The existence of “likes” on social media may not be beneficial. Its inventors, of course, had the good in mind. The ability of users to express their (positive) taste; or, …
The insomnia of the mine
We can not verify the accuracy of this table. But it has a value. It shows that what in everyday life is meant as “personal” and “unique” is simply a …
Consumer mores
An easy, fast and “pleasant” way to get acquainted with biometric data is to employ it for consumption. There is already a past in changing simple daily practices, such as …
Behind the tweets, the hyenas yawn
… The senior Twitter executive with editorial responsibility for the Middle East is also a part-time officer in the British Army’s psychological warfare unit. Gordon MacMillan, who joined the social …
What the moment holds
Is it useless information what “happens” in a minute, every minute, in cyberspace with the current 4G capabilities? Maybe. What the cyborg magazine (out of peculiarity, obviously) sees on this …
Track down the irresponsible!
The (electronic) social credit system works in china! For those who do not know, it is something like a platform where not only government agencies but also citizens assess each …
Sex Machines
Could machines be the object of sexual attraction? Do not rush to answer with an ironic “no”. When talking about “erotic machines” one should not be limited to the robotic …
do electric whales dream of death?
The “blue whale”, if we believe the etymology of the moral panic it caused, was an online challenge game for teenagers, in which the goal for the “players” was to …
the archaeology of cyberspace: the cry of Pandora
The cyberspace did not leap fully armed from the head of the informatics Leviathan. It was constructed, developed, and infiltrated every field of human activity in a methodical and by …
Social responsibility
Who would disagree? If you have a pet and you don’t take care of it, you’re an unworthy “owner”. In distant e-China this is not idle talk. Every dog owner …
Homo Sapiens in the age of insignificance…
Human: a subspecies of Homo sapiens. It belongs to the genus Homo, of the family Hominidae, of the superfamily Hominoidea, in the order Primates. It is related to apes (especially …
The digitization of begging
What prospect does a beggar have in a society that makes extensive use of digital communication media? It is a question you would never ask yourself; yet it crossed the …