In 1996, as the World Wide Web was taking off, Larry Page and Sergey Brin watched from the sidelines. Unlike the rest of Silicon Valley, they weren’t interested in using the Internet to buy and sell stuff, or to read and publish stories, or even to score Grateful Dead tickets.
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“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who…
“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets »
“For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it,” Tim Berners-Lee told me one morning in downtown Washington, D.C., about a half-mile from the White House.
London: The AI Growth Capital of Europe
London: The AI Growth Capital of Europe »
AI innovation across London London’s unique strengths as a global hub of Artificial Intelligence.
How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men
How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men »
Once, Mad Men ruled advertising. They’ve now been eclipsed by Math Men—the engineers and data scientists whose province is machines, algorithms, pureed data, and artificial intelligence.
Shady Marketplaces Selling Fake Facebook Profiles…
Shady Marketplaces Selling Fake Facebook Profiles Operate In Plain Sight »
Audrey Mitchell is a 23-year-old New York City transplant from London. She’s an aspiring model working at KFC. According to her profile on Facebook, where she has 921 friends, she likes the New York Knicks, the movie Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and the St.
L I P O S U C T I O N
L I P O S U C T I O N »
Different types of maps have different uses. What they make legible is what they make possible. A map that emphasizes bike paths is useful to a cyclist, but its lack of topographic information makes it useless to a civil engineer, even though both refer to the same territory.
Google Cabs And Uber Bots Will Challenge Jobs…
Google Cabs And Uber Bots Will Challenge Jobs 'Below The API' »
Uber and Google appear to be parting ways according to a report by Bloomberg’s Brad Stone Monday. Google Ventures invested in Uber’s C and D rounds, and its chief legal officer and SVP of corporate development, David Drummond, has sat on its board since 2013.
Overview
Overview »
Material Theming can be implemented with the help of the Material Theme Editor, a tool that currently allows you to customize color, type, and shape and create your own branded symbol library, helping you deploy Material quickly and reliably.
At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change…
At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change and shape our lives »
Every company in Silicon Valley will tell you, with operatic grandeur, that it aims to change the world and make it a better place.
Marissa Mayer Is Still Here
Marissa Mayer Is Still Here »
Marissa Mayer was celebrated as a savior when she left Google to become chief executive of Yahoo in 2012. A brilliant computer scientist, Ms. Mayer was the 20th employee at Google, and influenced many of the company’s signature features — including Gmail and Google Maps.