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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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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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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector
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Exporting surveillance
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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?
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The intelligence of AI
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Technological momentum
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Bullshit jobs in the digital age
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The bigger picture economy
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Arbitrary decisions
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Europe's innovation horizon
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Galactic hegemony
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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy
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One grid to rule them all
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Narrative of Big Tech
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Shadow power in the global technological arms race
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Fewer staff, more data
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The CRISPR’d era
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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer
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The shaky rise of digital gambling
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The selfish ledger
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Who owns the data of the city?
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The API Economy
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Building memory in the information age
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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge
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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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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech
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Are we sharing enough data?
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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy
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The geopolitics of rare earth metals
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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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