Media Bits and Bytes - July 16, 2019

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The Exemplary Legacy of the Chicago Defender

By Isaac Chotiner
July 12, 2019
The New Yorker

Though it will continue to publish online, the demise of the Defender as a physical object, a hundred and fourteen years after its founding, marks another sad milestone in the decline of print newspapers. 

Why Absolutely Everyone Should Be Concerned About Facial Recognition

By Alex Perry
July 13, 2019
Mashable

Some of the biggest names in the tech space are developing advanced facial recognition systems and selling them to governments around the world, but the general public might not fully understand all the risks they bring.

Why the Left Is Losing the Information Age

By Richard R. John
July/August 2019
Washington Monthly

Liberals assumed digital technology would help their side. They forgot how power works.

 

Why I Cancelled My Amazon Prime Account

By Alison Griswold
July 13, 2019
Quartz

Prime, like many other digital services—Uber, Postmates, Instacart, to name a few—encourages us to shop impulsively, to expect that we can always hit a button and get something more or less on-demand. 


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