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Hacks Hackers Austin: Post SXSW/NICAR Meetup

The gang from the Hacks Hackers Austin group got together with the Online News Association local on March 31 to discuss trends that emerged from the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) and SXSW Interactive conferences. And, it was just a great excuse to get everyone together for some social interaction. Meeting at the Butterfly Bar at the Vortex, the conversation included talk of data, sensors and wearables and technology skills needed to succeed in journalism.

Stay tuned for upcoming meetups in the near future!

How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself

And what this might mean for news publishers Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite their own platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that seemed

How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself

And what this might mean for news publishers Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite an entirely new platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that

Building tools for journalism and civic information by prototyping with open source AI

Updates from the open source AI hackathon More than 100 journalists, coders, and product designers spent a weekend together in New York earlier in April to participate in the first of a series of hackathons convened designed to push the limits of the technology for journalism. To kick off the

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