Rufus Griscom’s new site aims to help TED Talk types expand their audiences and monetize their ideas.
Rufus Griscom knows a thing or two about media companies.
Turkey’s YouTube Ban Violated Freedom Of Expression, European Court Rules
A YouTube ban in Turkey that lasted two years has now been ruled a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Back in 2008, a Turkish court opted to block access to YouTube—a ban that lasted more than two years. The decision was a result of multiple videos on YouTube that the court deemed “insulting to the memory” of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of modern-day Turkey. Following the injunction, three Turkish teachers went to court in 2010 to protest it.
The FBI’s Secret Letters To Internet Service Providers… Revealed
After more than a decade, the veil has been lifted on a secret letter sent under gag order to an Internet service provider.
A secret FBI letter sent to an Internet entrepreneur has been unveiled after more than a decade—and its contents reveal a surprising truth.
New Android Chrome Update Could Reduce Data Usage By 70%
An update to Chrome for Android strips images from mobile web pages, reducing loading times and data usage.
Google is rolling out an improvement to the Android version of Chrome that is primarily intended for users in emerging economies, but which will likely been a boon to Android owners worldwide. The newest version of Chrome for Android has an improved data saver mode that removes most images from pages being loaded via a slow connection.
Snapchat Discover Content Is Now Shareable
Media partners like CNN, BuzzFeed, and Vox will finally be able to share Discover content outside of Snapchat.
Snapchat has until now been something of an island in the social media landscape: Unlike YouTube or Twitter, it wasn’t possible to directly link to Snapchat content. This meant that media partners with Discover channels, for example, had to find ways to circumvent the platform’s limitations, including using third-party services to share video snippets from Snapchat on Twitter. But as of this week, the popular messaging app is changing all that, with the introduction of direct links to Snapchat content that publishers can post on Facebook or Twitter, Digiday reports.
Today in Tabs: The Future Is Tabs
The Cosby next door.
James Deen, porn’s so-called “boy next door,” has been accused of rape and sexual assault by several other actors in the last few days, including Stoya, Tori Lux, and Ashley Fires. Kink.com immediately dropped him as a performer, as did Evil Angel, and The Frisky canceled his advice column. Project Consent has also distanced itself from Deen, who presumably misspoke in an interview for the group when he said that “it’s not that hard to not be an asshole.” He has also stepped down from the board of the adult performer’s union APAC. So, after teaching the world what the internet is for and how to use it, the porn industry now appears to be putting on a clinic in how to listen to women and respond seriously to rape allegations against a high-profile star. Meanwhile, Deen’s “boy next door” image remains safe, since the actual boy next door is probably an abuser too.
Inside The Hack Rod, The World’s First AI-Designed Car
The brainchild of the Primordial Research Project, this car is based on billions of data points plugged into generative-design software.
When you hear about a plan to build the first car ever designed and engineered by an artificially intelligent system, it sounds compelling. Especially when the men explaining their vision are named—I kid you not—Mickey and Mouse.
To Understand The Big Bang, Scientists Created This Amazing “Synthetic Map”
Struggling to understand a deluge of new theories, scientists have created one of the most high-resolution images of the universe ever made
Researchers are using high-powered computer simulations to help understand one of the most puzzling phenomena in science—how the universe is expanding faster than ever.
Read Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter To His Newborn Daughter
In a note to their newly born daughter, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledged to donate 99% of their Facebook shares to charity.
On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Max. In a lengthy letter posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg and Chan discussed the problems facing the world today, and announced the creation of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a charitable organization that will address “advancing human potential and promoting equality.”
The Reasons Why There Aren’t More Black Engineers In Silicon Valley
Maybe the problem isn’t lack of candidates, maybe it’s that the pipeline is broken.
Joshua Mann is something of an anomaly in the technology industry. He’s a black engineer. In a report in the International Business Times, Mann, who is on his way to earning a PhD at Purdue to eventually go on to design rocket engines that could transport humans to Mars, is held up as an example of the appalling lack of diversity in Silicon Valley.
