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The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews

by Will McCarthy January 3, 2023December 15, 2022

Glimpses of humanity in an unlikely corner of the internet.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Black and Brown Tech Workers Share Their Experiences of Racism on the Job

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2020October 19, 2022

Former employees of Pinterest, Google, Snap, and other companies share their stories of discrimination.

Posted inBooks, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 12, 2019October 19, 2022

“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Close Encounters of the Digital Kind

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 11, 2019October 19, 2022

“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, education, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

‘Stanford Is the Valley’: On Grooming Tech’s Next Generation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Amid controversies and unethical practices, tech giants like Facebook and Google are no longer dream companies to work for.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Ethical Dilemma Facing Silicon Valley’s Next Generation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 12, 2019October 19, 2022

At Stanford University, a farm system for tech giants, “students are reconsidering whether working at Google or Facebook is landing a dream job or selling out to craven corporate interests.”

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Technology

Accountability for the Algorithms

by Krista Stevens July 13, 2018October 19, 2022

Tim Berners-Lee: “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It

by benhuberman February 2, 2018October 19, 2022

The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Shallowness of Google Translate

by benhuberman January 31, 2018October 19, 2022

Despite advances in machine learning and ever-bigger datasets, rumors of human translators’ imminent demise are greatly exaggerated.

Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction

Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now

by Danielle Tcholakian August 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.

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