The Danger of Algorithms

You might not realize it yourself but a lot of information that you get via social networks and the web in general in edited for you. Facebook chooses which friends appear in your news feed. Every time you search on Google the results are tailored based on 57 signals that Google reads about you (when you are logged in to a Google account there are even more). The reason this has happened is because of the sheer volume of information and content out there on the web....

3 min · 448 words · Joshua Burns

The dangerous game of online influence. What’s your score?

If you’re an employer, looking to hire, maybe you’ve investigated an online influence score of a potential candidate. Or maybe you’re a brand, wondering who best to develop a relationship with in order to spread your product. Influence is an understandably difficult thing to measure and there’s a lot of work still to be done. Basing business decisions solely upon it is foolish at best, but more likely destructive. The market for influence is one that’s beingshopped heavilyright now....

4 min · 729 words · Christopher Bush

The dangers SpaceX’s Crew Dragon will face during its return to Earth

The dangers SpaceX’s Crew Dragon will face during its return to Earth Reentry danger points The extreme velocities and temperatures the vehicle must endure present a major challenge to engineers and makes reentry the most perilous part of a mission. The danger starts withfinding the right angleof the trajectory as the spacecraft enters the upper atmosphere. If it is too steep, the astronauts will experience potentially fatal g-forces, and the friction of the air drag could cause the spacecraft to explode....

4 min · 722 words · Christopher Aguilar

The DaVinci IQC is a weed vape that does everything right

I’ve long been a fan of DaVinci’s marijuana vapes: they’re lovingly crafted, constructed with premium materials, and deliver a fantastic smoking experience. This trend hasn’t changed with the just-launched DaVinci IQC. Over the past two weeks or so of testing, it has become my portable weed vape of choice. And, in this DaVinci IQC review, we’re going to find out exactly why that is. First though, let’s talk about DaVinci....

6 min · 1112 words · Edward Andrews

The Death App reveals murders and road fatalities across the UK

There’s an app for thatis somewhat of a cliche these days, denoting that, well, there’s an app for just about everything you could possibly imagine. And this latest app by the guys atMobileNationHQcertainly lends credence to that notion. The Death Appis a mobile Web app for iOS and Android devices, showing you murders and road fatalities in your area, displaying this data on a Google-powered map. The app offers a gruesome and macabre view of your local area, but it claims to offer potentially life-saving features too, such as showing where accident blackspots are located....

3 min · 441 words · Allen Sutton
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