New York Times, 05 September 2024
Swedish public health authorities recommended this week that children under the age of 2 should not use any digital media, as parents, pediatricians and governments struggle to respond to the challenges of today’s tech-soaked world.
Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 06 September 2024
Artificial intelligence lives on power and water, fed to it in vast quantities by data centres around the world. And those centres are increasingly located in the global south.
Bloomberg, 31 August 2024
Strava's growing appeal reflects a surge in affinity-based platforms — like Letterboxd for movie buffs and GoodReads for book lovers — that provide a refuge from social-media giants, while offering other businesses a new way to target consumers.
The Daily Telegraph, 03 September 2024
Swedish health authorities set out screen time guidelines amid concerns over impact of technology on children.
Rest of World, 30 August 2024
The local gig workers’ union defends the practice, which Uber forbids, as a form of peaceful pushback against low earnings.
Business Insider, 28 August 2024
Donald Trump has been posting memes that appear to be AI-generated on Truth Social. Trump's willingness to share AI-generated content without clear labels could confuse some people.
MIT Technology Review, 03 September 2024
And the focus on AI is distracting us from some deeper and longer-lasting threats to democracy.
TIME, 28 August 2024
A new paper shows that GPUs are highly concentrated in only 30 countries in the world, with the U.S. and China far out ahead. Much of the world lies in what the authors call “Compute Deserts:” areas where there are no GPUs for hire at all.
Los Angeles Times, 19 August 2024
A run on Nintendo Switches and Sony PlayStations during the pandemic had the unintended consequence of allowing researchers to test whether gaming causes changes in the mental well-being of players.
Handelsblatt, 19 August 2024
Millions of self-proclaimed AI trainers can be found on LinkedIn. However, it's clear that not all of them offer valuable training. Here's how to identify the good ones.
Handelsblatt, 09 August 2024
Investors are starting to doubt the major AI companies.
Tech Policy Press, 20 August 2024
Recent legislative proposals and executive actions on AI risk entangling the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in politically charged decisions, potentially calling the organization’s neutrality into question.
