Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours
A number of organizations, including ProPublica, have developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers. Now, Facebook has quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts.

January 28, 2019 at 05:51PM
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Tabletop Drummer Turns Alexa Into The Ultimate MC
While he may have broken his virtual assistant, it was worth it for the bops.

January 28, 2019 at 11:02AM
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What Became Of Steam’s First Early Access Games?
In 2013, Steam players were first offered the option to pay for unfinished games. The Guardian uncovers the fate of that first wave of titles — some of which were never released.

January 28, 2019 at 09:41AM
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I Studied Buttons For 7 Years And Learned These 5 Lessons About How And Why People Push Them
Rather than discuss whether buttons are good or bad we should instead examine who gets to push them and who doesn’t.

January 28, 2019 at 08:40AM
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A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’
Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump “to start building their damn computers and things in this country,” Apple is unlikely to bring its manufacturing closer to home.

January 28, 2019 at 07:29AM
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The State Of AI In 2019
This is what’s happening in artificial intelligence right now.

January 28, 2019 at 07:29AM
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Why Choosing Between Windows And macOS Still Matters
Sometimes it feels like the operating system doesn’t matter. But it really does matter which OS you use, and not just because there might be a learning curve if you make a switch.

January 28, 2019 at 05:42AM
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The Last Glassholes
Six years after the first prototype first appeared, Google Glass fans still haunt the internet — particularly on Reddit, where r/googleglass continues to see updates years after its namesake’s heyday has passed. Yes, there are still “glassholes.” And honestly? They’re pretty nice.

January 28, 2019 at 03:54AM
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How The Way We Sing Changed With Microphone Technology
The microphone cemented the singer as the centerpiece of modern popular music.

January 27, 2019 at 06:47PM
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Starcraft Is A Deep, Complicated War Strategy Game. Google’s Alphastar AI Crushed It
DeepMind has conquered chess and ‘Go’ and moved on to complex real-time games. Now it’s beating pro gamers 10-1.

January 27, 2019 at 11:06AM
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