Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Senate Bill to Boost Chip Production, Advanced Technology Set to Move Ahead (Wall Street Journal)Google fires engineer who said AI tech has feelings (BBC News)Kmart halt use of facial recognition... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – The IT Army of Ukraine- Structure, Tasking and Ecosystem (ETH-Zurich)Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S. (The New York Times)Google Is Sharing Our Data at a Startling... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – How Russia changed its hacking tactics in 2014 (CyberNews)We warned Google that people might believe AI was sentient. Now it’s happening. (Washington Post)SpaceX fires workers who criticized Elon Musk in... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – How People From 1955 Imagined Technology of the Future (Gizmodo)The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life (The Washington Post)Ukraine uses 3D-tech to preserve hundreds of... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Google, Meta and Amazon are on track to absorb more than 50% of all ad money in 2022 (DIGIDay)Facebook Has a Superuser-Supremacy Problem (The Atlantic)Seven ways to protect your child’s privacy... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – Facebook Messenger: The battle over end-to-end encryption (BBC News)Google asks a judge to dismiss Texas antitrust lawsuit about its ad business (TechCrunch)Israel’s Attorney General Sets Up Team to Look Into Police... Continue Reading →
Mondays’ Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The 20 Most Promising Israeli Startups to Follow in 2021 (Haaretz Newspaper)WSJ’s deep dive into eating disorder on TikTok explains a sudden policy change (The Verge)What is the metaverse? (BBC News)Could... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- How Israeli Spy-tech Became Dictators' Weapon of Choice (Haaretz Newspaper)The opportunities that geospatial technology presents for India Inc. (The Economic Times)We don’t yet have the technology needed to reach net zero... Continue Reading →
In the age of Covid19, are Pharma companies diplomatic actors? A Twitter Analysis
Are tech giants diplomatic actors? This question has occupied scholars and commentators for several years. Some have argued that social media companies have obtained a form of digital statehood. Facebook, for instance, displays many trappings of a state including a citizenry, a currency and a diplomatic branch charged with managing relations with offline states. Others... Continue Reading →
Monday’s Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Post-Pandemic Technology Trends. It’s Time To Identify The Friends & the Enemies (Forbes)Google’s Internet Ad Dominance Draws Fresh E.U. Antitrust Inquiry (The New York Times)Can technology help solve the biodiversity crisis?... Continue Reading →