In Orwell’s 1984, the telescreen is a device which not only blasts non-stop propaganda, it allows the Party to monitor its members, all day, every day. For instance, when Winston Smith fails to join in the prescribed exercises properly, the instructor’s voice blares from the screen: “6079 Smith
Colin Thompson streetfoodguy.com Colin Thomson is living proof that the Soviet Union lives forever. He drives a Lada. The most prominent reason for why the food industry across the world is growing at an exponential rate is technology. Technology is getting cheaper, and devices are getting smaller, and more
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Today’s multi-country condemnation of cyber-attacks by Chinese state-sponsored agencies was a sign of increasing frustration at recent behaviour. But it also masks the real
Joanne Nova cfact.org A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. It turns out
Since Labour has been in Government New Zealand’s cybersecurity ranking has taken a serious hit, National’s Digital Economy & Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. The recently released United Nations ITU Global Cybersecurity Index shows New Zealand’s ranking plunging from 19 in 2017 down to 48 in 2021.
Fritz Vollrath University of Oxford Currently, my main research interests cover silks and animal decision-making. By studying silks my group and I help to unravel a class of materials that are highly adapted to the many uses they perform. Spider silks are rather special and very interesting because of their
Nir Eisikovits Dan Feldman University of Massachusetts Boston Nir Eisikovits, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, University of Massachusetts Boston Dan Feldman, Senior Research Fellow, Applied Ethics Center, University of Massachusetts Boston The history of humans’ use of technology has always been a history of coevolution. Philosophers
One of the great triumphs – for all the wrong reasons – of the Communist East German government was its massive spy network. It’s estimated that one in six East Germans was an informer for the feared Stasi secret police. The peculiar achievement of the Stasi was that so many of
Paul Haskell-Dowland Andrew Woodward Edith Cowan University Associate Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Associate Dean for Computing and Security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Professor Andrew Woodward is the Executive Dean of the School of Science, which includes the two major discipline groupings of
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities This month the Citizens Advice Bureau and a cross-section of the New Zealand community from around New Zealand arrived at the steps of Parliament to deliver a Petition calling on the Government to sort out digital
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