Neville Hobson

Entrepreneurial business communicator, blogger, podcaster, based in the UK - @jangles https://www.nevillehobson.com/

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Unicode Consortium
World Emoji Day 2019: Unicode Consortium makes it easier
Quartz - Anne Quito
In time for World Emoji Day (July 17), the Unicode Consortium, which decides on new emojis, is eager to shed its reputation as a community only for computer geeks. The Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has
Bennie Thompson
The End of the Free Internet Is Near
reason.com - Declan McCullagh
Not too long ago, conventional wisdom held that the internet should enjoy minimal government oversight precisely because it was a technology that …
Facebook
Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke
The Verge - Nilay Patel
Facebook’s stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today. That, as The New York Times’ Mike Isaac points out, is the real story here: the
Creative Commons
How Creative Commons drives collaboration
Vox
The internet makes it possible to share creative work, discoveries, and innovations in a more expansive way than ever before. And that concept of the open internet has spurred on users who want to build
Design
'I amsterdam' sign returns with a powerful new message | Creative Bloq
creativebloq.com - Dom Carter
The giant red and white letters of the 'I amsterdam' sign were a popular tourist destination in the Dutch capital, but they were controversially …
Opinion (UK)
It’s not that we’ve failed to rein in Facebook and Google. We’ve not even tried
The Guardian - Shoshana Zuboff
Surveillance capitalism is an economic logic that has hijacked the digital for its own purposes In a BBC interview last week, Facebook’s vice-president, Nick Clegg, surprised viewers by calling for new
Zoom Zero Day: 4+ Million Webcams & maybe an RCE? Just get them to visit your website!
medium.com - Jonathan Leitschuh
A vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission. The flaw potentially exposes up to …
Emoji
Emojis are increasingly coming up in court cases. Judges are struggling with how to interpret them
CNN - By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business
New York (CNN Business) — Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Does a heart emoji from a manager constitute sexual harassment? More emojis are showing up in court cases throughout the
British Airways
British Airways faces $230 million fine over data theft
Reuters - By Paul Sandle
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways-owner IAG is facing a record $230 million fine for the theft of data from 500,000 customers from its website last year under tough new data-protection rules policed the
Mobile Technology
Yes, your emails are being tracked. Here's how to stop it.
Mashable - Karissa Bell
Here's something you might want to think about next time you check your email: chances are, at least some of your messages are being tracked. From how many times you open a message, the time of day, and
Podcasting
Global podcast ad revenue set to pass $1 billion this year
whatsnewinpublishing.com - Esther Kezia Thorpe
Podcast advertising revenue is expected to pass $1 billion by the end of 2019, according to figures from PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook …
European Union
The English language is evolving here's how it will change after Brexit
The Conversation UK - Emma Seddon
Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit. Among other things, the country’s woeful inability to …
Geolocation
Superhuman is Spying on You » Mike Industries
mikeindustries.com
Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters, to work …
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019
weforum.org - Johnny Wood
Which of today’s technologies will shape tomorrow’s world? A new report compiled by the World Economic Forum reveals some of the breakthrough …
Verizon
The Infrastructure Mess Causing Countless Internet Outages
WIRED - Lily Hay Newman
In a weeks-long stretch in 2014, hackers stole thousands of dollars a day in cryptocurrency from owners. In 2017, internet outages cropped up around …
Cats
An Amazon engineer made an AI-powered cat flap to stop his cat from bringing home dead animals
The Verge - James Vincent
Machine learning can be an incredible addition to any tinkerer’s toolbox, helping to fix that little problem in life that no commercial gadget can handle. For Amazon product manager Ben Hamm, that problem
World News
German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain
The Guardian - Philip Oltermann
The scene is Europe, about 40 years from now. Climate change has turned the Netherlands into a swamp and Portugal into an economic powerhouse, thanks to wave-energy plants paid for by wealthy Brazilian
World Economic Forum
How Mobile Technology Is Changing The Airport Boarding Process
Forbes - Leslie Wu
The Washington Post that the new measures have improved boarding time and customer satisfaction metrics. In a panel discussion at this year’s Code Conference, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian talked about
Opinion (UK)
An app using AI to 'undress' women offers a terrifying glimpse into the future
The Guardian - Arwa Mahdawi
Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Want to see Taylor Swift naked? There’s an app for that. It’s called DeepNude and it uses AI to “undress” of
Wikipedia
Wikipedia Has Been A Safe Haven From The Online Culture Wars. That Time May Be Over.
buzzfeednews.com - Joseph Bernstein
The once-derided open-source encyclopedia is the closest thing the internet has to an oasis of truth. Now a single-user ban has exposed the deep …
Mary Meeker
FIR 184: An Incomprehensible Disaster Neville Hobson
nevillehobson.com
The June 2019 edition of “The Hobson and Holtz Report,” aka FIR 184, features Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz talking about these stories: Boeing’s Max …
Remote Working
How to make an impression when you work remotely
Quartz - Kristen Ruttgaizer
The option to work remotely is a huge draw for employees today. With commutes averaging nearly half an hour each way in the US, working from the comfort of home, a local coffee shop, or nearby co-working
Retail
Automated Communications By Brands Frustrates Customers
mediapost.com - Chuck Martin
While brands are moving to automated communications with customers, many of those customers still yearn for human interaction. The growth of systems …
Deepfakes
This Horrifying App Undresses a Photo of Any Woman With a Single Click - VICE
VICE - Samantha Cole
The $50 DeepNude app dispenses with the idea that deepfakes were about anything besides claiming ownership over women’s bodies. Update June 27, 3:03 p.m. EST: The creator of DeepNude announced that he's
Snapshot
Comparing changes in webpages gets easier with Wayback Machine
TNW - Ravie Lakshmanan
Since its launch in 2001, the Wayback Machine has been a very useful digital archive of the World Wide Web. By frequently crawling and caching pages for the archive, the Wayback Machine has amassed over
Google Maps
The cost of an ad-free internet: $35 more per month
Recode - Rani Molla
Internet companies collect data about you — what sites you visit, what you buy, what demographic you fit into — in exchange for “free” use of their products, like Google’s Gmail and Maps or Facebook and
Tesco
Tesco Working on Cashierless Stores as Competition With Amazon Heats Up
Bloomberg - Yaacov Benmeleh
Tesco Plc has turned to an Israeli startup for help as it looks to become the next major food retailer to remove cashiers from some of its stores. The …
GDPR
SDF Podcast 28: Summertime Special
nevillehobson.com - Neville Hobson
TweetShow notes by Sam Knowles.In England’s distant past, long before the spread of wealth and the explosive growth of the middle classes, holidays …
ISPs
A DIY Internet Network Has Drastically Expanded Its Coverage in NYC
VICE - Karl Bode
With the installation of "Supernode 3," NYC Mesh now covers large swaths of both Manhattan and Brooklyn. A community-run operation named NYC Mesh is on a mission: to deliver better, cheaper broadband to
Facebook
Once More With Feeling: There Is No Legal Distinction Between A 'Platform' And A 'Publisher'
techdirt.com - Mike Masnick
Alexis Madrigal, over at the Atlantic has a mostly interesting piece recounting the history of how the big internet companies started calling …

Neville Hobson

Entrepreneurial business communicator, blogger, podcaster, based in the UK - @jangles https://www.nevillehobson.com/