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The emergence of big tech mesh networks
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Digital advertising in a post-cookie world
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Non-fungible tokens are all the rage
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Harvest now, decrypt later
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The unique strength of Chinese business alliances
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Democratization of finance
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Crowdsourcing morality for autonomous systems
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The Retroscope 2020
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The 'Brussels effect' on digital legislation
Europe is reinventing its digital Stack by taking the lead in legislation implementation
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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge
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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech
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The geopolitics of rare earth metals
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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy
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Are we sharing enough data?
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Who do we trust in the Stack war?
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The new power of technical standards
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Blurring boundaries with mixed reality toys
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The resistance to the hegemony of the App Store
As emerging tech companies become more influential their relationships with big tech are increasingly strained
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Today’s class of uncontrollable technology
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Cell factories
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Could Europe fix the internet?
Europe aims to restore competitiveness and sovereignty in the digital realm through policies on data-sharing, AI, and open internet.
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In the back end of our cities
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Game engines are revolutionizing filmmaking
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Retroscope 2019: Technological cycle
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When we really become hybrid beings
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Interactive elements in movies and series
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Everybody is a self-tracker
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E-sports on steroids
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The age of digital mega-ecosystems
Digital ecosystems have the potential to address consumer needs, but obstacles still exist in their implementation.
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The future of globalization
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The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life
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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future
Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?
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Sports wearables: When the amateur goes pro
The widespread use of performance-tracking technologies has changed the practice of sports
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Netflix’s Bandersnatch: the beginning of embedded content interfaces
Netflix's interactive film 'Bandersnatch' could set the trend for embedded content interfaces in films and shows.
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Farming in the Anthropocene by improving photosynthesis
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Managing your digital identity
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Volatility in the Tech Stack
A closer look at the fundamental trajectories and interdependent nature of new technologies
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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle
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Open-source software is eating the world
Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.
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The protein folding revolution
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