The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. The big idea Even whenkids spend five hours a day on screen – whether computers, television, or text– it doesn’t appear…
Month: October 2021
We reviewed the iPhone 13 with a series of haikus
Once a year I’m hit with an impossible question: how the hell do you review the new iPhone? Do you write for the tech-heads who obsess over every details? The broader public…
Terrifyingly, Facebook wants its AI to be your eyes and ears
Facebook has announced a research project that aims to push the “frontier of first-person perception”, and in the process help you remember where you left your keys. The Ego4D project provides a…
YouTube Music pisses on free users by going audio only
YouTube Music is a great alternative to Spotify or Apple Music. Even if you are a paid subscriber to those services, you can use YouTube Music’s ad-supported tier without paying anything. The…
A community of digital nomads wants to build an internet country for digital citizens
The year is 2025. You zip through customs in a fast-track lane to enjoy the one-year residency permit that will allow you to come and go as you please. Hop in an…
Analysis: TikTok soars and global social media users hit 4.5 billion
DataReportal‘s new Digital 2021 October Global Statshot Report – published in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – is packed with impressive milestones. The top headline this quarter is that social media…
Hardt hyperloop gets green cash from the European Commission
As I’ve said before, if you want to ride a hyperloop, you’ll be waiting a while. These things happen slowly. Which is not so much a bad thing when you think about…
Uhh, Donald Trump is launching a social network called… Truth
In a perfectly aligned joke, rumors emerged about Facebook renaming itself, Donald Trump has launched a new social network named Truth. That’s a bold choice, given how Trump has been accused of…
You can now test a handful of Android apps on Windows 11
One of Windows 11‘s biggest features was omitted from the OS’ initial launch: the ability to run Android apps that you can install right from the Microsoft Store. That highly anticipated feature…
Social media’s ‘queer tax’ is exhausting, unfair, and unavoidable
A colleague recently sought my advice on covering a queer-related tech topic and I’m not ashamed to admit I advised them against it. I’m queer. I made the decision to come out…