You are not original or creative on Instagram
Quartzy: If it seems when you scroll through your feed that everything looks similar, that’s probably because it is. That artfully constructed shot of your latté and avocado toast brunch? The shot of your feet dangling over the edge of a waterfall? You in the back of a canoe? It’s been done before. To death. […]
Bizarre “rogue planet” found lurking in Earth’s galactic neighborhood
Vreemdsoortig doch intrigerend nieuws op Salon.com: The newly discovered planet was found drifting alone – no host star in sight – with a glowing aurora that has left scientists with questions.
A 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result
Dit geloof ik echt keihard: Their actual job performance didn’t change when doing it over four days instead of five. Kunnen we dat niet gewoon invoeren?
Twitter and Shadow Banning
MJ Tsai: I guess I have no way of knowing whether any tweets have been hidden from me by Twitter’s ranking algorithm. As far as I know, no one I follow has complained about being censored. But I would prefer to just always see everything. If someone I follow is posting bad stuff, I want […]
The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley
Kara Swisher, nu bij The New York Times: The arms race metaphor is a good one, but not for the reasons Facebook intended. Here’s how I see it: Facebook, as well as Twitter and Google’s YouTube, have become the digital arms dealers of the modern age.
Stumbles? What Stumbles? Big Tech Is as Strong as Ever
Farhad Manjoo, on a roll, bij The New York Times: Despite the public outcry, the five are all expanding their foothold in our lives, and the forces arrayed against them, which range from regulation to apathy, aren’t having a substantial impact. To the extent that the five companies face meaningful competition, it is usually from […]
Refresh – a fresh approach to the web browser
Wat een ongelooflijk mooi concept: We spend so much time browsing the web that we hardly even think about the browser as an app. And while the web itself has undergone big changes in the last twenty years, browsers have remained largely the same. Refresh is a concept for a modern web browser based on […]
What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network Cannot Answer
Farhad Manjoo bij The New York Times: In exchanges with reporters and lawmakers over the past week, its leaders — including Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive — have been comically tripped up by some of the most basic questions the site faces.
The tiny nation leading a new space race
Luxemburg, begot! There now are 10 space-mining companies (including ispace) legally domiciled in Luxembourg since the launch of the country’s space resources law in February 2016. This was fuelled by a fund worth $223m (200m euros/£176m). Alsook: Luxembourg’s Space Resources Act opened a floodgate for investment, with the ministry of economy now saying the space […]
Zuckerberg: The Recode interview
Markske zat samen met de onnavolgbare Kara Swisher van Recode. Één van de meest belangrijke interviews van het jaar. Een stukje quoten doet het oneer aan, maar ik doe het toch: I think that the main thing that I’ve tried to internalize this year is we get that there’s a big responsibility and a lot […]