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Mapping Module News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. With the popularization of cartography, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can make a

Tonight’s the night! We have our second Transparency Series event, this time on Voice User Interfaces (VUIs). VUIs also go by the more familiar names “personal assistants” or “smart speakers” — Think Siri, Alexa, Cortana or Google Assistant. This should be an exciting event! Voice platforms are still young enough that journalists can have a

Beyond “I agree”: A democratic technology, without Big Tech A lecture and conversation with Jad Abumrad, host of WNYC’s Radiolab September 27, 2018 – 5:00-6:30pm The Lecture Hall in Pulitzer Hall The techlash marks the end of complacency over Big Tech: in a single instant, states have gone from being completely blase about the risks

The Brown Institute is pleased to announce appointment-based office hours for students needing help in all things digital. This includes (but is not limited to) students seeking assistance with data, data visualization, mapping, augmented reality, virtual reality, 360-degree video and the Adobe Creative Suite. Please book office hours at brwn.co/office-hours or by using the tool

C++ is one of the key foundations of our software. It is invisible to most people because they use it only indirectly. It’s in your computer and your phone. It’s in the machines that manufacture, your computer, and your phone. It’s in most cars, including all the self-driving ones. It’s on Mars, and in deep