The visibility of U.S. Hispanics highlights an increase in cultural inclusivity and civic representation as well as recognition of the community’s strides. With continuing progress in educational pursuits, economic gains and more, the Latinx community and its influence on the new American mainstream are undeniable on many fronts.
Source: Descubrimiento Digital: The Online Lives of Latinx Consumers
For the past 13 years, I’ve given the platform my photos, my videos, my likes, and untold hours of my time. Sifting through it all was amusing and surprising—and weirdly sad.
Source: What It’s Like to Download Your Facebook Data – The Atlantic
LATER THIS WEEK, Apple will almost certainly reveal at least two new iPhones, along with some other hardware. This year’s launch is framed around the fact that it’s an “S” year, which usually means that last year’s phones get some updated internals, camera improvements, and an “S” affixed to their names. In other words, it might not be a year of radical design rethinks.
Source: What to Expect from Apple’s iPhone Event on Wednesday, September 12 | WIRED
Facebook is promising to bring more ad transparency to its various ad products. The company is hoping to avoid some of the mishaps that have befallen YouTube over the last year, as multiple top brands’ ads ended up next to dicey videos.
Recent technologies have enabled the role of customer to be fused with the newer role of user, who inhabits an entire system rather than a specific transaction. Amazon’s mission is to make customer identity more primary than citizenship
The streaming era has arrived in the music business, but the music business has not yet fully arrived in the streaming era. Labels, publishers, artists, songwriters and managers are all feeling – to differing degrees – the revenue impact of a booming streaming sector. However, few of these streaming migrants are fundamentally reinventing their approach to meet the demands of the new world. A new rule book is needed, and for that we need to know which of today’s trends are the markers for the future. This sort of future gazing requires us to avoid the temptation of looking at the player with the ball, but instead look for who the ball is going to be passed to.
Source: How Streaming Is Changing Shape of Music [Mark Mulligan] Part 1 – hypebot
With a single scholarly article, Lina Khan, 29, has reframed decades of monopoly law.
Source: Amazon’s Antitrust Antagonist Has a Breakthrough Idea – The New York Times
The streaming service has been making deals with independent artists. Could it change the music industry as we know it?
Source: A New Spotify Initiative Makes the Big Record Labels Nervous – The New York Times
Director Robert Rodriguez, producer Jon Landau and actress Rosa Salazar share the challenges of the balancing act of CGI and realism.
Source: Skin or CGI? Alita: Battle Angel takes manga to photorealistic levels – CNET
“You don’t need the AirPods, you don’t need the Watch or the glasses, but if you put them together, and you have a wireless connection, it might allow a new kind of computing ー a new way to interact with your environment.”
I talk in my book about the great divide between the top 1% and the bottom 50% of the population. There are areas where AI has the potential to be an equalizer — for example, reducing the cost of healthcare or lowering the barrier to accessing a good education.
However, the digital divide that has been enhanced and exacerbated by the advent of computers, the internet, and mobile devices could also get worse with AI. Various ideas are being advanced in relation to the redistribution of wealth, and I think that some government policy response will end up being necessary. As I mention in my book, I have many concerns about the concept of universal basic income. But some form of redistribution is going to be inevitable. Otherwise, this large divide isn’t a formula for stability, happiness, or harmony.
Source: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee on Why AI Redefines What It Means to Be Human – Salesforce Blog
Just where is Apple putting that $1 billion investment in TV programming?
Source: Apple’s rumored TV service: Everything you need to know – CNET
Relax: The digital age is not wrecking your kid’s brain.
Source: Opinion | The Big Myth About Teenage Anxiety – The New York Times
Artificial intelligence will change life for the better. But there are reasons to be cautious as well. Five experts tell Futurism what most worries them.
Source: Five Experts Share What Scares Them the Most About AI
Samsung announced a new strategy that will see it introduce cutting-edge technology on its mid-range smartphones as opposed to its higher-end smartphones like its Galaxy Note and Galaxy S lines.
Source: Samsung strategy will enhance mid-range smartphone technology – Business Insider
A new study reveals how maps go viral–and why they’ve become the perfect tool for misinformation.
Source: Maps are a serious fake news threat, and bots may be making them now
Read the research paper: Elements of Viral Cartography
At today’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was asked by vice chair Sen. Mark Warner whether users should have “a right to know” if they are talking to a bot or a human on its platform — to help people better navigate the information they are bei…
Source: Twitter is considering badging bots — “as far as we can detect them” | TechCrunch
On social networks and at tech companies, homophily makes life even harder for women and racial minorities than you might guess.
Source: How homophily in social networks disadvantages minorities
Read the research paper: Homophily influences ranking of minorities in social networks
Incubated at RealNetworks, Scener lets you watch other people as they watch movies and TV shows.
Just over half of Facebook users have adjusted privacy settings in the past year. Around four-in-ten have taken a break from checking for several weeks or more.
Source: Many US Facebook users have changed privacy settings or taken a break | Pew Research Center
