Friday, 21. October 12016
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One of the largest typographic projects ever undertaken.

Google and Monotype launch Noto, an open-source typeface family for all the world’s languages.

What's With All Of The “Hairy Arms” In Graphic Design?

Thursday, 20. October 12016
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How a Facial Recognition Mismatch Can Ruin Your Life.

FBI facial recognition experts identified Steve Talley as a bank robber. They were wrong.

Relevant: The Perpetual Line-Up – One of two American adults is in a law enforcement face recognition database. An investigation.

Is the Self-Driving Car Un-American?

What Happens to American Myth When You Take the Driver Out of It? Or: The self-driving car and the future of the self.

Welcome to the global disruption.

Your brilliant Kickstarter idea could be on sale in China before you’ve even finished funding it.

Rashida Jones

…wrote one of the thank-you notes to Michelle Obama published in the NYT on Monday.

…co-wrote one of the episodes of the upcoming season 3 of Black Mirror.

…is one of the daughters of Quincy Jones who published a cover version of Chaz Jankel’s Ai No Corrida – which is superfluously similar to the original (at least when it starts at minute 1:00).

One might be surprised, there are in fact four candidates…

From The Economy To Race, See Where The Candidates Stand On The Big Issues.

Wednesday, 19. October 12016
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Pedestrian safety needs to catch up to technology and put people before cars.

In contrast to increases in vehicle safety over the decades, we have seen little new technology to ensure the safety of pedestrians – and current innovations are still based on a car-centric approach.

Relevant: Mercedes plans to let its self-driving cars kill pedestrians in dicey situations.

In Syrien hat jedes Dorf seine eigene Facebook-Seite.

Abdo Assaf erklärt wie er mit Familie und Freunden in Syrien in Kontakt bleibt und welche Smartphone-Apps für ihn in Österreich am wichtigsten sind.

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Link Tax — delivering your message to MEPs.

We’ve produced an official guide to the Link Tax, to ensure MEPs hear your voices before they start to examine the European Commission’s unpopular plan.