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TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

As TED approaches a milestone birthday we ask why at 40 years old the high church of techno-optimism is more important than ever.

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April 12, 2024

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TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

As TED approaches a milestone birthday we ask why at 40 years old the high church of techno-optimism is more important than ever.

Mochi wants to let you make an AI model with your friends

If you want to make an AI model, it helps to have $100m. That risks putting our AI future in the few hands of companies able to pay. Can a games company find a way to put AI in the hands of anyone?

How a local tech community is jazzing up New Orleans

Despite being one of the world's most popular cities, New Orleans still feels like it's fallen behind after Hurricane Katrina. Michael Stahl explores how a local movement is looking to put their city on the map for its tech, not just its culture.

Where are we going to wear digital fashion?

There are two camps of virtual fashion: the fantastical, physics-defying pieces that can only exist online, and the digital twins of real apparel that resemble items you expect to see in a shop. Which will emerge as the defining trend of digital fashion?

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

Amidst rising sea levels, the island nation of Tuvalu is exploring digitising itself in the metaverse. Clovis McEvoy writes that it is one of many extended reality experiments that show how the future of the internet lies in connection and collaboration.

At home in the anti-cool — crypto and the next counterculture

Beneath the undercurrents of crypto culture lies a foundation of social and technological subversion. Above it is a countercultural movement that traces back to the punks and hippies of the 20th century.

Rewiring Democracy: can society control its tech destiny?

At the height of Henry Ford’s influence, the industrialist used the media, exhibitions, and became the world’s largest film distributor to mould the United States into a car-loving country.

Showing off: can NFT status symbols drive mainstream adoption?

When will digital ownership go mainstream? What are the cultural vehicles that can make this possible? Where are the roadblocks? Ben Roy makes it his business to consider such questions, and he sat down with Leo Nasskau to offer some answers. Clovis McEvoy tells the story.

Yat Siu on why the internet needs a Magna Carta moment

Yat Siu has a completely different vision for the metaverse to almost everyone else. And at the helm of an investment portfolio worth $5 billion, his perspective is as important as it is empowering.

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August 3, 2023

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TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

Society

TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

Mochi wants to let you make an AI model with your friends

How a local tech community is jazzing up New Orleans

Where are we going to wear digital fashion?

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

At home in the anti-cool — crypto and the next counterculture

Rewiring Democracy: can society control its tech destiny?

Showing off: can NFT status symbols drive mainstream adoption?

Yat Siu on why the internet needs a Magna Carta moment

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TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

Society

TED2024: 40 years old and more important than ever

Mochi wants to let you make an AI model with your friends

How a local tech community is jazzing up New Orleans

Where are we going to wear digital fashion?

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

At home in the anti-cool — crypto and the next counterculture

Rewiring Democracy: can society control its tech destiny?

Showing off: can NFT status symbols drive mainstream adoption?

Yat Siu on why the internet needs a Magna Carta moment

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