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David Eastman thinks the 'Sovereign AI' approach, but for sectors not nations, is inevitable — which presents opportunities for devs.

Are men something more than emotionally malfunctioning women?

Despite the rapid pace of innovation in information and communications technologies (ICT) and electronics, aggregate US productivity growth has been disappointing since the 1970s. We propose and empirically explore the hypothesis that slow growth stems in part from an unbalanced sectoral distribution of innovation over the last several decades. Because an industry’s success in innovation […]

How homeless people in California lost their homes, and how they cope.

"People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren't looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking at cops, attacking people."

Find out how much an acre of land costs in every state. Decide where to buy land by comparing average price per acre and see how much land you can afford.

Learn about the gaming motivations of transgender and non-binary gamers, and the games that are particularly popular and unpopular among this cohort. Find out how their gaming profile is unique and not just a linear mixture of male and female gamers.

In a piece from January, Cory Doctorow outlined the enshittification lifecycle of online platforms: Here is how platforms die: Fi

We're facing 25 years of prosperity, freedom, and a better environment for the whole world. You got a problem with that?

In 1997, Wired magazine published an article called The Long Boom: A History of the Future, 1980–2020 (archived). The subtitle rea

It understands the value of education and manages its teachers well

The European Union published its proposal for a digital euro late last month, which will be issued by the European Central Bank (ECB) if it ...

If it walks like a duck...

David Volodzko has reduced me to something I rarely encounter as a culture critic.

L.A. County’s Sheriff’s Department is famed for deputy gangs. These cliques function little differently to any other gangs, complete with tattoos, rituals and criminal enterprises, and …

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Why the debate about social media is not about tech or the internet at all.

The Opposite of Good Fires is Wildfires.

A dazzlingly fast chatbot cannot replace the authentic and reflective voice of a thinking, living human being.

The layoffs were announced to staff on July 5th.

Meta’s take on mimicking Twitter feels like it was built around brand safety. You don’t get fulfilling internet experiences when you build around brand safety.