Editorial
Inequality recap: women, tech conferences, and objectification
The latest year-end report on gender inequality in tech reveals bias against women continues to be an issue within the workplace – and the technology industry as a whole. Will the 'Boys Club' ever truly be dismantled?
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2024 digital detox guide: Essential tips for wellness and unplugging
In the vast expanse of the digital age, we have become slaves to our devices, leaving us feeling negative and deflated. If you struggle to escape from technology, a digital detox might be in the cards for your future.
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How AI will change the future of mass surveillance
The most worrying aspect of using AI by governments appears in their endeavor to exploit the capabilities of AI to monitor people – unlawfully – on a large scale.
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These five Sci-Fi movies predicted future technologies
Film is the cornerstone of modern society, allowing us to conceptualize unique ideas yet to be realized. Movies like Back to the Future predicted the advent of virtual reality, and films such as Ex Machina warned us of the dangers of AI. But what other movies have predicted 21st-century technologies?
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Streaming in 2024: more content, licenses, bundles, and ads
After a long period of focusing on growth and frustrating consumers with price hikes, the world’s largest streaming platforms seem to have understood that profitability is compatible with more consumer satisfaction.
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Cybernews podcast #20 unpacks 2023's AI odyssey
Cybernews’ podcast "Through a Glass Darkly" is taking a look back at the most significant developments in AI in 2023.
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Decoding destiny: AI's emerging role in predicting life events
Explore the edge of tomorrow, AI's newfound power to predict life events, and the ethical tensions it unveils.
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What to expect when hackers get busted
I was suddenly surrounded by three FBI agents and two State police officers with guns pointed at me, each shouting commands to show my hands and place them on the desk in front of me. They caught me by surprise. I had seconds to come back from my psychological whiplash and obey, feeling their guns pointed at my back from where I stood and knowing that one wrong move could spell death.
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AI's insatiable appetite for data – a feast with a hefty price tag
Generative AI tools are demanding ever more data, but that comes at a monetary, environmental, and societal cost.
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Facebook and the fight for #opchildsafety
When the news broke on Wednesday, December 6th, that Facebook (Meta) and its offshoot Instagram were finally being served with a lawsuit for steering children to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and toward predators, those of us who work in #OpChildSafety cheered.
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Decentralized services heat up competition in the VPN market
The birth of Bitcoin (BTC) and its underlying blockchain technology has accelerated the expansion of decentralization beyond the realms of money and finance.
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Innovation or regulation? Nations take contrasting paths in AI race
Tech and AI companies are fond of grumbling about regulation, which supposedly stifles innovation. They seemingly want to let the chips fall where they may. However, both guidelines and guardrails need to be provided, most experts agree.
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Hybrid working trends for 2024
As the Covid pandemic faded into the background, there was fevered debate about whether the remote work that dominated the pandemic era would be rolled back.
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Will being intimate with AI make you insecure?
Digital intimacy or ‘artificial intimacy’ will open a can of digital worms if we let our guard down. Can we feel safe under the watchful eye of AI?
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Why bother to match on Tinder when you could date AI?
Gambling with our neurochemistry is reaching new heights, with dating apps now providing the opportunity to date an AI. I tried an AI dating simulator, only to find out that digital men are even weirder than real ones.
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Apple's Journal app: a breakthrough in digital diary-keeping or a privacy concern?
In the bustling arena of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), amidst the unveiling of iOS 17's myriad new features, the Journal app emerged as a standout announcement.
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“Data Baby” book review: navigating a life under surveillance
Sussanah Breslin, the subject of a psychological experiment for over 30 years, has stories that just might send shivers down your spine.
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Nothing to see here: Big Tech is funding academic research on Big Tech
If Joan Donovan – a misinformation expert who says she was pushed out of Harvard after Meta donated half a billion dollars to the university – is right, buying silence in academia really is possible. The trend is troubling.
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India’s on fast track to tech superpower status
Nvidia hailing India as a “global tech superpower” raised many eyebrows, given the country’s history of superstitious beliefs and caste discrimination. Yet the progress is real, and India still has much untapped potential that could see it justify its ambition to become a top-three global economy ahead of Germany and Japan.
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Female VCs face major disadvantage: the reality of gender washing in venture capital
Exploring the harsh reality of 'gender washing' in the venture capital industry. We unveil how systemic biases and superficial diversity claims continue to perpetuate a significant funding and power disparity for female VCs and entrepreneurs, underscoring the urgent need for genuine inclusivity and equitable practices.
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