If I seem to be dedicating a lot of space to Elon Musk and Twitter it’s because I think that the changes he is about to make to the platform will have major repercussions: Twitter is one of the world’s most important communication media, and Musk is one of the…

In the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on Friday, the media has been awash with rumors and warnings that neo-Nazis, racists, anti-Semites and all kinds of groups given to hate speech, harassment, insults and barbarities left, would flock to the newly “freed” social network. So far, Musk has…

On February 3, Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, saw its share price collapse, losing $232 billion, establishing a record for the biggest daily drop in stock market history. The bigger they come… Meta shares fell by more than 20% on Wednesday, wiping more than $240 billion off the value of the company after it…medium.com The drop was newsworthy for its sheer volume, but many analysts interpreted it in the context of the company’s many…

A study just released by the World Meteorological Organization puts atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, at 149%, 262% and 124% respectively over pre-industrial levels, their highest level ever. …

The news of the day has to be Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, which has seen the immediate dismissal of several of its senior executives, including its CEO, Parag Agrawal. What are we going to see in the coming days or weeks? Obviously, a lot of changes: Musk is not a…

Among the trends highlighted out by Gartner in its ten strategic technology trends for 2023 — a kind of crystal ball that the consulting firm claims to have and that nobody knows if it detects things or generates them — is the idea of a digital immune system, along the…

An Associated Press (AP) story yesterday, “Japan steps up push to get public buy-in to digital IDs”, echoed the many conversations I have had across time with my Japanese students and my own experience: why is the digital transformation so slow in a country where consumer electronics are so popular…

In the image, Théâtre D’opéra Spatial, a creation by designer Jason M. Allen using the AI art generator Midjourney, which has sparked controversy after he recently won an art competition. Regardless of the designer’s qualifications or the artistry of the image created, it seems clear that as tools change and…

Elon Musk has been called to the White House to talk to President Biden about a plan to provide Iranians with uncensored access to the Internet via Starlink antennas, in an attempt to boost activism and rebellion in the country triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini last September. As…