Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Software agents, or bots, permeate the Web. They gather data about Web pages, they correct vandalism on Wikipedia, they generate spam and even emulate humans. And their impact is growing. By some measures, bots account for 49 percent of visits to Web pages and are responsible for over 50 percent of clicks on ads. This…
Today, the median time it takes for an AMP page to load from Google Search is less than one second. Beyond just saving you time with fast loading pages, AMP will also save you data — AMP pages on Search use 10 times less data than the equivalent non-AMP page. To date we have over…
The liberal side of the internet has a serious problem in the form of far too many websites that people mistake for actual news sites that use clickbait headlines and highly distorted articles to feed into the confirmation bias of their intended audience. And it works. Far too many people, including some of you I’m…
Imagine infusing thousands of wireless devices into your brain, and using them to both monitor its activity and directly influence its actions. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, and for the moment it still is – but possibly not for long. Brain research is on a roll at the moment. And as it…
In years to come, conversations will breathe new life into software — particularly the boring enterprise tools millions of knowledge workers begrudgingly use every day. Conversational user interfaces (CUIs) work because of our familiarity with messaging. Even the most technically complex interactions can look as simple as getting an SMS text when presented as a conversation. There…
Ever since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago, Kevin, an Airbnb host in San Francisco, says the extra income his family earns through the home-sharing company has helped ease the financial burden brought on by his medical care, he explains in a recent video ad. It’s helped “mitigate the stress,” adds his…
On September 13, owners of HP OfficeJet, OfficeJet Pro and OfficeJet Pro X began contacting third-party ink vendors by the thousand, reporting that their HP printers no longer accepted third-party ink. The last HP printer firmware update was pushed in March 2016, and it appears that with that update (or possibly an earlier one),…
Antoine Dodson of the “Bed Intruder Song” Image: Gizmodo, Photos: Apple/YouTube On Wednesday, Mic published an extensive report on leaked internal emails from Apple employees that discussed the “sexist, toxic work environment” at the company. The anchor of the story, and the incident that apparently sparked an internal email thread among 12 employees, was an…
Woman sues her parents for posting childhood pictures on Facebook Image: Izabela Habur/Getty Images/iStockphoto By Sophie Hirsh2016-09-14 17:32:40 UTC Posting embarrassing photos of others on Facebook without consent is definitely tricky territory. But what measures do we take when the photos in question are of children, shared by their parents? An 18-year-old from Carinthia, Austria,…
Pokémon Go is now available on iOS and Android for free — at least for those in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Japan — but the game is about to get a $34.99 add-on. The Pokémon Go Plus is out on Sept. 16, and when it launches, it will change up the way you currently…