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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2017-11-26 03:27 pm

[NEWS] Five links about technology and culture: Android, Firefox Quantum, dark web, music, brain


  • This Techcrunch report noting the collection of location data by Android, even if location services are disabled, is alarming. (I'm mostly joking when I say I want the drones to be able to find me.) More here.

  • This Wired report on Firefox Quantum makes this browser sound interesting, here.

  • News of a dark web version of Wikipedia is good for those who are concerned about Internet freedoms. More here.

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation sounds very much like one of those experiences I would like to experience first-hand. More here.

  • The destructive impact of streaming not just on the income of musicians, but on their creative projects--often transcending single songs--is something raised in this Noisey article, here.