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My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #6)

Keenen Charles

10 Feb 2019 — 1 min read

Articles

The cheapest Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe—for as little as $9,000
$9000 for an electric car? That could be revolutionary but will consumers go for tiny cars? I'm skeptical.

Sprint is suing AT&T over ‘5G E’ lies
I'm glad someone is taking action against this. Networks keep trying to be clever and this sounds like a repeat of the 4G/HSPA+ marketing.

Continuing our work to improve recommendations on YouTube
YouTube is finally taking action on the countless number of conspiracy theories on the platform. It's so easy for a user to get sucked into a loop of bullshit videos.

Tech

What a neat use of Google's tech that sounds like it should've been a thing for ages.

Music

Someone shared this on Wave Radio and I love it. I had no idea the guy from 13 Reasons Why had a band.

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Meta is Getting AR Right

Meta is Getting AR Right

It seems that major tech companies are placing two major bets on the "next platform:" Artificial Intelligence and Augmented/Virtual Reality. Meta has dabbled in AI, but it's poured a ton of money into AR and VR in the past decade. They've been tackling

AI is Not a Friend

AI is Not a Friend

The following tweet might easily be one of the most unintentionally dystopian posts I've seen. At first, it seems fine. Changes to APIs on iOS can harm the app ecosystem and what's possible for developers. But this part sticks out. Have you seen it yet? a

People Power

People Power

For a long stretch of human history, meritocracy would have been a foreign concept. People were born into positions and no one expected to be in a different position at the end of their lives. The promise of meritocracy must have been intoxicating for the masses when it became a

Dark Mode Sucks

Dark Mode Sucks

There I've said it. The decision by major tech companies to add native dark mode support to their operating systems is the biggest mistake in the last decade. Does it look like you're doing some cool hacks with Angelina Jolie? I guess. But does it look