Tagged “big tech”

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Theses on Techno-Optimism Seen in No.177 — Jun 13, 2021
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How the Cult of Bill Gates Is Leading Us Towards a Climate Disaster Seen in No.173 — May 16, 2021
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No.172 Asides Seen in No.172 — May 09, 2021
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Democracy, Sovereignty, Technology, and so Called Canada Seen in No.170 — Apr 25, 2021
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No.165 Asides Seen in No.165 — Mar 21, 2021
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The Algorithmic Auditing Trap Seen in No.165 — Mar 21, 2021
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All These Worlds Are Yours Seen in No.165 — Mar 21, 2021
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You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype Seen in No.163 — Mar 07, 2021
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The Conscience of Silicon Valley Seen in No.139 — Aug 30, 2020
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Facebook Is Out of Control. If It Were a Country It Would Be North Korea Seen in No.134 — Jul 12, 2020
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The Loss Of Public Goods To Big Tech Seen in No.133 — Jul 05, 2020
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Defund the Police, but Don’t Replace It With Surveillance Tech Seen in No.132 — Jun 28, 2020
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The Tech ‘Solutions’ for Coronavirus Take the Surveillance State to the Next Level Seen in No.122 — May 19, 2020
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AI Is An Ideology, Not A Technology Seen in No.119 — Mar 29, 2020
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Cory Doctorow Explains Attack Surface, His Next Sci-Fi Novel Seen in No.117 — Mar 15, 2020
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Progress, Postmodernism and the Tech Backlash Seen in No.116 — Mar 08, 2020
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No.109 Asides Seen in No.109 — Jan 19, 2020
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The Internet of Creation Disappeared. Now We Have the Internet of Surveillance and Control Seen in No.99 — Oct 20, 2019
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To Decarbonize We Must Decomputerize: Why We Need a Luddite Revolution Seen in No.95 — Sep 22, 2019
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Why Do Tech Companies File so Many Weird Patents? Seen in No.91 — Aug 25, 2019
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How Politicians and Scholars Turned Against Big Tech Seen in No.83 — Jun 09, 2019
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Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry Seen in No.81 — May 26, 2019
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Don’t Let Industry Write the Rules for AI Seen in No.79 — May 12, 2019
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No.76 Asides Seen in No.76 — Apr 21, 2019
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The Future of Undersea Internet Cables: Are Big Tech Companies Forming a Cartel? Seen in No.75 — Apr 14, 2019
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Silicon Valley Isn’t Just a Technostate Seen in No.71 — Mar 17, 2019
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The Left Needs to Get Radical on Big Tech – Moderate Solutions Won’t Cut It Seen in No.70 — Mar 10, 2019
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Why AI Is a Threat to Democracy—and What We Can Do to Stop It Seen in No.69 — Mar 03, 2019
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Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism Seen in No.64 — Jan 27, 2019
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Our Car-Free Future Will Be Blocked by Comcast Tactics Seen in No.59 — Dec 02, 2018
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Borderless Seen in No.55 — Nov 04, 2018
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‘Tech Tax’ Necessary to Avoid Dystopia, Says Leading Economist Seen in No.54 — Oct 28, 2018
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No.54 Asides Seen in No.54 — Oct 28, 2018
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Apple’s Tim Cook Makes Blistering Attack on the ‘Data Industrial Complex’ Seen in No.54 — Oct 28, 2018
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The Powerhouses of the Internet Are Turning Hostile to Websites Seen in No.52 — Oct 07, 2018
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News Site to Investigate Big Tech, Helped by Craigslist Founder Seen in No.51 — Sep 30, 2018