Tuesday, December 31, 2019

How Instagram Defined the 2010s

‘Does anyone have a not cringe oldest photo?’ — We asked these NowThis staffers to scroll back to their first IG photo. This is how Instagram changed the world in the 2010s.

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Inside The Cryptocurrency Revolution

Bitcoin’s emergence as a global digital currency has been as revolutionary as it has been erratic. But while fledgling investors obsess over every fluctuation in the cryptocurrency market, nation-states are more interested in the underlying blockchain technology and its ability to revolutionize how business is done on the internet and beyond. VICE's Michael Moynihan travels to Russia with Vitalik Buterin, inventor of the ethereum blockchain, to get a front-row seat to the geopolitical tug of war over Internet 3.0.

Friday, December 13, 2019

A.I. Is Making it Easier to Kill (You). Here’s How. | NYT

A tank that drives itself. A drone that picks its own targets. A machine gun with facial recognition software. Sounds like science fiction? A.I. fueled weapons are already here.

The Rise Of Open-Source Software

Open-source software powers nearly all the world’s major companies. This software is freely available, and is developed collaboratively, maintained by a broad network that includes everyone from unpaid volunteers to employees at competing tech companies. Here’s how giving away software for free has proven to be a viable business model.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

What facial recognition steals from us

There's a massive bait-and-switch at the center of facial recognition technology. Submit your story ideas, questions, and tips for Open Sourced: http://www.vox.com/opensourcednetwork