Where else? In the algorithmic prison. Companies and governments use information about us in a new—and uniquely insidious—way. By exploiting massive data files, most of it harvested from the internet, …
Cells with horns
Excuse me: with antennas… Researchers never stop! The above, from MIT, built an antenna so microscopic (along with its equipment) that it fits inside a cell. And they boast: an …
Technological metaphysics (a note on “artificial intelligence”)
The ChatGPT app gained 100,000,000 (100 million) active users in just two months from its release: it is a world record for the speed at which a technological application has …
Clothes complete the perceptions
The suit in the above photograph looks like diving equipment. No: it is advertised as the essential accessory for the enjoyable entrance into the “metaverse”. With 90 sensors/electrodes it ensures …
YOU SHALL NOT pass…
FuelPass, PowerPass, and soon FoodPass. Citizens of western societies seem to gradually have to get used to the idea that from now on they will need to chase the next …
There are some spare change….
I see this is the job China is doing… If you want to monitor every transaction, you can only do this through a central bank digital currency… If you want …
Make me a summary
Amazon has long been notorious for its harsh anti-union practices and the working conditions that prevail in its warehouses. Its latest achievement? According to an internal company document that leaked, …
Long live the making of forgery!
Whether you like this kind of pop or not, the fact itself is significant: the famous Swedish ABBA made a live comeback – just like “back then”! – in London. …
Flying old bangers
The technology of flying, autonomous, electric vehicles is ready or almost ready. And here, as in many other sectors, Chinese capitalism has the lead: after years of testing, Chinese-made “flying …
Salvation is beneficial…
Some of you might remember it as one of the two Japanese companies that manufactured photographic film. It is Fujifilm (the other one was Kodak). This imaging technology has been …
Organic computers
How would you feel if some part of your computer’s or phone’s processor was… hmmmm… in some sense “alive”? Scientific fantasy? Or perhaps the spread of fake news? In the …
The prophetic capitalism!
The famous Mr. Gates, considered the “most powerful doctor in the world,” we never regarded as anything more than a “press spokesperson” for general capital, especially for companies related to …