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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

By Rufus Rock , UCL ; Tim O’Reilly , UCL ; Ilan Strauss , UCL ; and Mariana Mazzucato , UCL This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? Why is it now subject to the same kind of antitrust complaints faced by Microsoft, once the “evil empire” of the previous generation of computing?

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The State Of Web Workers In 2021

Smashing Magazine

I’m weary of always comparing the web to so-called “native” platforms like Android and iOS. This is such a fundamental difference, that many architectural choices from native platforms don’t easily apply to the web — if at all. The State Of Web Workers In 2021. The State Of Web Workers In 2021. 2021-06-30T12:00:00+00:00.

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WaterBear: Building A Free Platform For Impactful Documentaries (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

In this second article, I’ll go over some key technical highlights from the project. WaterBear is a free platform bringing together inspiration and action with award-winning high-production environmental documentaries covering various topics, from animals and climate change to people and communities.

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Performance Testing with Open Source Tools – Myths and Reality

Alex Podelko

Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf. How did you get into performance engineering? How did you get into performance engineering? As most things in life, by chance.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Reading time 1 min Why share the library of the web performance books while there’s a substantial collection of fantastic websites and articles on the net? You’re sure to want to place a few (or all) of the titles from this indispensable collection on your own shelf or have them at your fingertips in digital form. Time is Money.

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How To Optimize Progressive Web Apps: Going Beyond The Basics

Smashing Magazine

How To Optimize Progressive Web Apps: Going Beyond The Basics. How To Optimize Progressive Web Apps: Going Beyond The Basics. Gert Svaiko. 2020-12-23T10:00:00+00:00. 2020-12-23T12:33:42+00:00. Progressive web applications (PWA) are still gathering popularity in 2020. And they all boast about massive benefits from implementing the progressive apps.

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