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We used Google Arts & Culture’s selfie app to make the internet’s Shit Museum
2018-09-08

Ever have one of those weeks where you feel like everything is going wrong in the world? Us too. The planet is melting. There are powerful idiots all over the world with their greasy fingers hovered over big red doom buttons. Our favorite celebrities have dumb opinions we don’t agree with and choose to share them....

How an antivirus search engine plays into Alphabet’s security ambitions
2018-09-08

VirusTotal, which is a product of Chronicle, a company created within Alphabet’s fabled “moonshot factory,” has been described as “Google for malware.” Earlier this year, Google parent Alphabet unveiled a new, top-level company called Chronicle that would be dedicated to...

These 4 things are crucial to making a co-CEO relationship successful
2018-09-08

Having two CEOs in a company can be risky. But if you do it right, you can reap a lot of benefits. As a co-CEO of a large digital marketing agency, I’m something of an anomaly in my industry. Few other companies in our cohort split their leadership role at the top, opting instead for a more traditional single...

Apple’s move to shake up the newspaper industry offers little upside
2018-09-08

Apple is making a play at the publishing business. In March, the company acquired Texture, a subscription-based magazine reader that charges a flat fee to read all the included content you’d like. Texture already features some of The who’s-who in publishing, including National Geographic, People, Wired, and The...

Virgil Abloh just became a wine bottle designer, and he’s still expressing things unsaid
2018-09-07

It’s hard to keep up with all of Virgil Abloh’s work. It’s hard to keep up with all of Virgil Abloh’s work. Over the past few month, I’ve tracked him as he became Louis Vuitton’s men’s artistic director, launched an entirely see-through suitcase for luxury suitcase...

Tencent teams with Chinese government to choke kids’ game time
2018-09-07

Remember last week when we found out China was going to be putting the squeeze on game companies in an effort to combat childhood shortsightedness? And we didn’t know exactly how that’d look because the Ministry of Education were frustratingly vague? Well now we know exactly how it’s going to save its kids eyes:...

Quantum computing is almost ready for business, startup says
2018-09-07

In launching its own online service, the Berkeley-based upstart Rigetti aspires to be the Amazon of cloud-based quantum computing. Quantum computing–which harnesses the peculiar physics of subatomic scale–long appeared to be a technology of the far future, maybe decades away. But the sci-fi tech is...

German protesters clash with police over proposed Google campus
2018-09-07

Protesters temporarily occupied the building site for a planned Google campus in Berlin Germany today. Eyewitness reports indicate at least six people have been arrested by local authorities. The protesters, part of a Berlin-based “occupy” group, descended on the campus site at approximately 3:00 PM local time....

Facebook unveils a glossy new Frank Gehry-designed office
2018-09-07

The social media company released images of its newly extended campus, dubbed MPK21, and its aspirations to “be a good neighbor.” Facebook unveiled its newly expanded headquarters in Menlo Park, California, this week—and the giant master-planned development called MPK21, designed by starchitect...

California law would make political bots illegal – unless they admit they’re bots
2018-09-07

A California Senate bill awaiting Governor approval would make it illegal to create and operate a social media “bot” for the purpose of influencing a political vote or obtaining money unless it was made explicit that it was a bot. The bill, California SB 1001, was introduced by state Senator Robert Hertzberg....

Facebook’s blockchain developer groups are a delightful tub of unintentional hilarity
2018-09-07

Blockchain is for everybody! Or so it would seem. We know blockchain and bitcoin protocols are open source, but that doesn’t mean that we all have to use them. Sometimes, maybe it is better to err on the side of caution before diving into the deep dark world of blockchain and cryptocurrency development. As a...

People are mad because that Burt Reynolds Cosmo centerfold keeps vanishing from Facebook
2018-09-07

Let the people pay their respects, Facebook! If you’re wondering what Napalm girl, Holocaust survivors, and nearly nude Burt Reynolds have in common, it’s this—they were all deemed to have violated Facebook’s ever-evolving community standards.Read Full Story

4 years later, Google finally explains the origins of its Chrome dinosaur game
2018-09-07

An often-overlooked Easter Egg in Google Chrome is the dinosaur game, which appears when you try to visit a website while disconnected from the Internet. The Chrome dino game is a simple infinite runner, which sees you jump over cacti, and dodge underneath obstacles. Controls are basic. Press space to jump (and to...

Twitter finally permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars
2018-09-07

The social media company announced that it has permanently banned the controversial conspiracy theorist. Weeks after other tech companies kicked Jones off their platforms, Twitter has finally done the same. The social media company announced that it has permanently banned the controversial conspiracy...

Facebook chooses Singapore for its first Asian data center
2018-09-07

The data center will be Facebook’s first in Asia and its 15th in the world. The social media giant has announced that it will build a $1 billion data center in Singapore, the South China Morning Post reports. The data center will be Facebook’s first in Asia and its 15th in the world. In a statement...

How search engines are failing suicidal users
2018-09-06

Designer Lucas Chae, who has struggled with anxiety and depression, considers the lifelessness of the response that’s meant to save live–and offers alternative ideas. Every month, over half a million people in the U.S. make suicide-related searches on Google. The automated response that is supposed stop...

Facebook thinks saying ‘all men are trash’ is hate speech — it’s not
2018-09-06

I recently wrote an article about an Instagram account that documents disturbing messages women receive on dating apps from men they’ve rejected. After it was posted on Facebook, it didn’t take long for the messages to roll in: “I call bullshit on this story,” “Women are con artists — if you do anything I...

DeRay Mckesson wants white people to confront the reality of police violence
2018-09-06

In his new book, the activist and Black Lives Matter cofounder wants everyone to examine what role they can play in limiting the power of the police. During the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the killing of Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer, DeRay Mckesson spent 400 days walking the streets...

It turns out lots of people actually did #DeleteFacebook
2018-09-05

A Pew Study published today suggests up to three-quarters of Americans have taken steps to either tighten their Facebook security or distance themselves from the site entirely — both reflections of a certain loss of naivety in the site’s audience. According to the study, 74 percent of users have either adjusted...

Watch Alex Jones insanely troll Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill
2018-09-05

The deplatformed conspiracy theorist tried to get under Marco Rubio’s skin. This morning, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg faced questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee about how their companies handle myriad issues, including misinformation, content moderations, and...

Brosé, frosé, all day: The definitive history of rosé’s rise to cultural dominance
2018-09-04

As we say goodbye to summer, we explain why the drink in your wine glass is probably pink. By the time I arrive at the chandelier room, Rosé Mansion creators Morgan First and Tyler Balliet have already led me through a tunnel of giant-size purple “grapes,” into a wine blending lab and past a...

The Outline has laid off all of its staff writers
2018-09-04

The media startup’s last two full-time writers were let go today. Others seem to have been let go as well. The Outline, the Joshua Topolsky-founded culture website, laid off the last of its staff writers today. On Twitter, one staff writer, Paris Martineau, announced the shakeup. I’ve confirmed that the...

Google erroneously banned a cryptocurrency mining app with 1M+ downloads
2018-09-04

In an effort to curb the spread of crypto-jacking software, Google updated its terms of service in July to ban on-device cryptocurrency mining apps from the Play Store. Unfortunately, it appears that (in addition to a slew of mining apps) the internet giant has erroneously banned some legitimate apps – including one...

Want to be the best you? Build the resume and interview skills that will land your dream job
2018-09-04

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