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Exploitation by tech firms and social media firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

24 Dec 2018 3 minute read

What if social media firms paid us?

Exploitation by tech firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

9 Aug 2018 4 minute read

What should Twitter censor?

Forget shadow banning, we need to talk about holding private censors accountable, argues Jillian York.

7 Aug 2018 5 minute read

Challenging exploitation in the gig economy

Global South workers in the digital platform-enabled gig economy are beginning to organize. Alex J. Wood...

18 Jun 2018 6 minute read

The selfish giants

Laura Basu on how media ownership is getting more concentrated – and what to do about it.

16 Apr 2018 5 minute read

Facebook: the new censor’s office

Social media is usurping the role of the state argues Jillian York.

Blueprint for a better media

31 May 2018 3 minute read

Blueprint for a better media

11 strategies for a better media. Vanessa Baird writes.

18 May 2018 5 minute read

Will new laws tame the tech giants?

Are these new privacy laws the best solution? Mike Morel investigates.

humanitarian drones

31 Mar 2018 3 minute read

Humanitarian drones and other anachronisms

Aid-by-drone, what’s not to like? New tech in the sector brings many problems, Nick Dowson explains.

Three displaced Yemeni girls stand by the shredded remains of their tents in Abs settlement, which is regularly damaged by passing sandstorms.

31 Mar 2018 12 minute read

Who cares? Humanitarianism under threat

Hazel Healy investigates the challenges facing 21st century disaster response.

'NEW FRIGIDAIRE MASTER for families that want maximum storage space...’.From the Ladies’ Home Journal. 1948. Pic: Wyeth, N.C.

8 Feb 2018 29 minute read

The convenience of smart fridges? Think again

A dystopian short story by Pat Cadigan on the future internet of things.

Technology is affecting the way people take part in protest.

10 Jan 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

The revolution will not be iPhoned

Is digital technology leading us astray, asks Rev Billy.

Democracy movement NYC Rolling Rebellion advocates for net neutrality in front of the Time Warner offices in New York City, US.

13 Dec 2017 6 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

‘Don’t break the 21st century nervous system’

Net neutrality repeal pulls the plug on our civic life, says Cory Doctorow.

Robotization dangers: what's the impact of robots on humans?

1 Nov 2017 11 minute read

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The age of disruption

The vision of the future we are fed will leave many of us reeling, writes Dinyar Godrej. For what?

Killer robots

1 Nov 2017 6 minute read

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Killer robots: the race for Autonomous Weapons

Noel Sharkey’s stark warning against the latest arms race.

Automation and basic income.

1 Nov 2017 5 minute read

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Plutocrats and paupers: life after robots

If automation decimates jobs, we need better solutions than these, argues Nick Dowson.

Robots Japan: Aiko Chihira, a humanoid robot that can blink and speak developed by Toshiba Corp, staffs the information desk of a high-end department store in Tokyo.

1 Nov 2017 7 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

Japan: building the future, living in the past?

How Japanese society and robots match up, by Christopher Simons.

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