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It should be no surprise that racial bias factors into swiping matches on dating apps, like Tinder — but algorithms used by these apps may also reinforce prejudice. This is why developer, Ben Berman, and designer, Miguel Perez created MonsterMatch, a game that simulates a dating app while exposing the inherent bias that fuels its matching algorithms. The game is simple. Users create a monster character and profile, start swiping right or left on other monsters’ accounts, chat, and date. I created, Ian, a blue monster with questionable hair and it didn’t take long to match with Octiana, a Disney enthusiast, who…
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Distributed ledger systems that underpin cryptocurrencies aren’t capable of processing the number of transactions required for mass adoption — but it doesn’t matter, they’re only really used for speculation. These are the findings of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), detailed in a study published May 10 (spotted by Roll Call). CRS discovered that while demand for cash in the US is steadily growing, its usage for payments is becoming less common. Despite this, people haven’t turned to Bitcoin as much as industry insiders might have hoped. “To date, the migration away from cash has largely been in favor of traditional non-cash payment systems;…
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! I love headphones. I also love noise-canceling headphones. And, in particular, I love Sennheiser noise-canceling headphones. But, most of all, I love a big fat discount on a pair of the Sennheiser PXC 550 noise-canceling headphones. You read that right, currently you can get 34 percent (specifically, $119.98) off a pair of the cans. That means you can get your very own set of Sennheiser PXC 550 for only $229.97. Victory! So, what sweet features do the Sennheiser PXC 550 headphones have? First off, they’re wireless. Using…
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Elon Musk makes it easy to dismiss his grandiose — unhinged, even — descriptions of his product plans. But if we look past the hyperbole, we see a serious threat for legacy automakers who don’t know and love software. “I feel very confident predicting 1 million autonomous robo-taxis for Tesla next year,” When Elon Musk utters these words at Tesla’s Autonomy Day late April, a song plays inside my head: They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!. I imagine two burly men in white coats coming on stage, wrapping Elon in a tight jacket, and whisking him to a padded cell. (I last heard the song in the late…
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