Technology
Spider Legs Build Webs without the Brain’s Help – Providing a Model for Future Robot Limbs
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
AI Is Killing Choice and Chance – Which Means Changing What It Means to Be Human
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
Facebook Is the New Stasi
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
Is Australia a Sitting Duck for Ransomware Attacks? Yes, and the Danger Has Been Growing for 30 Years
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
Digital Exclusion and New Zealand’s Tech Future
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
Part 1: Why You Need to Get GETTR
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Trump Announces He’s Suing Facebook, Twitter for Censorship
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Meet Rumble, Canada’s New ‘Free Speech’ Platform — and Its Impact on the Fight against Online Misinformation
Fizza Kulvi McMaster University Fizza Kulvi is a doctoral candidate specializing in communications policy and law at McMaster University. She is interested in the societal impacts of new media technologies and devising regulatory frameworks to ensure that these technologies remain in the interest of the public. On June 23, the
Grammarly vs. Prowritingaid Review: Which One Is Better?
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It’s Not Just Bad Behaviour – Why Social Media Design Makes It Hard to Have Constructive Disagreements Online
Amanda Baughan University of Washington Amanda Baughan is a doctoral student at the University of Washington, studying human-computer interaction. Her research focuses on online conflicts, using human-centered design and computational social science methods. Good-faith disagreements are a normal part of society and building strong relationships. Yet it’s difficult to
Why We Still Don’t Have Self-Driving Cars on the Roads in 2021
Francesco Biondi University of Windsor Francesco is an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the Human Systems Lab, a cross-disciplinary research team measuring and modeling human interaction with transportation and manufacturing systems. He also consults on research and legal cases issues involving driver distraction, multitasking, and
An Expert on Search and Rescue Robots Explains the Technologies Used in Disasters like the Florida Condo Collapse
Robin R. Murphy Texas A&M University Robin R. Murphy is the Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and Vice-President of the not-for-profit Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. Her primary research is in artificial intelligence for mobile robots as applied to