Technology companies aren’t just stealing your intellectual property – your creative content - they’re making vast profits out of selling it back to you. AI-powered apps like ChatGPT are trained on vast amounts of stolen data. What’s worse, it’s all justified as a public good. They call it “efficient infringement”. So, why are they allowed to get away with it? And what can be done about it? Also, the Living Building Challenge – it’s about building better construction and healthier communities; and a call for greater focus on prevention in dealing with domestic violence.
Understanding tech-facilitated abuse; and problems in space
Food security in a precarious world
Have data breaches become just another cost of business?
Air conditioning: keeping us cool but making the planet hotter
The opportunity costs of corporate welfare
Xenobots - the tiny robots with enormous potential
How ancient trees could help in the fight against climate change
Airships return to the skies and a serious problem that could cripple long-range space travel
The strange case of the trees that grow metal and how to harvest them
eDNA monitoring; 'telehealth' for animals; and using animals as early warning system for disasters
The Digital Self, Web3 and reclaiming your online identity
The real worth of net zero is debateable
Emotional Intelligence and the promise of a better workplace
Algorithmic audiencing, bioluminescent lighting and the virtues of a circular city
A non-proliferation treaty for fossil fuels
Reembracing the spirit of public service
Cities – the hot beds of evolution
Disinformation and propaganda in a time of conflict
The Earth BioGenome Project; the church of women; and what do we really think about facial recognition technology?
The population conundrum
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