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The 2024 Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute analyzes shifts in news consumption, rising concerns about fake content, and the impact of video networks like YouTube and TikTok.

Peter Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" discusses programming as a knowledge-building activity, emphasizing the importance of tacit knowledge, collaboration, and effective documentation in developing and maintaining software systems.

The text critiques common marketing assumptions, emphasizing that most consumers lack strong relationships with brands and suggesting that marketing efforts should focus on engaging a broader audience rather than nurturing fan loyalty.

The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The document analyzes rapid growth and transformative trends in artificial intelligence, highlighting unprecedented user adoption, technological advances, global competition, enterprise AI integration, and associated benefits and risks shaping the future.

The text explores the language of flowers, detailing their symbolic meanings, sentiments they represent, and poetic expressions, offering insights into how flowers convey emotions and thoughts throughout history.

The report explores using design fictions to creatively engage politicians and community groups in envisioning future policy implications, particularly regarding ageing in place and isolation, through collaborative workshops.

This document reviews design solutions and approaches for enhancing collocated social interaction with technology, identifying key research problems and gaps in knowledge.