[nonostantement #301] - deepfakes & conspiracy theories / dieter rams / polycrisis
Now with MORE things going wrong at the same time!
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God is a DJ: the Jesuit priest who runs avant garde electronica nights
Father Antonio Pileggi is a former composer who found his calling running a festival dedicated to ethereal and spiritual expressions of electronic, ambient and experimental music.[Video] - Searching for Humanity in Fortnite's Battle Royale
Can you win Fortnite's Battle Royale as a pacifist? Can you make friends with opponents during a death match?How Deepfakes Fuel Conspiracy Theories
When official accounts post AI-generated videos, they give reason to doubt in general[Video] - Dieter Rams pointing at things he doesn't like
A short clip from Gary Hustwit’s documentary "Rams"Why so much is going wrong at the same time
Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis?How the Youth Boom in Africa Will Change the World
Africa has the fastest growing, youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world.Berlin clubs are losing customers and seeking protection
Inflation, a weak economy and declining numbers of club-goers all challenge the clubs' viability. Club owners are seeking protected status, similar to what Berlin's opera companies enjoy.A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time. Here's what it's like in a world without it
The brain’s perception of time is abstract. Here's what happens when it gets seriously distorted.New York Restaurants, Bars Fight Back Against Reservations by Bots
Platforms like Resy and Tock are searching for ways around algorithms that snatch up prime-time reservations and then re-sell them to desperate diners.
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What Happens When Amazon and Meta Ads Generate Themselves?
What happens when Amazon and Meta ads generate themselves? AI is great at creating uncanny-valley product photos, but its utility for consumers is less clear, John Herrman writes.
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Asian and Middle Eastern users tilt TikTok balance toward Palestinians
An analysis of TikTok hashtag data by Semafor suggests that users outside the U.S. are posting and consuming more content about the Israel-Hamas war than those in the United States.
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