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Google Tone Builds Data Networks from Coded Audio Signals
This is either a totally great idea or a terrible one.
Twitter Is the Next Great Digital Graveyard
Media have already given up on Twitter as the centerpiece of successful digital strategy. Life on the content farm is hard--you have to write deeply personal eulogies for the eternally obsolete.
The Mission To Save The Internet By Rewiring It From The Name Up
The decades-old architecture of the internet is running out of IP addresses. Enter a bold plan for a new internet, designed from the name up.
Smart Contracts Sound Boring, But They're More Disruptive Than Bitcoin
New platform Ethereum wants to bring about a "decentralisation singularity."
FCC Proposes Strong Net Neutrality Rules, But Don't Call the Internet a Utility
“The Chairman’s plan to reclassify broadband as a Title II service is a tremendous win for consumers."
The FCC Just Required Broadband to Be Faster, and Big Telecom Isn't Happy
The FCC sent a clear message that the status quo is not acceptable, a view that is not shared by the cable and telecom industry.
Google's Fiber Expansion Could Help the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
Google Fiber’s bold expansion into new US markets may improve the chances that Comcast’s $45 billion Time Warner Cable buyout will be approved by US regulators, according to industry analysts.
How a Study of Misinformation Campaigns Became the Target of One
“Truthy” is a study of how misinformation spreads online, so it was no surprise when a right-wing stupidity echo chamber got ahold of it.
How Cargo Ships Full of Diamond Hard Drives Could Connect a Quantum Sneakernet
It makes more sense than it may seem.
Brazilian Police Bust 'Darknet' Child Pornography Ring
The Brazilian federal police went undercover as online pedophiles in order to infiltrate the illicit file-sharing networks, which were operating on the “deep web.”
Zoo Livestreams Are Taking Over Unused Gaps in the Broadcast Spectrum
A new London Zoo trial could help show how "white spaces" can bring wireless connectivity to rural communities.
Tim Berners-Lee Wants a World Wide Web Where Our Data Works for Us
The future of the web as its creator thinks it should be.