Collaborate Disseminate
The “information panel” feature, which is supposed to defend against fake news spread, promoted a link to terror attacks. Continue reading YouTube’s Bad Anti-Conspiracy Algorithm Links Notre Dame Fire to 9/11 Attacks
Using AI, someone made a very haunted video of Jordan Peterson rapping “Lose Yourself.” Continue reading Machine Learning Can Make Jordan Peterson Rap Like Eminem
Skype’s conferencing feature now allows double the participants, so I tested it out. Continue reading I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell
For the first time, scientists studied the dolphin clit up close—and found something familiar Continue reading Dolphins Have Clitorises ‘Remarkably Similar’ to Humans
Ads for cashier positions in supermarkets reached an 85% female audience, and ads for positions in taxi companies reached a 75% Black audience. Continue reading Researchers Find Facebook’s Ad Targeting Algorithm Is Inherently Biased
Archive of Our Own is a finalist in the prestigious Hugo award’s Best Related Works category—which means thousands of fanfics are Hugo finalists. Continue reading An Internet Fan Fiction Archive Is Nominated for a Hugo
Microsoft developer advocate Chloe Condon created an app to fake a call, to get her off the hook in unwanted social situations. Continue reading This Fake Boyfriend App Bails You Out of Awkward Moments
Modern Labor promises to teach you to code in five months and help find you a job when you graduate—but you’re on the hook for the next two years. Continue reading This Company Will Pay You to Learn to Code, and Take 15 Percent of Your Income Later
A study tested two dozen medicine apps to find out how and where they’re sharing your personal data. Continue reading Health Apps Can Share Your Data Everywhere, New Study Shows
With “Checkout for Instagram,” the photo-sharing platform becomes what it was always meant for: shilling. Continue reading Instagram Finally Admits It’s a Bra Shopping App