Why Twitter Is Unlikely To Become The ‘Digital Town Square’ Elon Musk Envisions

Why Twitter Is Unlikely To Become The ‘Digital Town Square’ Elon Musk Envisions

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly poll roundup. On Monday, Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and currently the the richest man in the world, concluded a purchase agreement Twitter for around $44 billion. Twitter users have been tweeting all week about what it means … Read more

A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age

A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age

Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck out our latest issue. Subscribe to the nation Subscribe … Read more

A crypto breakthrough? Western states consider taking digital currency

A crypto breakthrough? Western states consider taking digital currency

The Wyoming effort also offers a window into some of the forces vying to shape the future of digital money: namely, big retailers and veterans of the commercial banking industry. “We are looking for alternative currencies to compete with the US dollar,” said Zhou Xiaomeng of American CryptoFed, a group backing the Wyoming proposal. American … Read more

Unity Buys Ziva To Create Realistic Digital Humans

Unity Buys Ziva To Create Realistic Digital Humans

Unit, the technology company responsible for one of the most popular animation and development engines in the game industry, has announced the acquisition of Ziva Dynamics, a digital effects company. The company specializes in creating more advanced simulations, including realistic digital avatars, as well as creating and animate elements in real time based on machine … Read more