Zuckerberg has seen the astonishing speed with which products come and go online; he knows that his flagship won’t last forever. So he’s decided to build himself a flotilla.

« Nous allons traiter la vie privée des non-Américains aussi sérieusement que celle des Américains. Nous ne faisons pas ça car nous y sommes obligés par le droit international, mais parce que, finalement, c’est la bonne chose à faire. » Mais, sur ce point précis, nulle législation n’est au programme.

Envisioning a future in which Oculus’ technology is the dominant platform is diametrically opposed: it’s a reality where humans retreat from day-to-day activities in favor of computers. This idea – a life lived in computers – is something that appeals to the technically predisposed; who among us spends all day in front a glowing screen, and then goes home to do the exact same? I’m sure Zuckerberg is in that boat. But it’s a much smaller boat than many technologists realize.

I’ve helped to change the world twice with the iPod and the iPhone. I want the chance to do it a third time.

« L’accès a été bloqué par l’Autorité turque des télécommunications (TIB) », indique un message aux internautes qui souhaitent accéder à la plateforme. Cette décision fait suite à la publication jeudi sur YouTube de l’enregistrement d’une conversation dans laquelle quatre hauts responsables turcs, dont le ministre des Affaires étrangères Ahmet Davutoglu et le chef des services de renseignement (MIT) Hakan Fidan, évoquent l’hypothèse d’une opération militaire en Syrie.

“I didn’t hear anything that Zuckerberg said that hasn’t been talked about before in the VR community for a very long time,” says Brian Blau, an analyst with research firm Gartner was part of hard-core virtual reality community in the ’80s and ’90s. “It has always been billed as a next-gen communication technology — something that can provide a more immersive and deeper connection to somebody else.” The truth, as Blau points out, is that most VR technology creates a very solitary experience. It’s something you do alone, not with others.

The fundamental theme of cyberpunk is about how the siren call of technology can blur the line between software and humanity and ultimately cause us to subvert our own sense of agency.

A new paper published in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology shows that the number of DMCA notices received by Google increased 711,887 percent in four years. The increase can be credited to a few copyright holders and industry groups such as the RIAA, who started an avalanche of takedown requests after the SOPA and PIPA bills died in Congress.