How an Argentinian govt. program that issued netbooks to 4M low-income students from 2011 to 2015 helped indirectly create a new generation of teen musicians (Juan José Relmucao/Rest of World)

Juan José Relmucao / Rest of World:
How an Argentinian govt. program that issued netbooks to 4M low-income students from 2011 to 2015 helped indirectly create a new generation of teen musicians  —  Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments.  —  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Andreessen Horowitz's Future doesn't compete with journalism because it offers up essays, not reporting, limiting its potential to promote tech-positive views (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)

Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
Andreessen Horowitz's Future doesn't compete with journalism because it offers up essays, not reporting, limiting its potential to promote tech-positive views  —  I've been dragging my feet on writing about Andreessen Horowitz's much-anticipated new publication, which the firm revealed Tuesday.

Google searches for new measure of skin tones to curb bias in products

Alphabet Inc's Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of color. https://ift.tt/3gGFzXv

Inside Genesis Market, an invite-only service where cybercriminals can source cookies lifted from hacked computers, as happened with the recent EA breach (Joseph Cox/VICE)

Joseph Cox / VICE:
Inside Genesis Market, an invite-only service where cybercriminals can source cookies lifted from hacked computers, as happened with the recent EA breach  —  A representative for the hackers who breached EA said they bought the cookie from a site called Genesis Market.  —  Joseph Cox

Facebook says it will update its community standards to clarify how it treats satirical content as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Facebook says it will update its community standards to clarify how it treats satirical content as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board  —  will update its community standards to clarify how it treats satirical content as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board.

Some US unemployment applicants say facial recognition models used by ID verification service ID.me are failing to identify them, locking them out of benefits (Todd Feathers/VICE)

Todd Feathers / VICE:
Some US unemployment applicants say facial recognition models used by ID verification service ID.me are failing to identify them, locking them out of benefits  —  ID.me's CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say.