Stop Worrying About How Much Energy Bitcoin Uses
Bitcoin, and other new technologies – such as data centers, computers and before them trains, planes and automobiles – are often energy-intensive.
Category: Technology
Trust in Digital Technology Will Be the Internet’s Next Frontier
Online information isn’t reliable, whether it is news or search results, and social media is vulnerable to manipulation by hackers or foreign powers.
Facebook Risks Starting a War on Knowledge After Closing Its Doors To Researchers
Facebook is closing its doors to researchers. The latest casualty is the app Netvizz, a research tool used by hundreds of academics.
APPLE’S TRILLION DOLLARS VALUE DOES NOT MEAN IT’S THE BIGGEST COMPANY
Apple became the first U.S. public corporation to achieve a trillion dollars valuation. Does that make it the largest company in the world? Jerry Davis, University of Michigan On Aug. 2 2018, Apple became the
Think Facebook Can Manipulate You? Look Out for Virtual Reality
As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them.
Silicon Valley, From Heart’s Delight to Toxic Wasteland
Silicon Valley’s rise is well documented, but the backlash against its culture and unscrupulous corporations hints at an imminent twist in its fate.
The Media Merger Frenzy and Its Impact on Net Neutrality
Allowing mergers like AT&T and Time Warner will profoundly reshape the American media landscape and may eliminate net neutrality.
PRIVACY SHIELD: THE FRAMEWORK THAT PROTECTS EUROPEAN PERSONAL DATA IN THE US
A privacy discussion is moving toward fruition with less public attention: the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. US$260 billion are at stake.
Video Gamers May Soon Be Paid More Than Top Pro Athletes
The realm of professional sport has been taken by storm by the rise of eSports. These video game events now compete with traditional sports leagues.
An Italian Court Rules That Cell Phone Use Caused Brain Tumor
On April 11th 2017, an Italian court in the northern town of Ivrea has ruled that the brain tumor of Roberto Romeo, diagnosed in 2010, was due to the excessive, work-related cellphone use. The fifty
When Richard Stallman Called Linux Ubuntu a Spyware
Ubuntu has a desktop search feature that sends the search terms to Canonical’s servers. “This already is a spyware” says Richard Stallman.
Who Invented the Telephone?
Antonio Meucci is the true inventor of the telephone, not Alexander Graham Bell. This century-long controversy had finally been settled by the US Congress in 2002. The acknowledgement was the result of the House of Representatives’ vote of the resolution H.RES.269.