Art and Technology

Engaget - Some artists actually like it when you say "my four-year-old could do that," because it means you've a) questioned whether a work is art, and b) wondered why or why not. I just learned that from Googl...

BBC -I give him the benefit of the doubt - his arguably blasé attitude, I think, is a symptom of being consistently called upon to defend his creation.He is the co-creator of Tor, the most popular software avai...

Hyperallergic - The PEN America Digital Archive launched on July 26 with over 1,500 hours of audio and video material newly accessible to the public, from the inaugural visit of Pablo Neruda to the United State...

The New York Times  -Five versions of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting will be showcased simultaneously on Facebook Live on Monday in a collaboration among art museums on three continents. -read more ...

DW  -  In China, he is known as Graffiti Man. Qi Xinghua transforms the scars of Beijing into oversized figures, believing that "every city needs its tattoos." He has held different Guinness Book records for...

BBC  - IS puts media warfare on a par with its battle on the ground and often glorifies "media martyrs" - people who are killed while creating videos and other digital content for the group. - read more &nbs...

CNET - As if ransomware like WannaCry wasn't enough to keep you up at night, there's another password breach to worry about - read more...

CNET - I'm being tested to see how my concentration changes when I listen to different music. A brainwave scanner is strapped to my forehead and I'm listening to the staccato strains of "This Is Radio Clash". A...

CNET - When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage last week to make his biggest speech of the year, he did something he probably wasn't expecting to do just a few days earlier: He acknowledged Facebook's ...

DW - A waste of time? Not anymore. Today's computer games have become much more. Whether they deal with state surveillance or racism, the nominees for the German Computer Game Prize show what gaming is capable ...