that “undressed” women shows how deepfakes harm the most vulnerable
3 min · · DeepNude has now been taken offline, but it won’t be the last time such technology is used to target vulnerable populations. · Shared by 29, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mike Tamir, PhD, Gerd Leonhard, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to