Giveaway: THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM by Michael Kerns, Aaron Roth
This giveaway is sponsored by Oxford University Press. Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life....
14 of the World’s Most Charming Libraries: Critical Linking, May 3, 2019
Sponsored by Audible. THERE ARE FEW THINGS IN this world more breathtaking than a grand, lovely library. Whether it’s a sprawling monument to modern architecture or a...
TicPods Free Review: Incredibly Comfortable Truly Wireless Earbuds with Fussy Controls
Cameron Summerson TicPods Free are $130 truly wireless earbuds from Mobvoi, and they’re really good. In fact, they’re pretty close to being perfect—they’re convenient and comfortable....
Ryan Reynolds got himself in deep trouble during his method acting process for ‘Detective Pikachu’
Ryan Reynolds is a fantastic actor. So fantastic in fact, that he takes the full-on Daniel Day Lewis approach to method acting to prepare for his...
Rites of Spring: Does the Latest in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet Satisfy?
The first three novels of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet—Autumn, Winter, and now Spring—are constructed not as linear stories, but as literary puzzles. To figure them out...
‘Dead to Me’ is the easy-breezy Netflix binge you’ve been craving
The following review of Netflix’s Dead to Me is spoiler-free. Dead to Me gets the job done. No, it isn’t the best TV around. But if...
Asto, the bookkeeping app from Santander, adds invoice financing for freelancers and SMEs
Asto, the Santander owned “upstart” developing financial tools for freelancers and SMEs, is adding invoice financing to its bookkeeping app. The new offering, which potentially opens...
Stephen Merchant on the existential crisis of life in the digital age
Stephen Merchant, the writer and director of the recently released (and very funny) film Fighting with My Family, joined Sam Haysom and Nikolay Nikolov, the co-hosts...
Chris Evans cheekily responds to Russo Brothers tweet about ‘Avengers: Endgame’ spoilers
It’s now been a full week since Avengers: Endgame smashed its way onto our cinema screens, and — for those who haven’t yet seen the movie...
New Java proposal: JEP draft explores Java syntax with hyphenated keywords
Since the last update from Brian Goetz, one of the Chief Java Language Architects at Oracle, JDK development steadily moves forward. New JEP drafts have been...
