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Poisoning the fruit tree by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on pelicancrossing.net on February 19, 2016 “Why would Apple take this to court?” a TV researcher asked me on Wednesday.…
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Virtual Futures Salon – Neurostimulation – “You seriously thought that evolution would upgrade the brain?”
In this edition of the Virtual Futures Salon we were introduced to Neurostimulation and the different new ways in which we are…
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Recapping what came out of EmpowerHack London 2015
by: Kristin Mathiesen Originally published on EmpowerHack blog Two months ago, 40 people turned up, almost 90% of them women, to take…
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The power of us by Wendy Grossman
In her new memoir, Life on the Road, the long-serving equity feminist and campaigner Gloria Steinem writes that decades of campaigning have taught…
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Reclaim AI – Back-To-The-Humans? – what did we learn?
“Artificial intelligence, robots and strange things” was how Wendy Grossman, a technology journalist and the author of ‘Net.wars’, opened up the last…
Read More » Unreal humans
By Wendy Grossman (originally posted on net.wars on August 21, 2015) Over there, the BBC’s Bill Thompson has a glowing review of the TV series Humans. The…
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The Snooper’s Charter is back
After being repeatedly repelled during the last coalition government, the Communications Data Bill, also known as the Snooper’s Charter, is back to…
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Radical Data report – What did we learn?
Have you ever found yourself targeted by an over-intrusive marketing company in relation to a private life event you thought was kind…
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Is it time for Digital Citizenship?
Digital Citizenship: From Liberal Privilege to Democratic Emancipation ‘Government founded … on a system of universal peace, on the indefeasible hereditary Rights…
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