the cloud
Here's What Happens When You Mix Weather, Political Data, and Machine Learning
James Bridle’s 'Cloud Index' correlates different datasets in order to better understand technology.
Want to Make More Money? Get Better at Memorizing Basic Facts
According to a new book, there's a correlation between how knowledgeable you are and your income and happiness.
How Rio 2016 Will Be Secured in the Cloud
While all eyes will be on the track, field, and pool come August 5, the Games will be managed and secured from above in a “milestone” for the Olympics.
For Google's Cloud, 18 Minutes of Downtime Is an Eternity
Google's engineering VP offers a post-mortem analysis of Monday night's outage.
Here Are the Biggest Problems with Nextbit's Robin Smartphone
How a company whose phone automatically backs up customer data handles its security.
How Nextbit’s Robin Smartphone Uses the Cloud to Eliminate Storage Space Anxiety
A couple of smartphone industry veterans believe the cloud is the solution to the problem of running out of onboard storage space.
There's Nothing Mindblowing About Windows Releasing Its Own Linux OS
The power of open-source technology.
My Life in the Cloud
What’s the internet, and where do we belong in it? A postscript on “I’m that angel,” the author’s book and performance for the world’s data centers.
This Man Is Turning Data Centers Into the New Off-Broadway
Artist Tyler Coburn's "I'm that angel" is a closet drama about content farming and the cloud held in data centers worldwide.
Giga Bye: In 2014 We Lost the iPod Classic and the Way We Listen to Music Changed Forever
The iPod was supposed to kill the album, but did the end of the iPod do it instead?
The Internet Is Eating America’s Abandoned Shopping Malls
The shopping mall is dead, long live the shopping mall.