The Wall Street Journal
WSJ Graphics
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Recode
The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million
2 min · · It’s a hard, hard fall. · Shared by 25, including Kunal Bhatia, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Azeem Azhar
Harvard Business Review
Your Company Needs a Strategy for Voice Technology
3 min · · Here’s what the current landscape looks like. · Shared by 87, including Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Brian Roemmele, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, luis antónio santos, Bradley Metrock, Oscar MacDonald, Antonio Vieira Santos, John Nosta, Claudia Sommer, Nick Floro, Liliane Ferrari ™, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Wong, Klaus Eck
The Guardian
My TED talk: how I took on the tech titans in their lair
7 min · · For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they… · Shared by 147, including Sam Proud, Tom Connor, Dominik Grolimund, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Azeem Azhar, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Thomas Power, Clemens M. Schuster, Kaspar Manz, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Bertrand Maltaverne, Mathew Ingram, Marcus Schwarze 🚀
The Atlantic
Workers Love AirPods Because Employers Stole Their Walls
5 min · · In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles. · Shared by 87, including Guy Massé, bouiboui, Yehuda Katz, Florian Hanke 🍎, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Gideonro, Esther Schindler, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Bjorn Larsen, Bernhard Huessy
WIRED
Will Artificial Intelligence Enhance or Hack Humanity?
20+ min · · Historian Yuval Noah Harari and computer scientist Fei-Fei Li discuss the promise and perils of the transformative technology with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson. · Shared by 188, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Jeff Bussgang, Antonio Vieira Santos, Bertrand Maltaverne, Yuval Noah Harari, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gerd Leonhard, Cyrill Schmid, Thomas Power, Backchannel, Alexandra Wong, Ian M Calvert, Nicolas Berg, Dayyan Smith, Yvette Dubel, 瑞拿頭, Klaus Eck, Clemens M. Schuster, fernand0, Toby Coppel
Insider Business
75% of Americans disagree with Bernie Sanders' plan to let every US prisoner vote
2 min · · Roughly 35% of voters support enfranchising current prisoners in some capacity, but most of these people are not willing to go as far as Sanders. · Shared by 7
TechCrunch
How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
17+ min · · The antitrust argument that says big tech needs breaking up to stop platforms abusing competition and consumers in a two-faced role as seller and (manipulative) marketplace may only just be getting… · Shared by 54, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, 瑞拿頭, Nicolas Berg
Gizmodo
The Terrible Truth About Alexa
10 min · · This week, I read through a history of everything I’ve said to Alexa, and it felt a little bit like reading an old diary. Until I remembered that the things I’ve told Alexa in private are stored on an… · Shared by 74, including Amber Mac, Helmi, Jane, Luca Like, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
Poynter
10 percent of Twitter users create 80 percent of all tweets, study finds
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The New Yorker
The Terrifying Potential of 5G Technology
9 min · · The future of wireless technology holds the promise of total connectivity. But it will also be especially susceptible to cyberattacks and surveillance. · Shared by 90, including Oscar MacDonald, Aral Balkan, Gerd Leonhard, Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tauno, luis antónio santos, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
The Guardian
The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging
13+ min · · Shops that minimise the environmental impact of our consumer habits are springing up across Britain. Could they help us avert catastrophe? · Shared by 31, including Thomas Power, Tom Connor, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧
WIRED UK
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future
5 min · · We should challenge the cult of Singularity. AI won't take over the world · Shared by 257, including Joi Ito, Ines Bieler, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Klaus Eck, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Sergio Caredda, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Peter Schmidhuber, Stephan Woodtli, Florian Hanke 🍎, Cyrill Schmid, Gerd Leonhard, Phrasee, Bertrand Maltaverne, Howard Getson, Glyn Britton, Niklaus Gerber, Antonio Vieira Santos, Clemens M. Schuster
The Guardian
If we care about plastic waste, why won’t we stop drinking bottled water?
4 min · · We have all seen the damage plastic waste is doing around the world – but sales of bottled water have continued to grow · Shared by 52, including Econlib, Thomas Power, Yvette Dubel, ahg
The New York Times
New York Attorney General to Investigate Facebook Email Collection
2 min · · The social media company’s latest dust up with regulators is tied the company’s collection of email lists from new users. · Shared by 31, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bjorn Larsen, Charles Baldwin
The New York Times
Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction
6 min · · Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store. · Shared by 144, including Forbes India, Eric Seufert, Charles Baldwin, Nichole, Oliver Raduner, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Luca M. Sergio, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Thomas Pleil, Nir Eyal, dunschtig, DHH, Azeem Azhar, Brian Solis, Dominik Grolimund