A profile of Holly Herndon, an artist and musician who uses AI in her work and who co-founded Spawning, a company building a “consent layer for AI” for artists
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : X: @newyorker , @kcesq , @totalvibration , @newyorker , @hollyherndon , @annawiener , @joelvmills , and @newyorker LinkedIn: Nicolas Smirnoff and Zoe Cooper X: @newyorker :...
If the metaverse takes off, it will take cues from today's privatized, centralized, financialized tech ecosystem and echo the development of play-to-earn games
In a virtual world full of virtual goods, finance could get weird. — Years ago, while on vacation in the Northwest … Tweets: @michaelluo , @newyorker , @parismarx , @caseynewton , @bijanstephen , @l...
A look at the rise of “renderporn”, the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : Tweets: @newyorker , @heathermallick , @lainnafader , @katiemoffat , and @annawiener Tweets: @newyorker : .@annawiener reports on the use of 3-D-modelling technology to des...
A look at the rise of “renderporn”, the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp
“Renderporn” domesticates the aspiration and surreality of the digital age. — Last spring, several months into the pandemic … Tweets: @newyorker , @heathermallick , @annawiener , @katiemoffat , and ...
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more
The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists. Tweets: @dlberes , @caseynewton , @kantrowitz , ...
An overview of the recent debates surrounding content moderation, online censorship, and Section 230, as well as some proposals for reform
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : Tweets: @tonyromm , @newyorker , @hichamyezza , @newyorker , and @venkatananth Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : new yorker has a good one on the future of section 230 https:...
A profile of Hipcamp, a platform for campsite booking where listings include off-grid plots, RV hookups, ski huts, farmhouses, tepees, tree houses, and cabins
Can a startup save the wilderness by disrupting it? — In Northern California, booking a public campsite is a blood sport. Tweets: @annawiener , @erikbl , @lennysan , @gpaddymanning , @daveleebbc , a...
A deep dive into Amazon's enormous growth over the past decade as it tries to maintain its lean management culture and prepares to fend off regulators
We created this page to provide customers … Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News : Amazon takes public stand on minimum wage, climate change Eugene Kim / CNBC : Amazon says punishing counterfeiters and regu...
WeWork files to raise $1B in an IPO, reports a $904M net loss on around $1.5B in revenue for first half of 2019
WeWork parent The We Company is about to achieve … Stephen Gandel / CBS News : WeWork IPO filing shows it's losing nearly $5,200 per customer Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat : WeWork IPO filing hypes tran...
Dashcam video showing Uber CEO Travis Kalanick lecture “bankrupt” driver about “responsibility” emerges at difficult moment for the company
The President ended his first address to Congress … Colin Dwyer / NPR : After Video Of Dispute With Driver, Uber CEO Says He Needs To ‘Grow Up’ Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : Uber C.E.O Admits He Needs H...