Discriminator is an interactive documentary about how facial recognition works.
Discriminator is an interactive documentary about how facial recognition works.
↩︎ Discriminator
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A tour of Manchester’s new “Use Hearing Protection” exhibit, which looks back at the early history of Factory Records.
A tour of Manchester’s new “Use Hearing Protection” exhibit, which looks back at the early history of Factory Records.
↩︎ Creative Boo…
“An unprecedented study has now confirmed that we probably cannot slow the rate at which we get older.”
“An unprecedented study has now confirmed that we probably cannot slow the rate at which we get older.”
↩︎ The Guardian
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A two-year-old startup that already has 12 million users aims to supplant Facebook Groups. (Now do Instagram.)
A two-year-old startup that already has 12 million users aims to supplant Facebook Groups. (Now do Instagram.)
↩︎ The Verge
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How the pandemic is an example of a hyperobject—an incomprehensible thing so large that it subsumes us.
Fourteen million tons of Styrofoam are produced every year; chunks of it break down into particles that enter other objects, including animals. Although Styrofoam is everywhere, one can never point to all the Styrofoam in…
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Drone footage of Great White Sharks off the coast of California.
via Kottke
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Zillow’s algorithm is moving to a neural network, where the company claims its home estimates will become even more accurate.
Zillow’s algorithm is moving to a neural network, where the company claims its home estimates will become even more accurate.
↩︎ WIRED
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In an experiment, a four-inch square wooden satellite will be launched into orbit to see whether plywood can survive space.
In an experiment, a four-inch square wooden satellite will be launched into orbit to see whether plywood can survive space.
↩︎ CNET
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The AP will longer name suspects in minor crimes, acknowledging that doing so can have lasting, damaging effects online.
The AP will longer name suspects in minor crimes, acknowledging that doing so can have lasting, damaging effects online.
↩︎ Associated Press
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How fake Amazon reviews happen, and how to spot them.
“The taco holder got great reviews, but there wasn’t much for my phone adapter,” said Jones by email. “You do sometimes see reviews for slightly different items appear on a listing, but this was de…