100 years of whatever this will be (via steadyhq.com).
The job of regulation is to stop distributed systems from going awry. Because distributed systems always go awry.
A woman was sexually harassed on Meta’s VR social media platform.
The metaverse has a groping problem already (via steadyhq.com).
“Generally speaking, when companies address online abuse, their solution is to outsource it to the user and say, ‘Here, we give you the power to take care of yourselves.’”
And that is unfair and doesn’t work.
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The Dark History of Hawaiʻi’s Iconic Hand Gesture.
One day, Kalili’s hand got caught in the rollers and he ended up losing his three middle fingers. The company, the Kahuku Sugar Mill, gave him a new job as a security guard; every time he waved, he’d make what’s now known as the shaka hand. From there, local children mimicked and spread the gesture.
Relevant: ʻOkina.
Superbuch!
In „Die verschissene Zeit“ versuchen drei Teenager aus einer Zeitschleife auszubrechen, die sie im Belgrad der Neunziger Jahre gefangen hält. Das neue Buch der serbisch-österreichischen Autorin Barbi Marković ist eine wilde Mischung aus Abenteuerroman, Science-Fiction-Geschichte und Coming-of-Age-Story mit Krimielementen.
Relevant: Spielplan, Charakterbogen und Spielkarten zum download.
The Neglected Afterlife of the Great Georges Braque.
If this were a Picasso show, half the world would have been made to sit up and notice by some well-greased publicity machine.
Good News.
Stories of progress from around the world.
SCUMM!
The Secrets of Monkey Island's Source Code.
Unused art, deleted scenes and more secrets revealed!
Was formt die Zukunft des Journalismus?
Journalismus verändert sich. Die Gesellschaft ist in Bewegung. Im Innovationsbereich der Süddeutschen Zeitung beobachten wir Entwicklungslinien dieser Veränderung. Nur selten sehen wir revolutionäre Umbrüche, die von heute auf morgen grundlegenden Wandel bringen.
Deutschlands Desinformations-Dilemma.
Bundestagswahl 2021: Eine Analyse zu Desinformation und sozialen Medien
