This report presents new evidence about the surveillance state in Xinjiang, where the government has subjected 13 million Turkic Muslims to heightened repression as part of its “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism.” Between January 2018 and February…

Indigo is expanding to the United States with its new model for how a big bookstore chain can thrive in the era of online retail.

Nigerian teenager Hope Emmanuel Frank makes his creations using discarded materials.

Tumblr owner Verizon seeks buyer months after banning adult content.

Back when the members of the Spec Land Yacht Brain Trust were discussing our planned race series over fermented beverages, the topic of conversation veered into what we regarded as the Holy Grail of pointless-yet-awe-inspiring 1980s car accessories: the in…

Probability theory shows impressive results

What the world will be like when computational intelligence and computational contracts are ubiquitous. Trannoscript of a talk by Stephen Wolfram from a 2019 blockchain conference.

The story of the PDF, the file format that’s become one of the internet’s defining information tools. It’ll be with us after we’re long gone.

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.

Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology.

The BAIR Blog

To find out which sites specific neurons in monkeys "like" best, researchers designed an algorithm, called XDREAM, that generated images that made neurons fire more than any natural images the researchers ...

Microsoft today announced three new services that all aim to simplify the process of machine learning. These range from a new interface for a tool that completely automates the process of creating models, to a new no-code visual interface for building, training…

It will revolve around turning the social network’s messaging services into something akin to a Chinese mega-app

Human Vision — How have we evolved to see the world?

I was asked by someone to put this old piece of writing of mine somewhere more permanent, so here it is.  A few comments off the top: This isn’t new.  I wrote it years ago. Yes, I’m a b…