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Shuttering public libraries puts a strain on communities—even if it’s the only way to keep people safe. Thousands of libraries across the United States, including this branch of the Chicago Public Library, have closed down to help slow the spread of Covid-19.Photograph: Max Herman/Getty Images For Jennifer Pearson, the choice was difficult but clear: Shut down the library, or people could die. “My
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Google Reveals a New Design Language for All Devices
Today at the Google I/O conference Matias Duarte, the VP of design for Android, revealed Google’s new design direction. Much like Apple, Google is betting that the future of design means a simple, cohesive visual language across all devices. Google is calling it Material Design. There are a few hallmarks: Stripped down geometries and grids […] Today at the Google I/O conference Matias Duarte, the
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How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell—and why the Internet will never be the same. On June 6, 2013, Washington Post reporters called the communications departments of Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and other Internet companies. The day before, a report in the British new
The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It
People ask what the next web will be like, but there won’t be a next web. The space-based web we currently have will gradually be replaced by a time-based worldstream. It’s already happening, and it all began with the lifestream, a phenomenon that I (with Eric Freeman) predicted in the 1990s and shared in the pages of Wired almost exactly 16 years ago. This lifestream -- a heterogeneous, content-s
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