It Isn’t News, It’s Just Sand
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Gabriel Hongsdusit
Visual Designer
Gabriel Hongsdusit is the visual designer at The Markup. Previously, he was the design and visuals editor at Reveal, where he was responsible for the overall design and visual direction of the newsroom, which included illustrations, editorial design, product design, photo editing, and data graphics. Before that, he was the design apprentice for the Institute for Nonprofit News.
Gabe graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and Mandarin Chinese. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
How Certain Algorithms to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
18th-century German forest management explains why government websites make you want to pull your hair out
Still Loading
What It’s Like Living With Limited Access to Internet in the Black Rural South
Across the rural South, about 38% of Black households don’t have home internet, a higher percentage than White people in the same region and the national average
Hello World
On Conflict and Connection
Mirna El Helbawi’s eSIM campaign, in her own words
Machine Learning
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None
A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, including homework trackers, test-taking software, and even license plate readers
Languages of Misinformation
Meet the Vietnamese Grandmother Fighting Misinformation One YouTube Video at a Time
“I don't think the Vietnamese people in the U.S. get enough credible news. And I don't know how to help them get credible news, except that I do the best I can with my videos.”
Hello World
Meet Nightshade—A Tool Empowering Artists to Fight Back Against AI
A newly released research paper outlines a tool artists can use to make their work act like “poison” if it is ingested by an AI image generator
News
‘Let Me Tell Them Goodbye Before They Get Killed’: How eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families
As blackouts in Gaza cut communications, a crowdsourced effort by an Egyptian writer reconnects family members, one eSIM card at a time
Hello World
I Went to the Real ‘Cop Con.’ Here’s The Tech Police Are Testing.
Nearly 700 vendors showcased police tech from tracking devices disguised as Newport cigarettes to window-breaking drones
News
The Tech at ‘Cop Con’: Cigarette Carton Trackers, VR for School Shootings, and ‘Peacekeeper Batons’
The International Association of Chiefs of Police brings police leadership and tech vendors together at its annual conference, where clear trends about the future of law enforcement emerged
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