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Games, Brains & War

Mark Zuckerberg's tech empire has a long history of using centralized systems to hurt users. Now it's trying to join Web3.

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Games are changing our understanding of war

A new exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum explores the relationship between video games and violence, uncovering how game designers are offering new perspectives on the history of conflict.

Live Brain Cells Playing Pong in a Dish Could Illuminate Mind's Mechanics

Scientists have created a gamer -- out of cells, in a lab.

AI UX Design: A New Way Of Designing

Gartner forecast reveals that AI software will hit $62 billion in 2022. That’s a 21.3% increase from 2021.

Everything you need to know about Meta’s moderation controversy in India

Facebook and Indian news publication The Wire are entangled in a conflict stemming from an Instagram post incorrectly removed from the platform. Here are both sides of the story.

The fault in BNPL apps

A new study from Juniper Research says that e-commerce companies could lose $48 billion globally to online payment frauds next year with newer alternatives like digital wallets and BNPL apps.

Google's Project Starline

Project Starline is the real deal. It makes a virtual call feel like a one-on-one conversation. But it’s unclear if it’s something most people will ever get to experience.

Mathematicians Discover the Fibonacci Numbers Hiding in Strange Spaces

Recent explorations of unique geometric worlds reveal perplexing patterns, including the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio.

Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design

A look at the many shortcomings of modern design: architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and interior design and how they have all been reduced to a featureless sea of same-ness.

Ethereum Co-Founder Joe Lubin: Today's Metaverse Is Internet Circa 1994, But The Masses Are Coming

The ConsenSys CEO believes augmented and virtual experiences will redefine daily life, despite current technical challenges.

DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI

AlphaTensor discovers better algorithms for matrix math, inspiring another improvement from afar.

Honorary mentions

Solar-powered headphones

Long term Google engineer on his salient thoughts of the company

How sound works

Material 3: Latest version of Google’s open-source design system

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