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Here’s why you’re being kept in the dark about how your data is used
2018-08-11

In 2017 alone, US companies spent upwards of $10 billion on third party audience data. And while generally speaking, people were once indifferent or oblivious to the way personal data was collected, the tide has certainly turned. In the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, people are more aware than ever...

We DM’d a lot of strangers to ask why they use Drake lyrics on Instagram
2018-08-11

Have you ever heard of a musical artist named Drake? Of course you have. Because he’s everywhere. These days, it’s hard to miss Aubrey Graham, the rapper and singer from Canada (eh). He recently released Scorpion, and the internet went nuts, as it always does for Aubrey. Out sprung the #InMyFeelings challenge,...

Nintendo’s Switch has a hidden VR mode — but don’t get your hopes up
2018-08-11

Since Nintendo first introduced the Switch last year, fans have been asking about a possible VR add-on. It seems implausible for a number of reasons, but a recent find would seem to suggest Nintendo is at least toying with the idea. A Twitter user who spends his free time writing homebrew and modding tools for the...

Google’s new Q&A app lets celebs personally answer your most boring queries
2018-08-10

Google has, more and more, attempted to offer public figures a chance to manage their own Google results — and in this case it appears to be trying to have fun with those inane questions people are always Googling about their favorite celebrities. The app is called Cameos, and it’s currently only available on the...

The end of Crocs? Fans are freaking out after news of factory closure
2018-08-10

Is the other clog about to drop? Crocs fans are a loyal bunch. After all, it takes guts and a certain ability to buck social norms to wear foam clogs out in public. So many Croc lovers were anxious when they heard the news that the billion-dollar global megabrand was shutting the last of its company-owned...

Why is it still so hard to find women CEOs on Google Images?
2018-08-10

In a new study, women made up only 11% of CEOs in a Google Image search. “You can’t be what you can’t see,” Marie Wilson of the White House Project said back in 2010. According to a new study, Google Images may not be helping to improve the situation.Read Full Story

How the #VanLife movement is influencing car design
2018-08-10

The surge of millennials who chose to live on the road has more automakers investing in amenity-laden van models. #Vanlife is a real thing, not just a millennial Instagram tag.Read Full Story

Does the universal symbol for disability need to be rethought?
2018-08-10

Two designers suggest turning the symbol into a reconfigurable library of icons. Ninety-three percent of people with disabilities don’t use a wheelchair, even though the universal symbol that identifies this group is a person in a wheelchair. Liam Riddler, a creative at London’s McCann office, points...

Check out these brilliantly weird Japanese inventions we found
2018-08-10

I’ve always had a fascination with inventors. So, when I found out about the Tokyo branch of the Maker Faire – a festival where people show off their homemade inventions – I was very much into it. And I wasn’t disappointed. After some wonderful time trawling through the wild, weird, and wonderful inventions...

Alex Jones content that prompted bans vanishes from Twitter
2018-08-09

The posts were deleted shortly after a CNN report, but the platform said it hadn’t yet made a decision on the offending tweets. CNN on Wednesday took a close look at the video in the Alex Jones/InfoWars Twitter accounts and found some of the same hateful video that got the conspiracy theorist banned on...

Remember Yelp? It just had its best day since 2015
2018-08-09

The online review platform gained 17,000 new paid advertising accounts for the second quarter, crushing estimates. With all the attention on Google and Facebook lately, it’s easy to forget that those two behemoths have not entirely cornered the market for digital advertising.Read Full Story

Samsung debuts its funky Galaxy Home Bixby-powered speaker
2018-08-09

Samsung today revealed the final form of its oft-rumored Bixby-powered smart speaker, the Galaxy Home, at its Unpacked event. This nifty, tri-legged device takes its place on the market alongside the Apple HomePod, the Google Home, and the Amazon Echo. The Galaxy Home has eight built-in microphones and a touch display...

Which inexpensive IKEA stool does the Galaxy Home look like?
2018-08-09

Today, at a standing-room only event in New York City, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Home. This is the first smart speaker from the South Korean tech giant, and comes with the Bixby smart assistant at its heart. Another thing: it also looks a bit like an inexpensive IKEA stool. The Galaxy Home, unlike the Google Home...

Pizza Hut has a new robot waiter in Korea, and we’re booking a ticket to Seoul
2018-08-09

“Dilly Plate” made its debut at a Pizza Hut in Seoul. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a little competition in pizza fandom.Read Full Story

Move over LinkedIn, Facebook wants to be the place to find a mentor
2018-08-09

Last year, the social media giant dipped its toes in online mentorship. Now they are getting serious. Facebook is gearing up to mine what it sees as a massive opportunity to engage its users by offering mentorship through its Groups channel.Read Full Story

Binance CEO teases demo of its new decentralized exchange desk
2018-08-09

Leading cryptocurrency exchange desk Binance has been working on a new decentralized version of its platform for a couple of months now, and it appears CEO Changpeng Zhao is finally ready to share a glimpse into the upcoming project with the rest of the world. Earlier today, the Binance boss took to Twitter to...

Today’s Google doodle celebrates the first Native-American woman engineer
2018-08-09

Born the great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation, Ross was hired as Lockheed Missiles and Space Company’s first female engineer in 1942. Mary G. Ross was born 110 years ago on this day. Born the great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation, Ross was hired as...

A 3D–printed throne from Zaha Hadid architects
2018-08-09

Each environmentally friendly chair takes 24 hours to create. Upstart Spanish designer Nagami partnered this year with the prolific firm Zaha Hadid Architects on a pair of chairs reminiscent of coral reefs that stretch the potential of 3D printing beyond small, simple products to dazzling works of art. ZHA’s...

Crypto has a killer app
2018-08-09

Crypto is ready for a design movement. When I started at Coinbase a year ago, it quickly became clear that there are a thousand big problems to solve in crypto–and very few of them had been considered by a designer. I shared this thought with one of my design heroes, John Maeda. Where should I begin? He looked...

This account shows everyone is living the same life on Instagram
2018-08-09

When scrolling through your Instagram feed, do you ever feel like you’re getting déjà vu? This is probably because people seem to be living the same life on Instagram. Whether it’s a perfectly shot piece of avocado toast alongside an artistic looking latte or a breathtaking image of someone jumping from a...

Watch this 15-year-old hacker play DOOM on John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
2018-08-09

John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet – the one with a $250,000 bug bounty on it – has been cracked to run the iconic game DOOM, courtesy of a teenage security researcher. Video of the old-school first-person shooter has surfaced on Twitter. Self-described adversarial thinker Saleem Rashid is...

Internal Facebook note reveals clever ‘psychological trick’ to attract teenage users
2018-08-09

Always on the lookout for novel ways to attract teens, Facebook purchased viral polling app TBH last October. The app fell well short of anything innovative but did manage to snag an estimated 2.5 million users, mostly teens, just a few months after its launch. While it’s easy to point to as a failure — Facebook...

Jack Dorsey called Hannity to explain Twitter’s info wars
2018-08-09

The Twitter CEO spoke to the Fox News host amid a barrage of criticism for deciding not to ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter has come under scrutiny for being one of the few major digital platforms that has decided not to ban or seriously restrict the content of Alex Jones this week. On Tuesday...

Crowded NYC cracks down on Uber and Lyft with a new vehicle cap
2018-08-08

Tech advocates are calling the move a blow to innovation. New York City Council members passed a package of bills today that will force Uber and other taxi services to pay its drivers a minimum wage and put a one-year hiatus on issuing new for-hire vehicle licenses. During the pause, the Taxi and Limousine...

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