The World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, has long showcased flashy new tech. This year, discussions also dealt with counterterrorism, data breaches and surveillance.
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At China’s Internet Conference, a Darker Side of Tech Emerges (nytimes.com) -
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China’s state-run press agency has created an ‘AI anchor’ to read the news by (The Verge) But the agency’s new host isn’t any more sophisticated than a CGI puppet
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How MTV Alumni Came to Rule Digital Media by (The Information) MTV is trying to re-establish itself as the network for millennials. What would help is if it could hire back just a few of the many executives it has lost over the past decade to internet firms like Facebook, Spotify and YouTube.Perhaps more than any other TV network, MTV has been a hunting …
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The business value of design (McKinsey & Company) How do the best performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts? The value of design comes from top management rigor, company-wide teamwork, rapid iteration, and relentless user-centricity.
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We Need to Have an Honest Talk About Our Data (WIRED) VR pioneer Jaron Lanier talks with WIRED about why the original architecture of the internet forced us into a kind of information trickery, and how we can fix it—to everyone’s benefit.
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China is making the internet less free, and US tech companies are helping by (The Verge) While doing business in China, US tech companies must play by local rules — or face getting kicked out.
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The EU’s Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News (Electronic Frontier Foundation) All this month, the European Union’s “trilogue” is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright Directive, a once-noncontroversial regulation that became a hotly contested matter when, at the last minute, a set of extremist copyright proposals were added and…
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How China complicates Apple’s chest-thumping about privacy by (The Verge) A former Facebook executive points out that Apple likely has to make compromises, too
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China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers (iTnews) Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.