This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities Alongside the significant drop in Crown digital support, the refusal of the Government to invest further in the Ultra Fast broadband rollout and constant attacks on the cyber border of New Zealand, a nation with more
It’s said that reliable fusion power is always just ten years away. It’s certainly been just around the corner ever since I was a spotty little Herbert starting high school. It’s the same story with the end of the world: for as long as I can remember,
Noah Wardrip-Fruin University of California, Santa Cruz Noah Wardrip-Fruin is the author of How Pac-Man Eats (2020) and a Professor of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He co-directs the Expressive Intelligence Studio, a technical and cultural research group, with Michael Mateas. Before Pong there was Computer
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
Michelle Wheeler particle.scitech.org.au Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle.
Siraj Ahmed Shaikh Giedre Sabaliauskaite Coventry University Siraj Ahmed is a Professor of Systems Security at the Centre for Mobility and Transport at Coventry University. His main research interest lies in systems security, essentially at the intersection of cyber security, systems engineering and traditional computer science. Giedre is an Associate
Kelli Ballard libertynation.com National Correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Kelli Ballard is an author, editor, and publisher. Her writing interests span many genres including a former crime/government reporter, fiction novelist, and playwright. Originally a Central California girl, Kelli now resides in the Seattle area. There was a bit of
David Tuffley Griffith University Dr. David Tuffley is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity at Griffith University in Australia. David’s expertise is in the ethics of technology, in particular Artificial Intelligence, and managing data breaches in the cybersecurity domain. Suddenly and inexplicably, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and
Damning whistleblower testimony followed by an epic outage, all along with a multibillion-dollar loss: it’s almost enough to make me feel a bit sorry for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Almost. First the outage: outages are the spectre that haunts every online company. Internet downtime is effectively a “closed” sign
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose Mandelburg is a Connecticut native with a background in ballet, media, and communications. Graduate from Liberty University class of ’21 It’s Week Five of MRC’s newest video series, CensorTrack with TR. This week, we talked about how Big Tech firms often shut down
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. A new Texas law regulating social media content moderation may prove to be riding off into the sunset, after being challenged by a new lawsuit. In September, Governor Greg Abbott signed
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a graduate of Christendom
Ruth Ingram mercatornet.com Ruth Ingram is a researcher who has written extensively for the Central Asia-Caucasus publication, Institute of War and Peace Reporting, the Guardian Weekly newspaper, The Diplomat, and other publications. An Orwellian surveillance that surpasses even the evils of North Korea and the Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia
