London’s fight against pollution, with the spread of Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ) throughout the capital, is being met, as in other cities, with strong opposition with a tendency to not play fair. On August 29 this year, London’s Mayor, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, expanded the ULEZ to all 32 London…

I have long been fascinated by the unintended effects of innovation: every time a context changes, the different actors involved tend to reorganize their roles and how they adapt to change, sometimes prompting expected responses, sometimes unforeseen ones. The advent of streaming in music, and Spotify in particular, provides a…

Germany’s decision to close its last nuclear plants in April, in contrast to pro-nuclear France, highlights “the other problem” of nuclear energy: not only is it neither renewable nor clean, it’s very dangerous (there have been several hushed up incidents; while a single reactor creates up to 30 tons of…

There were few surprises at the first AI Insight Forum organized by Senator Chuck Schumer in the US Congress, brining together big names from the tech industry such as Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Alex Karp, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Eric Schmidt and others, in addition to representatives of…

The car industry’s historic leaders are now beginning to realize that having delayed the inevitable evolution towards electric vehicles, some of them now face financial problems that are threatening their very future. For the first time in its 88-year history, the United Auto Workers is bringing out the combined workforce…

A report by AccessNow shows that there were up to 80 prolonged Internet service outages around the world caused by governments between January and May 2023, a very worrying number that shows how more and more countries are opting for this method to try to resolve their internal conflicts. Highly…

In technology, and this is something we know all too well, things evolve very quickly, and practically always in the same direction. However, this does not prevent many people from resisting change, a response that has more to do with atavistic fears than by rationality. Last week I spent some…

Incorporating technology into education has always been a challenge. This article, which I am afraid is going to be long, tries to reflect on the current situation and in my personal context, that of higher education. Older readers will remember the discussions generated by the use of pocket calculators, Google…

Once again, the U.S. Copyright Office has refused to register an image because it was originally generated by an algorithm, despite the fact that its author, throughout a creative process starting with Midjourney, had subjected it to numerous revisions and had edited it significantly using Photoshop. It’s AI: but is it art? In the image, Théâtre D’opéra Spatial, a creation by designer Jason M. Allen using the AI art generator Midjourney…medium.com