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
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 186, 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
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 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
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 ✍️⚖️
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 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
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 ✍️⚖️
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ Graphics
· Shared by 57, including Mathew Ingram, Stowe Boyd, Joe Germuska, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nieman Reports, andrew chen, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social
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
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
Poynter
10 percent of Twitter users create 80 percent of all tweets, study finds
· Visit the post for more. · Shared by 33, including Mathew Ingram, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Thomas Power, Mac McCann, Mark Kaigwa, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
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 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
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
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