Between the controversy over Instagram’s attempts to ape TikTok and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noting that the volume of recommended content is set to double over the next year, the app has barely been out of the news this week. Now, the Instagram team wants to know more about the experiences of marginalized communities in…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
The Pixel Buds Pro are the 4th attempt at wireless earbuds by Google and arguably the most complete on paper. They also happen to be the most expensive, with features like Active Noise Cancellation, touchpad controls, wireless charging, Bluetooth 5.0, Spatial Audio (soon), big sound promises from an 11mm speaker driver, and more. At $199,…
Todo Era Parte De Un Plan Tras años y años de espera, por fin su sueño estaba a punto de hacerse realidad: su hermana y ella estaban tumbadas en camas contiguas del hospital, a punto de dar a luz. Era como un sueño, y ambas todavía no llegaban a creerse del todo su suerte: ¡las…
Turning Pale They thought of her as a silly old woman and probably someone who didn’t really need help. She noticed them passing glances between themselves and rolling their eyes at her. She was desperate, but they kept treating the situation like a joke. That was when one of the officers noticed something that made…
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I’ve been leading the Google Assistant team for over a year now, and I’m inspired every day by the meaningful questions it raises — like how voice can support underserved populations, teach kids new things or help people with impaired speech communicate more easily. This week, as part of VentureBeat’s annual Transform technology conference, I…
Image: Instagram Instagram will begin asking some US users for race and ethnicity data in order to study how different groups experience the platform, the company says in a blog post published today. A random assortment of Instagram users will get a pop-up in the app that leads to a survey asking for their race…
One of the most frustrating questions I get from clients asks “what is the difference between ‘confidential’ and ‘proprietary’ information?” Or, “how do I help employees distinguish between either of those terms and real ‘trade secrets?’” Then there are people, including some judges, who trivialize the importance of some useful business information by saying it…
Climate change is making disasters worse—which disproportionately hurts low income communities, people with disabilities, and older populations. Chris Gallagher on Unsplash Disaster risk and climate change are closely linked, and you can’t discuss one without including the other. Increasing global average temperature and widespread changes in weather patterns make extreme weather events more frequent or…