Harvard University
We should be fighting for our cognitive liberty, says ethics expert
3 min · · Sensors capable of detecting and decoding brain activity are already embedded into everyday devices, said experts at a webinar. · Shared by 279, including Albert Ràfols, Bob E. Hayes, justin caouette, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
MIT Technology Review
Busting three myths about materials and renewable energy
1 min · · Here’s what you really need to know about mining and climate change. · Shared by 224, including Stephan Woodtli, Albert Ràfols
experimentalhistory.substack.com
The rise and fall of peer review
12+ min · · Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing · Shared by 649, including Matt Ridley, Liam Bright, Lea Verou, Roger Highfield, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Nolen Gertz, Douglas Karr, Balaji, Pippa Norris, Agnes Callard, Paul Graham, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Dr Rani Lill Anjum 🐦, Amjad Masad, Robin James, Peter Steinberger, Jonathan Birch, Marc Andreessen -- e/acc, Anita Leirfall
Ars Technica
I disconnected from the electric grid for 8 months—in Manhattan
9 min · · What started as an experiment has turned into a habit I hope will inspire others. · Shared by 159, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jennifer Ouellette, Thomas Pleil, Albert Ràfols
ZDNET
News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations
3 min · · Low-code and no-code means faster software development and deployment, as well as turning developers into facilitators. · Shared by 13, including William Toll, Albert Ràfols, Maker
world.hey.com
Why we're leaving the cloud
4 min · · Basecamp has had one foot in the cloud for well over a decade, and HEY has been running there exclusively since it was launched two years ago. We've run extensively in both Amazon's cloud and Google's… · Shared by 266, including William Toll, Tim Bray, Albert Ràfols, Gerd Leonhard, Zack Kanter, Yves Mulkers, Jonas Bandi, Dave Kellogg, Vikram Dutt, DHH
BBC News (World)
How to store data for 1,000 years
16+ min · · Most current data storage systems eventually stop working. But there are alternatives on the horizon. · Shared by 342, including Kelly Hungerford, Esther Schindler, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Prof. Sally Eaves, AI, Brian Ahier, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Albert Ràfols
simonwillison.net
It looks like I’m moving to Mastodon
5 min · · Elon Musk laid off about half of Twitter this morning. There are many terrible stories emerging about how this went down, but one that particularly struck me was that he … · Shared by 47, including Richard MacManus, Albert Ràfols, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Brett Errington
VilaWeb
Ciberatacs: quines mesures cal prendre
9 min · · Els atacs de segrest i extorsió informàtica tenen un impacte econòmic superior al narcotràfic · Shared by 8, including Albert Ràfols
360dialogues.com
The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy — 360Dialogues
· Shared by 9, including Albert Ràfols, Elrond Burrell (he/him)
Interesting Engineering
A new AI-made enzyme can devour plastics in hours instead of centuries
1 min · · A team of scientists has created an enzyme that can devour plastics in hours, thanks to artificial intelligence. · Shared by 237, including Nicolas Babin, John Hagel, Albert Ràfols, Jim Marous 💯, Brian Ahier, Prof. Sally Eaves, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Terence Mills, AI, Christo Meid, Harold Sinnott
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
4 min · · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 15, including Albert Ràfols, BloombergQuint, Arie Goldshlager
The Atlantic
Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work
4 min · · If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling. · Shared by 814, including Marina Bräm, Mathew Ingram, Aniyia ❤️, K. Williams, 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗, Oliver Reichenstein, Constantin Gurdgiev, Albert Ràfols, Jesse Baer (moved to mastodon), Timothy Caulfield
Open Culture
How Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Envisioned a Low-Priced Electric Vehicle in 1914, Almost Changing the Direction of Automobile History
2 min · · Few inventions have come to define twenty-first century mobility as much as the electric car. As reported at EVBox by Joseph D. · Shared by 20, including Simon C, Albert Ràfols, Jennifer Ouellette
VilaWeb
Crònica de l’assalt al mòbil de dos prestigiosos metges catalans amb Pegasus
5 min · · Elías Campo no sabia que l’estat que en aquell moment el guardonava també l’havia espiat anteriorment en el marc del Catalangate · Shared by 21, including Albert Ràfols
VilaWeb
El CNI va comprar el programari Pegasus per uns sis milions d'euros
2 min · · Font dels serveis secrets espanyols, citades per El País, asseguren que es va adquirir el programari per fer-lo servir fora de l'estat espanyol · Shared by 14, including Albert Ràfols