Your Phone Knows You Too Well. Tom Gruber Knows Why. Those algorithms learn by doing, so the more searches they do, the smarter they get.
Like Other Evils, Social Media Should Be Banned, Roger McNamee Says “The country is going to have to decide what it values: democracy and self-determination on the one hand, or the ability to look at cat videos on the other.”
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Give $500,000 to Oregon Ballot Measure Seeking Drug Decriminalization
Readers Respond to Facebook’s Botched Drilling Project in Tierra del Mar “This is what happens when you like not having any local government.”
Meet the Facebook Investor Who Says Digital Platforms Are Destroying Society “The values of these companies conflict with the Enlightenment values on which this country was founded,” Roger McNamee said in an interview with WW.
Sen. Ron Wyden Introduces Bill That Would Jail Tech CEOs Who Lie About Sharing Consumer Data U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced legislation aimed at protecting Americans’ data from being sold by and to corporations.
The Last Man Who Loves the Internet It’s the most hated law in Washington, D.C. Most Americans don’t know it exists.
Sarah Jeong Is Watching the Web From Portland. She Sees a Pile of Garbage. Sarah Jeong has a warning: Fix the internet before it destroys America.
The Scourge of Facebook Lives in Portland. And He Says You Should Pay More Attention to Your Personal Data. It’s been a bad year for Facebook. That’s no surprise to Brian Wieser.
Corey Pein Went to Silicon Valley to Make it Rich. What He Found Terrified Him. We spoke with Pein about capitalism’s boom-and-bust cycle, how Silicon Valley is changing the way we work, and how to resist our techno-overlords.