By Cory Doctorow / 07.01.2016 A very good piece by Tom Simonite in the MIT Technology Review...
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“Free speech rules don’t apply to Silicon Valley,” observes a civil liberties advocacy group. (Photo: Ian Higgins/flickr/cc)...
With our attention diverted, we’re no longer in the moment. ‘Concert’ via www.shutterstock.com By Rebecca Macmillan PhD...
Is this happening to us? And is it good? Assembly line illustration from shutterstock.com By Dr. Jonathan...
Production line of coffee cups. Source: CC0 Public Domain By Audrey Boucher-Genesse Applications Engineer I was once...
Same news, different medium? Elvin By Dr. David Levy (left) and Dr. Damian Radcliffe (right) /...
ThinkStock Smart houses may usher in a leisurely world for some and more work for others By...
Like many parents, Sandy is concerned about how much time her 18-month-old spends in front of screens....
Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (1868), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. By Dr. Ricky J....
Optical elements of the experimental setup allowing to obtain visible-spectrum laser pulses as short as 10 femtoseconds....
Ethical robots in our future? Source: Meddygarnet/Flickr/CC By Dr. Benjamin Kuipers Professor of Computer Science and Engineering...
(NOTE: Image not included in original article.) By Dr. Shawn Graham Professor or Historical Methods Carleton University...
Nothing of what William’s subjects had in life escaped the Domesday Book. Today, more covertly, those in...
A new draft bill lays the groundwork for an autonomous RuNet. Image from Wikipedia By Tetyana Lokot...
Don’t neglect to unplug and be actually alone. Woman on beach via shutterstock.com By Dr. Scott Campbell...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 05.19.2016 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief I stepped out for a bit this afternoon to...
theodysseyonline.com By Dr. Anthony McCosker Professor of Media and Communications Swinburne University of Technology Social Media+Society 1(2),...
Police tap into social media to do their job. Carlo Allegri/Reuters By Dr. James Toscano Vice President...
Coloured engraving from Joseph Racknitz’s 1789 pamphlet which attempted to reveal the secret workings of William Kempelen’s...
Today’s storytellers show that each of us can be part of something more powerful, diverse, and creative...
Discussions among the students of UC Berkeley Anthro 136e Summer 2011 course at El Presidio de San...
Creative Commons By Sheila A. Brennan and T. Mills Kelly Professors of History and Art History...
From Kavita Iyer at TechWorm / 03.02.2016: Scientists at HRL Information and System Sciences Laboratory in California...
From Drake Baer at Business Insider: In popular culture, certain countries are stereotypically associated with certain products...
TU Delft Ambulance Drone Ever since I watched the exceptional 2013 TED talk by Raffaello D’Andrea on...
I have a big article forthcoming on the future of public transit. I believe that with...
Oh those were the days. I’ll keep my first computer experiences to myself to avoid being seen...
Apps are becoming a larger part of the health care landscape — one-fifth of smartphone users had...
From Jamie Condliffe at Gizmodo, “The Justice Department has announced that it wants to overturn a ruling...
What is really being asked? There has been much speculation regarding what the FBI is asking Apple...