CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, a venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass., that focuses on public blockchains. He is also the co-founder of Coin…
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Siri, Alexa Targeted as EU Probes ‘Internet of Things’
(Bloomberg) — Voice assistants such as Apple Inc.’s Siri and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa are at the center of a sweeping European Union antitrust inquiry into how Silicon Valley uses data…
‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’ Is Still One of the Best Movies About the Internet
Click here to read the full article. Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” premiered at Sundance in late January 2005, a few short weeks before YouTube went…
4G internet balloons take off over Kenya
A network of giant internet-enabled balloons from Google’s sister firm Loon is to provide internet access to remote areas of Kenya. It will provide 4G coverage so people can make…
Trump Trolled for Fourth of July Event Performer as Internet Recalls Obama’s Star Power
President Donald Trump is being trolled on Twitter after footage of a man singing a Bruno Mars song at his Fourth of July event at the White House was shared…
Discover the Outrageous Fake Adam Sandler Movie Taking the Internet by Storm
Click here to read the full article. The internet is often a hellscape, but every so often a gift comes along like “Jacked Up.” Reddit user LundgrensFrontKick is going viral…
Vouchers for free internet to be given to poorest families amid fears disadvantaged children falling behind
Thousands of families without broadband internet are to be given vouchers for six months’ free wifi access in scheme run jointly by the Department for Education and BT. Nick Gibb,…
New Zealand advert featuring nude ‘porn actors’ praised for promoting internet safety
A New Zealand government advert featuring actors playing nude porn stars has been widely praised for promoting internet safety, after the video went viral online. The unusual advert, part of…