There won’t be an internet where you can watch shows on Hulu then jump over to Gmail — you’ll watch Facebook TV and send Facebook Messages. Services that look and act like something distinct but are sadly part of a homogenized whole will also be available; Instagram and WhatsApp do this already. There you will be delivered ads according to your interests, interests predicated on the content you view, content promoted by bots and agents of a corrupt government and its many corporate and civilian allies. It will be a win-win for everyone but you.
In a few hours, we’ll be living the US, which will mark my return “home” after 9 months travelling around the world! What a year it’s been!
In a few hours, we’ll be living the US, which will mark my return “home” after 9 months travelling around the world! What a year it’s been!
This video interview between the Editor in Chief of the New York Times and JayZ was incredible. Really respect the humility and empathy coming from him.
This video interview between the Editor in Chief of the @NYTimes and @_s_c was incredible. Really respect the humility and empathy coming from Jay Z: www.nytimes.com/video/t-m…
This video interview between the Editor in Chief of the New York Times and JayZ was incredible. Really respect the humility and empathy coming from him.
This video interview between the Editor in Chief of the @NYTimes and @_s_c was incredible. Really respect the humility and empathy coming from Jay Z: www.nytimes.com/video/t-m…
I really loved this article from Longreads over the weekend. A thrilling piece of non-fiction writing about the rise of bitcoin and an ongoing investigation about the maybe-but-probably-not creator of Bitcoin.
PS: In case you've not heard of it before, Longreads is an online publication that non only pulls interesting long-form articles from the internet, but they also work on their own articles. You should check them out and consider supporting them to help them fight the good fight.
The goal of #MeToo, as Milano’s friend told her, was simply to give people a sense of “the magnitude of the problem.”
Over the last day, I’ve seen the MeToo status pop up, without an explanation. But after seeing it multiple times from some of my female friends, I understood quickly what this was about. In the last 24h, the status has been tweeted 500 thousand times already. Think of the gravity of the situation.
Cameron Kunzelman for Polygon has a great opinion piece this week about one of my favorite video games: Final Fantasy IX.
Final Fantasy 9 shows us the closest thing to a fantasy weapon of mass destruction that exists in video games.
I really appreciate the thoughts that went into this piece, especially given the current news and the constant will-they-won’t-they regarding our nuclear overlords.
If you’ve not had the chance to play through this wonderful Shakespearian experience, it’s available on PS4, iOS, and on Steam — which means you really have no excuse!
[≠] Final Fantasy 9 teaches us about war and how times have changed
It's hard to believe it's been nearly a decade since New York Times photographer Damon Winter used Hipstamatic to create an award-winning photo for a cover story about the war in Afghanistan. It's even harder to believe that the app is still downloadable in close to its original form. It still takes three seconds to "print" your photo to a Polaroid-esque frame that loads in the bottom corner.
As someone who’s been using Hipstamatic on and off over the past few years, I’m yet to find a camera app with the same unpredictable feel!
