There’s Nothing Neutral About This
The UK government’s social media ban consultation. Participation in the consultation may still matter, if only to register dissent within a process that is already narrowing its own field of view.
Technology
AI Is the New Green
It’s history repeating itself and the reason is exactly the same – businesses seeing an opportunity to make more of a buck. But at least it makes a difference from seeing rainbow stickers everywhere.
Your Writing May Be an Indication of Alzheimer’s Disease
The new research may not be relevant for younger generations.
NBN: Never Been Necessary
Every now and then an act of government incompetence and waste is so egregious that it’s enough to wake the beast within.
This Is Building for the 19th Century
The City Rail Link is a $5.5 billion monument to backward thinking.
Can Police Search Every Phone in a Crowd?
Rutherford urges Supreme Court to block police uses of dragnet cell phone surveillance.
New Vehicles in the US To Be Equipped With a Kill Switch
We don’t want our vehicles to be surveillance machines. Enough is enough. If we don’t take a stand now, they will just keep pushing the envelope. Liberty is such a precious thing. Once it is gone, it can be so difficult to get it back.
He Wrote an Op-Ed, Then Police Tracked Him
A legal case in Kansas shows how surveillance technology can distort policing priorities. When authorities can monitor anyone cheaply, the temptation to target critics increases.
Small Nuclear Is Advancing Rapidly
Undoubtedly, in the nuclear power world, the future is not what it used to be.
Has Bitcoin’s Moment Now Arrived?
The use of alternative payment methods during periods of conflict is not new. But the direction is becoming clearer. When trust erodes, systems do not collapse overnight, they morph and adapt. Quietly at first and then all at once.
Inside the Deceptive World of AI
The evisceration of our capacity to use language – to think – will be a problem. Farrow and Marantz refer to it once. They say AI will likely cause “human enfeeblement”. Yes.
The ‘Moral Imperative’ Behind the Rescues
Where does the moral imperative of ‘no one is left behind’ come from?
Biotech Cannot Be Allowed a Right to Secrecy
They are still refusing to publicly acknowledge the extent of adverse effects. Like the Kentucky lottery winner, many benefited from a pandemic financial windfall, but having started down the GE medicine trail they are unable to change tack even though the risks are now known.
Lithium Fire Is No Joke
The fire risk of electric vehicles and battery plants is all too real. We are unprepared.