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Open data empowerment

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From bits to atoms

Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?

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The age of genetic information

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Google predicts a rising Chinese internet

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Facebook’s flirt with crypto and blockchain

Will Big Tech companies like Facebook have a role in the crypto landscape?

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Technical hurdles towards the cryptoworld

Arief Hühn outlines possible solutions to the current limitations of the crypto world.

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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer

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The CRISPR’d era

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Fewer staff, more data

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Narrative of Big Tech

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One grid to rule them all

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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy

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Galactic hegemony

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Arbitrary decisions

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The bigger picture economy

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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Technological momentum

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The intelligence of AI

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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?

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Exporting surveillance

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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector

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The selfish ledger

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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Who owns the data of the city?

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Can E-learning bridge Africa’s education gap?

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The medium is (liable for) the message

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The walls of the home are breaking down

The internet is in need of a transition

What the internet can learn from ongoing transitions in energy, mobility and food

Is Open Source AI a sham?

Why leading AI companies are currently engaging in both 'openwashing' and 'closedwashing' practices

The artisan versus the engineer: masters of the universe

What kind of skills should we (not) cultivate for generative AI?

We are the products of technological mediation

What the metaphor of the 'medium' can teach us about AI

The day the artificial became intelligent (is yet to come)

When we started to call intelligence a machine and the machine intelligent

Knit’s Island and the future of the metaverse

An immersive and fascinating documentary about life in a virtual world

The robots among us

About today’s master-slave dynamics with humanoids and chatbots

The age of the machine: emancipation or alienation of the human?

Understanding the role of machines in society

Short-sighted AI regulations miss the big picture

How can we ensure that AI is not only safe but also resonates with our broader norms and values?

Philosophical prompt engineering in an AI-driven world

Why philosophical questioning and the art of posing the right questions becomes more important because of generative AI