Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The U.S. and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyberweapons.
Continue readingWhy Google Is Facing Serious Accusations of Monopoly Practices
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Google-Alphabet (Alphabet is Google’s parent company) on October 20 for a range of anti-competitive practices using its monopoly power in the search market.
Continue readingFacebook’s Business Model Thrives on the Virality of Hate
We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age
Continue reading‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
Musk and his company are willing to risk Bolivia’s democracy to get lithium, a key ingredient for batteries.
Continue readingU.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons
The U.S. continues to pour its money into military technology and its political energy into defense strategies against what it perceives as threats to its global hegemony from China and Russia—even during a pandemic.
Continue readingElon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium
The billionaire is leading the scramble for Bolivia’s lithium resources under a coup government.
Continue readingThe Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This
The two largest sources of indium — an important component of an LCD screen — can be found in Canada and in Bolivia.
Continue readingIBM vs. Google and the Race to Quantum Supremacy
Though IBM contests Google’s claim, it concedes that it passed an important milestone; for the science of computing, that is all that matters.
Continue readingIt’s Only a Matter of Time Before Quantum Computers Start Solving Real-World Problems
Google’s Sycamore 53-qubit quantum machine has opened the doors to a new era of computing.
Continue readingBig Tech ‘Nudges’ Our Behavior for Its Own Greed: Here’s a 4-Step Social Media Self-Defense Class
The surveillance industry sees us as little more than raw materials.
Continue readingHow Cheap Drones Are Shifting the Strategic Balance in West Asia
Mobile phone technology has revolutionized drone war.
Continue readingBig Data’s Threat to Elections and Democracy Is Quickly Becoming a Global Problem
A film on Cambridge Analytica’s role in Trump’s election in 2016 has brought attention to broader issues.
Continue readingWhy Trump Caved to China and Huawei
The trade war and the tussle over high technology are not simply unwinnable, their effects on the U.S. economy could prevent a second Trump term.
Continue readingFacebucks Are the Last Thing the World Needs
Facebook’s newest cryptocurrency platform, Libra, is more dangerous than it is practical.
Continue readingMind Control: How Social Media Supercharged the Propaganda System
“Manufacturing Consent” predicted how a privately owned free press could function as a propaganda system
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