U.S. Dept. of Palantir Peter Thiel's Palantir to IPO within weeks, start trading before election Xeni Jardin
bear arms A fascinating computer analysis of the linguistic context around the 2nd Amendment Thom Dunn
Things that look like other things Scarves that look like those crazy-long CVS receipts Rusty Blazenhoff
threat models matter Not only is Google's auto-delete good for privacy, it's also good news for competition Cory Doctorow
consent is sexy Australia wants to kill consent requirement in proposed data-sharing legislation, calls it "nuance" Cory Doctorow
algorithmic discrimination To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: "The Bigot in the Machine," a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney's Cory Doctorow
negativland Exclusive: "More Data": Negativland's video short about data privacy and surveillance Mark Hosler, Negativland
the signals network Nonprofit will coordinate 30 global investigative journalists to report leaked stories of big data abuse Cory Doctorow
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Gates Foundation spent $775m on a Big Data education project that was worse than useless Cory Doctorow
articles of faith The most interesting thing about the "Thanksgiving Effect" study is what it tells us about the limits of data anonymization Cory Doctorow
Peter Cavicchia III Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow
