Amnesty International's director Kumi Naidoo spoke at Web Summit 2019 about the "surveillance industrial complex" and what we should think about when we talk about "breaking up Big Tech."
We're in the golden age of algorithmic recommendations, of artificial intelligence dictating which books and films we are exposed to. And this is having profound consequences, killing serendipity and spontaneity.
American whistleblower Edward Snowden at Web Summit 2019: "But data isn't harmless. It is not data that is being exploited. It is people that are being exploited."
The cult of productivity and the relentless drive to appear popular on Instagram... what are they doing to us as human beings? Have we forgotten how to be human?
This past week I've come across a plethora of fascinating articles on technology's impact on our society – from surveillance capitalism, to potentially unethical practices by Facebook that took advantage…
Yesterday I came across an online video that made my jaw drop. A young woman, with a fresh, unadorned face, is looking straight at her smartphone's camera. Her face looks…
"Digital devices are highly relevant in today’s fast-paced world, but it’s a whole different thing once it starts to cause problems in our lives. But moderation is key. While it’s…
"Melinda Gates's children don't have smartphones and only use a computer in the kitchen. Her husband Bill spends hours in his office reading books while everyone else is refreshing their…
"Any moment of life becomes a kind of popularity bargaining chip, to show that either you spend money, or you have cool friends... you have to make it look like…