Photography by Marina Testino. All images courtesy of Austin Lee. Austin Lee was born the same year the internet as we know it was invented. In the years since 1983, both have become forces of innovation: Lee as an artist whose work occupies an uncanny valley between the physical and the virtual, and the Internet … Read more
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly AI newsletter. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, AI insiders heatedly discussed an open letter signed by Elon Musk and various industry heavyweights arguing that AI poses an existential risk to humanity. They have asked the labs to … Read more
Dowson Tong, Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of Tencent Cloud and Tencent’s Smart Industries Group, recently spoke at the Boao Forum for Asia about the future of the Internet and its trends. Tong outlined three major trends that will shape the next generation of the Internet: AI-based, immersive, and integration with industries. He pointed … Read more
The internet has changed the way we live and work in many ways, and the design and fashion industries are no exception The internet has not only made it easier for designers, industries and fashion houses to reach a global audience, but it has also led to new business models, new ways of creating and … Read more
James Snell is a senior consultant at the New Lines Institute. He’s writing a book about the war in Afghanistan. You may not have heard, but the internet is an unacceptably dangerous place. A place full of terrorists, financial frauds, pedophiles and rudeness. Or at least it is according to the British government. In the … Read more
Is your internet connection super-fast on your phone but acting like a lazy turtle on your laptop? Can you stream smooth HD video to your mobile device without buffering, but also struggle to open a website on your laptop browser? What is the reason for such a disparaging treatment of different devices by the Internet? … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Iranians experienced a near-total internet blackout Wednesday amid days of mass anti-government protests over the death of a woman held by the country’s morality police for allegedly violating her strict dress code. An Iranian official had previously hinted that such measures could be taken for security reasons. The loss of … Read more
Internet traffic in Kherson is routed through Russia Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows traffic began flowing through Russian networks in May before switching completely in early June. Internet traffic routed through: Source: Kentik Several weeks after taking control of the southern Ukrainian port city … Read more