André Staltz - The Web began dying in 2014, here's how
André Staltz The Web began dying in 2014, here's how 30 Oct 2017 Before the year 2014, there were many people using Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Today, there are still many people using services from those three tech giants (respectively, GOOG, FB, AMZN). Not much has changed, and quite literally the user interface and features on those sites has remained mostly untouched.
Imagined minorities: rethinking race and its appeal in Malaysia
Despite the game-changing outcome of the 14th General Election, the spectre of race lingers in Malaysia. Appointing an ethnic Indian and Christian Tommy Thomas as the Attorney General has already attracted some predictable flak. When Hindu Rights Action Force 2.0 (Hindraf 2.0, a Hindraf splinter group) demanded that MARA University of Technology (UiTM) be opened to entry by all races, an online petition was immediately kickstarted and has collected more than 150,000 signatures in the first two days.
The Web We Have to Save – Matter
It had all started with 9/11. I was in Toronto, and my father had just arrived from Tehran for a visit. We were having breakfast when the second plane hit the World Trade Center. I was puzzled and confused and, looking for insights and explanations, I came across blogs. Once I read a few, I thought: This is it, I should start one, and encourage all Iranians to start blogging as well.
The Top Art Projects Applying Blockchain
Blockchain distributed ledger technology seems to be very useful for the arts industry, it can help solve the main problem of the sphere – intellectual property registration. It is very easy – the system helps claim property rights to the pieces of arts that are very difficult to forge. Perhaps, that’s why 2015 was rich with art projects applying Bitcoin and the Blockchain. Let’s shed some light on the top art projects applying blockchain.
How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. It was by far the largest fee I had ever been offered for a talk – about half my annual professor’s salary – all to deliver some insight on the subject of “the future of technology”. I’ve never liked talking about the future. The Q&A sessions always end up more like parlor games, where I’m asked to opine on the latest technology buzzwords as if they were ticker symbols for potential investments: blockchain, 3D printing, Crispr.
Kids can't use computers... and this is why it should worry you — Coding 2 Learn
TL;DR? Why not just go watch another five second video of a kitten with its head in a toilet roll, or a 140 character description of a meal your friend just stuffed in their mouth. "nom nom". This blog post is not for you. The phone rang through to my workroom.
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The 11 children found on a makeshift compound north of Taos were being trained to commit school shootings, according to documents filed Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint a foster parent of one of the 11 children told investigators that Siraj Ibn Wahhaj had trained the child in the use of an assault rifle "in preparation for future school shootings." Over the weekend, police found 11 children on a makeshift compound north of Taos, near Amalia, New Mexico. The compound was discovered while law enforcement was trying to find 4-year-old Abdul-ghani Wahhaj. The boy was reported missing out of Georgia by his mother in December of last year. On Tuesday, the Taos County sheriff said remains of a child buried on the compound, but said he could not positively identify Abdul until an autopsy was complete.
The Secrets of Frida Kahlo's Bathroom
The Secrets of Frida Kahlo's Bathroom by Vivien Lash The confident handwriting of Frida Kahlo's diary watches over the entrance to the display of her possessions at London's V&A in Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up (until November 4, 2018).
