Eva Bartlett rt.com Eva Bartlett is a Canadian independent journalist and activist. She has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Palestine (where she lived for nearly four years). Follow her on Twitter @EvaKBartlett It’s one thing to have
Stefanie Ullmann University of Cambridge Stefanie Ullmann is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project Giving Voice to Digital Democracies: The Social Impact of Artificially Intelligent Communications Technology, funded by the Humanities and Social Change International Foundation. Have you ever wondered what flirting with artificial intelligence would look like? Research
Paul Haskell-Dowland Edith Cowan University Nikolai Hampton 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. Paul has delivered keynotes, invited presentations, workshops, professional development/training and seminars across the world
rt.com The UK government has been accused of adding to the “confusion and frequent misuse” of assisted driving technology after its transport department green-lit the use of self-driving cars offering hands-free capability on motorways. By year’s end, vehicles with automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS) will
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
Bishakh Rout McGill University Currently pursuing a PhD degree in chemical engineering, Bishakh Rout has worked in the contact lens industry before. His research revolves around developing plasma polymer films that can be used to improve wearing comfort of contact lenses as well as to improve properties of hydrogels for
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. Facebook has penalized The Babylon Bee after the site posted a story making fun
National started looking at it a few years ago, Phil Twyford worked on it in 2019 and Michael Wood has been continuing the work to date. It seems that everyone is trying to figure out how to keep the cash flowing from the long-suffering cash-cow, the motorist. Stuff
The saying that “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise” might have a less-than-stellar pedigree, but that doesn’t make it untrue. The phrase originated, not with Voltaire as popularly supposed, but with genuine white nationalist Kevin Strom. Still,
George Orwell’s prophecies are coming true. Little by little our freedoms are being eroded by technology and by a government willing to use that technology to track your every movement: Currently, electric vehicles are exempt from road-user charges, and do not pay fuel tax. If that exemption were
lens.monash.edu Face-recognition technology means that any of us could be identified whenever we walk past a CCTV camera at train stations, busy intersections, shopping malls or airports. Our location can also be tracked via our smartphones, and our interests and social circle can be discovered via our
Matthew Hutson knowablemagazine.org Matthew Hutson is a freelance science writer in New York City who writes for the New Yorker, Science, Scientific American and other publications. He’s the author of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking. 1.27.2021 Five years ago, on a flight to Norway, Stanford
John Michael Innes Faps Adjunct Professor University of South Australia Ben W. Morrison Maps Senior Lecturer Organisational Psychology Macquarie University psychlopaedia.org Psychology and other “helping professions” such as counselling and social work are often regarded as quintessentially human domains. Unlike workers in manual or routine jobs, psychologists generally see
Jesse Rogerson York University, Canada Jesse is an Assistant Professor at York University where he teaches Astronomy and Planetary Science. He is an avid science communicator and educator; you’ll often find him on social media nerding out on something super cool in space. History has been made on Mars:
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Jesus is King Today Apple announced that they would be allowing Establishment Oligarch-owned Parler back on the Apple App Store. This comes after Parler ousted their pro-free speech CEO and Founder John Matze, who claims that his 40% stake in the company was
