Crypto could use a bit of good news these days. It got some last month. Ethereum, the most popular open source crypto platform, appears to have…
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From the monopoly of Big Tech to Space Tech – there is an urgent need to regulate the exploitation of space’s limited resources of the low – Earth orbit
September 2022The possibilities space offers are in my opinion almost endless. The navigation systems in our cars and phones; the weather observation satellites analyzing this summer’s heatwave…
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Digital currencies are binding the world’s economics and financial markets closer together – it’s a brave new world
February 2022The emergence of digital currencies, both private and official, is shaking up domestic and international finance. This will in my opinion yield many benefits but some…
My prediction for 2022 is that the Web3 internet revolution will be most certainly as messy as previous iterations: What does it take to bring about…
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The Entire World Needs a Bill of Rights on AI to Ensure Privacy and Democracy for Decades to Come
November 2021Soon after the US constitution was ratified, the Bill of Rights added specific guarantees on freedom of expression and assembly, and rights to fair trials-aiming to…
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Facebook Under Pressure: A Whistle blower Provides the Needed Evidence to the Senate to finally Request Radical Changes on the Platform
October 2021I clearly remember in Facebook’s early days, its motto was “move fast and break things”. Little did they know at that time that the company would…
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Surveillance Capitalism – Big Tech Must Share Profits With Traditional Media
April 2021Recently Facebook carried out what may have been the single largest content takedown in its history. Any content that looked vaguely like news, even if it…
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Impact of Social Media in the Presidential elections and why Blockchain technology is the key to preserve our democracy
September 2020The political role of social media in American politics was established during the 2008 presidential election. The Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was the first to…
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Report: Impact of Social Media in the Presidential elections and why Blockchain technology is the key to preserve our democracy
September 20201.1 Social media used by political parties in different countries Social media became the most powerful medium of communication. Social media’s growth in the political arena…
Technology by no doubt is transforming the global economy. In particular, eight essential technologies – artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet-of-Thing (IOT), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality…