Digitale Fährtenleserin Ingrid Burrington: Das Internet sehen.
„Das Internet ist überall hier, aber meistens sehen wir es nicht“, sagt Burrington. „Wir sehen nur, was auf unseren Bildschirmen erscheint. Was mich interessiert, sind die technischen Voraussetzungen dafür, dass das passieren kann. Das Internet ist keine immaterielle Gegenwelt irgendwo in der Cloud, sondern hat eine sehr materielle Grundlage.“
Online journalism remains unexplored.
Yes, there were some journalists in the early days of the web who thought it would revolutionize their art (…) But for the most they have gone to the Internet with a feeling of necessity not wonder. You almost never hear a journalist or a journalism exec speak of all the possibilities that open up with electronic distribution, in the way a tech person ponders the exciting future opening up in front of them.
Facebook, you are one laughing stock.
Breaking the Black Box:
When Machines Learn by Experimenting on Us.
As we enter the era of artificial intelligence, machines regularly conduct experiments on human behavior. Here’s a look at how software used by the New York Times and New York Post uses you to test their headlines.
Crash: how computers are setting us up for disaster.
We increasingly let computers fly planes and carry out security checks. Driverless cars are next. But is our reliance on automation dangerously diminishing our skills?
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We hardly knew you.
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC–2016).
Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet.
Three men, AI, Robo Cars, and the Future of the World.
Barack Obama in conversation with MIT's Joi Ito and WIRED editor-in-chief Scott Dadich.
Guide to Allyship – an ever-evolving and growing open source guide meant to provide you with the resources for becoming a more effective ally.
The Surprising Backbone of the Internet of Things.
Cities need to be blanketed with internet — and streetlights fit the bill.
The Solar System Just Got Bigger: A New Dwarf Planet Has Been Discovered.
This new dwarf planet is about 530 km (330 miles) wide and takes around 1,100 Earth years to complete its orbit around the Sun.