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Cyberculture agenda: Bitcoin’s creator… Ada Lovelace… Twitter’s warning about state-sponsored attacks…

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Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius  Wired Top Stories by Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen WIRED has determined that Bitcoin’s creator is probably Dr. Craig Steven Wright. Twitter warns of state-sponsored attacks for first time  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Some users receive notice that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Firstdraftnews.Com: First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content

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The Google-backed First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen Some news startups, like Eyewitness Media Hub and Storyful, are built around social media and user-generated content, with reporters trained in verifying and reporting from it. But journalists in most newsrooms don’t receive the same … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Instagram’s Justin Bieber Problem fixed… “Inside the Aaron Swartz Day hackathon…

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How Instagram Solved Its Justin Bieber Problem Wired Top Stories by Cade Metz Back in the day, Bieber pics would receive so many “Likes” that they’d crash Instagram. Here’s how they fixed it. Inside the Aaron Swartz Day hackathon Newsweek Columnists: Christopher Dickey by Seung Lee Golden light flooded the room through the tall, stained windows all … Read more

Meanwhile in Turkey… Istanbul shopping stampede…”‘Sexist’ Trabzonspor chairman…

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Istanbul shopping stampede in VIP invite prompts social media storm Video footage showing the opening of the much-anticipated Balmain x H&M collaboration in Istanbul has created a social media storm, with VIP guests captured in a frenzy while trying to grab items from the collection Historical tomb in Hasankeyf to be moved for protection The 650-year-old Zeynel … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe?

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Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe? Nieman Journalism Lab by Justin Ellis Lately Google is spending a lot of time — and money — trying to convince journalists it wants to be friends. In recent months, they’ve introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, the recently launched Google News Lab, and team-ups with … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Open Access Is a Human Rights Issue

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Open Access Is a Human Rights Issue EFF.org Updates by Elliot Harmon A BBC article has been making the rounds this week about #icanhazpdf, a “secret codeword” that people use to access research papers from limited-access journals. The idea is simple: when researchers—or, for that matter, curious readers—find a reference to an article that they can’t … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Facebook Era finishes up Playboy’s traditional role… Drone Docs…

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Playboy goes PG: It’s media Disneyification in the Facebook era The Next Web by Gabe Fenigsohn It sounds like an Onion headline but it’s actually the New York Times: “Playboy to Drop Nudity as Internet Fills Demand.” The fact that this news is reality and not satire speaks volumes about the extent to which brands must … Read more

Journalism agenda: “CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack…

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CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack The Intercept by Glenn Greenwald Much of the world spent the last 48 hours expressing revulsion at the U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It was quite clear early on that the perpetrator of the attack was the U.S., and many … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Twitter and Google are reportedly allying (against Facebook “Instant Articles”

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Twitter and Google are reportedly launching their own version of “Instant Articles” Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman Google and Twitter are joining the growing group of tech companies looking to optimize publishers’ content for mobile devices. This fall, the two companies are planning an launching an open-source product that’s similar to Facebook’s Instant Articles, Recode’s … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: A report on The future of wearables…

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The future of wearables: report The Next Web by Andrew Levy There have been a lot of changes to the mobile platform landscape in recent months. Innovative reimaginings of the way we connect with the world, new products and undeniably out-of-the-box features have made it an exciting time for consumers and the industry alike. Library Suspends Tor … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Car information security is a complete wreck…

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Pirate Music Site Op Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison TorrentFreak Over the past five years, Operation in Our Sites, the U.S. initiative tackling copyright-infringing websites, has produced several arrests and the seizure of thousands of domains.   Car information security is a complete wreck — here’s why  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Sean Gallagher’s long, … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: New bailout package for Greece… Migrant tragedy in Kos…

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VIDEO: Greece prepares for bailout ‘showdown’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The Greek parliament is due to meet on Thursday and vote on the country’s latest bailout deal, reached with creditors after all night talks on Tuesday Germany sceptical over Greek bailout deal  EurActiv.com Greek lawmakers will hold an emergency parliament session today for a crucial … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Lessons from the Digital Classroom

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Lessons from the Digital Classroom MIT Technology Review Technologists and venture capitalists are betting that the data online learning generates will reshape education.   Hacking Team Leak Shows How Secretive Zero-Day Exploit Sales Work Wired Top Stories by Kim Zetter It was not easy for Hacking Team to buy zero-day exploits to sell to governments.   Once again: … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Rumors of Facebook’s Demise Among Teens Exaggerated”

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The Unbearable Horror of Corporate Instagram Hashtags The prolific, epidemic, and ineffective attempt to reach young, hip, millennial consumers. in Matter, by Alana Hope Levinson STUDY: Rumors of Facebook’s Demise Among Teens Exaggerated All Facebook by David Cohen Despite the continuous flow of reports claiming that teens are done with Facebook, a new report from Pew … Read more

It is time, Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution…

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Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution Worried about a draft resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that recognizes the 1915 killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide, a group of Turkish politicians have set out for Washington to ensure that the resolution does not pass. Turkey launches operation against PKK hideouts Turkish security … Read more