Day: April 24, 2014

Government Internet

It’s time for the FCC to stand up for Americans instead of ruining the internet

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As reported on The Verge. By T.C. Sottek Cowardice and capitulation could mess up a vital utility The internet is fucked, and the US government is making it worse. Political cowardice caused the FCC to lose its first battle for net neutrality regulation: the rules that keep the internet as you know it free and open. The idea of net neutrality is that all traffic is created equal — whether you’re a movie streaming from Netflix, or a…

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Legal Politics

The FCC’s New Net Neutrality Rules Will Brutalize The Internet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex Wilhelm Next St Google, AT&T, Verizon And Comcast Each Spent More Than $3M In Q1 Lobbying Congress The FCC will propose new net neutrality rules that at once protect content from discrimination, but also allow content companies to pay for preferential treatment. The news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would in fact create a two-tiered system in which wealthy companies can “better serve the market” at the expense of younger,…

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Microsoft Tablet

Rumoured Microsoft Surface Mini Tablet Crops Up In Amazon Listings

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Natasha Lomas  Next Story Uber, SnapCar And Others May Not Be Able To Use Geolocation In France Although it hasn’t happened yet, it’s clearly only a matter of time before Microsoft officially unboxes a smaller form-factor version of its Surface tablet. A Surface Mini has beenrumoured for well over a year – with both 7- and 8-inch options apparently being considered to augment the company’s existing line up of Windows powered tablets with the Surface 2 and Surface Pro…

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Culture Engineering

IBM’s Watson supercomputer will soon be your personal shopper

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON Watson had been a doctor, a geneticist, a game show contestant and even a chef in the past. But now IBM’s supercomputer has a new career: personal shopping. IBM has partnered with digital commerce firm Fluid to develop a cloud-based app called Expert Personal Shopper (XPS), which uses Watson’s brains to answer buyers’ highly specific questions. In short, the computer with many hats now plays the role of a sales associate when you’re shopping online.…

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Art

Lost Andy Warhol artworks discovered on Amiga floppies from the ’80s

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON TURI Rediscovered artwork like a napkin Picasso or unearthed Matisse can be identified on sight, but pieces crafted in the digital age by pop-artist extraordinaire Andy Warhol and encoded in an outdated format are far more difficult to ascertain. In fact, it took the retro know-how of Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Club and a team of artists, archivists and curators to wrangle some of Warhol’s lost pixels into the physical world. The…

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