Having discussed the issue of closed/open source code and without illusions regarding the technical solutions to the technological issues posed by the information age, we are publishing a translation of …
general data protection regulation: a digital habeas corpus?
much more than you think… “The goal of this new regulation is to give citizens back control over their personal data and to simplify the relevant regulatory environment for businesses. …
the spectrum of control: a social theory for the smart city
What is a “smart city”? The sum of various “smart” devices and applications? Or the technological shaping of a large-scale unified and controllable “shell” for social relations, which composes technology …
the invasion of killer robots
A microscopic quadcopter with a diameter of just three centimeters can carry one to two grams of explosive material. You can easily order as many as you want from various …
the mutations died; long live the mutations!!
The industry that has covered more than 1.81 million square kilometers of the planet’s arable land with genetically modified crops is at the center of a massive change. The improved …
after the internet: cloud computing, big data and internet of things
introduction On March 12, 2014, Google invited the world to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the internet, which was born, in the company’s view, when the first browser was released. …
data: the new “raw material”
you can’t get lost In the house where I grew up, the forest reached right up to our back door. Many summer mornings I would run out and get lost …
about paradigm shift… again
Saying that capitalist relations of production and consumption are dominant, essentially across the entire planet by now, constitutes a truism. This is an obvious observation, at least for those who …
cern: the giant microscope
It is said that the large industrial exhibitions that moved through European and American cities from the middle of the 19th century onwards were, among other things (or perhaps primarily), …
social neuroscience: pills for socially sensitive at opportunity cost
the brain: the new big trick The engagement, to an obsessive degree, with the human (and not only) genome within technoscientific laboratories around the world is rather well known. And …
Terminator and Blade Runner: building cyborgs and humans
Making Cyborgs, Making Humans – Of terminators and blade runners by Forest Pyle is a chapter from the book The Cybercultures Reader (2000, Routledge editions), and we have included its …
