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The under-the-radar tech revolution that could change how the internet works

GeekWire

You likely haven’t heard about it and what it does, but you’ve certainly heard of the social network built using this protocol: Bluesky. Contrary to X/Twitter and Threads, the AT Protocol and, for instance, Bluesky provides the mechanism for a decentralized open social web. players that you came to love and hate.

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Mozilla highlights AI bias and ‘addiction by design’ tech in internet health report

CTOvision

Mozilla today released the 2019 Internet Health Report, an analysis that brings together insights from 200 experts to examine issues central to the future of the internet. ll calls “addiction by design” tech, like social media apps and […].

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2020: The year the internet didn’t crash

GeekWire

But it could have been worse: the internet could have crashed, or not been there at all. Just look at how much of our lives shifted to the internet as a result of the pandemic. Imagine what things would have been like without the internet. Commentary: Yes, 2020 really sucked. Video conferencing numbers demonstrate the reality.

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‘It just has to work’: Ahead of Black Friday NFL game, Amazon shows how it’s perfected live sports

GeekWire

While Netflix said the fight was streamed on 65 million devices around the world, and dubbed it a big success, buffering problems were an issue for many viewers who flocked to social media to complain. “The internet gives you the ability to say, ‘Yeah, but I want to drive my own train. “TNF” is averaging 14.31

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How social justice slideshows took over Instagram

Vox

But in a time of social unrest, these text-based slideshow graphics have found new resonance and an eager audience on the platform, which has been notorious for prioritizing still images over text. The way Hu describes it, in spite of the massive interest toward social justice slideshows, Instagram’s algorithm “actively fights against it.”

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Meta opens up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds

The Verge

More than two years and a company rebrand later, Meta is finally opening up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds. First announced in September 2019 as a private beta, Horizon Worlds has evolved from primarily being a Minecraft -like environment for building games to more of a social platform.

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The internet peaked with “the dress,” and then it unraveled

Vox

If you were on the internet on February 26, 2015, you saw The Dress. Looking back, the posting of “the dress” represented the high-water mark of “fun” on the mid-2010s internet. Back then, the whole media ecosystem was built around social sharing of viral stories. It also fostered an internet monoculture. We’re guessing.

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