In this column, “Just putting this out there…,” we write about the odd ways we engage with tech and the unpopular opinions we form about it. You can read the rest of the articles in this series here. I truly don’t want to be able to go online during flights — no matter how long…
One of the ways you can tell that a new technology is still at the hype stage is that no one talks about its problems. When an innovation is rising towards the ‘peak of inflated expectations,’ people talk about it in hushed tones as something almost miraculous — and they hardly ever discuss the obstacles…
The science of CBD has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years, as has the demand for the product in its various forms. Startups in that space are raising millions, and the market in the U.S. alone is expected to reach $20 Billion by 2024. Having recently moved to Oregon, I had the chance…
It’s been exactly 30 days since I last had a chance to walk the streets with my Fujifilm X100F. Today marks the longest break from photography I’ve had since I first picked up the camera in 2017 — and this split has made me realize how much I love it. A month ago, I woke…
Over the past six months, I have gone on a surprisingly tough, time-intensive, and enlightening quest — to quit using, entirely, the products of just one company — Google. What should be a simple task was, in reality, many hours of research and testing. But I did it. Today, I am Google-free, part of the…
Juiced Bikes‘ Camp Scrambler changed my life. It’s an excellent e-bike that combines a head-turning aesthetic with thoughtful design and top-notch technology. But it’s so much more to me: it gave me back my freedom. I’ve always loved all things that go. I wanted to grow up to be a fighter pilot. My first car…
So, you want my attention? Then you’d better inform me, entertain me, or offer me something that has a real, clear, and immediate value. Preferably all of the above. While it is true that traditional advertising still generates plenty of revenue, the writing is on the wall as people’s attention spans – already very short…
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Kant used to say: Your heart must go on! Bitcoin price We closed the day, December 19 2019,…
The year-end State of Streaming report from StreamElements and Arsenal reveals that we’ve collectively watched about a 1.5 million years’ worth of live streams in 2019. We watched most of them on Twitch, but other sites are slowly starting to chip away at its lead. The total number of hours watched comes out to around…
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its 2019 report on facial recognition. And there are no surprises here, it’s just as dystopian as we’ve been warning you about all year. On the group’s conclusions, Patrick Grother, a NIST computer scientist and the report’s primary author, said: While it is usually incorrect…
