A look at Newsom’s recent record in California – from attacks on the working class to his subservience to wealth – show why he’s so popular among the forces that run the Democratic Party.
Read more...Users expect online services to be free but some digital firms are now offering pay-or-consent options, affecting competition dynamics.
Read more...The commercial push is raising tension between scientists seeking new genetic links, and entrepreneurs seeking profit.
Read more...Some sightings on the “your smartphone is a spy” front.
Read more...Some initial observations about Hamas’ surprise strikes into Israel.
Read more...Reaching not-necessarily-sound conclusions from turning a supposed lie-detecting AI on CEO earnings calls and analyst ratings.
Read more...US surveillance firm Fusus wants to bring supposed state of the art ‘real-time crime centres’ to the UK – with one being trialled this month
Read more...It isn’t AI displace jobs. That’s the result of capitalists giving priority to profits, versus say product or workplace improvement.
Read more...Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Read more...Has a chunk of the German electorate suddenly discovered their inner fascist?
Read more...The word transparency is being defined in an effort to further prevent citizens from demanding it of governments, NGOs, and major companies.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis’ forthcoming book examines our changed economic system, which he callls “technofeudalism.”
Read more...Oh frabjous day! RFK, Jr. has lobbed a very big bomb at the heart of the censorship apparatus.
Read more...Some links from Thomas Neuburger loosely related to the theme of the Fourth of July. Be sure to check ou the one on WhatsApp.
Read more...Edward Snowden describes how surveillace tools have become more powerful in the past decade
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