Category: Web
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Ad blocking: reaching a tipping point for advertisers, publishers and consumers
Last week, mobile operator Three UK announced it will block advertising on its network in a trial taking place in mid June. Three’s action marks a new milestone in long-running arguments about online advertising between the online advertising industry, individual…
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Lights, camera, action: the unexpected rise of live online video
Facebook and Twitter are no longer simply text platforms but mobile video channels battling to turn consumers away from TV
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What will become of empathy in a world of smart machines?
Artificial intelligence can only go so far. The future of technology will lie in the interplay of software and capable humans
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3 great reads for this week
Catching up this weekend with news and information in Inoreader, my RSS reader of choice on every device I use, I selected a good dozen or so stories to blog about when time permits. They all join a long list…
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The human error of Tay
Microsoft’s public experiment with artificial intelligence in the form of Tay, an AI chatbot, made news headlines everywhere during last week – but not for positive reasons at all. Launched on March 23, Tay was developed by Microsoft’s Technology and…