Getting to the bottom of Nintendo’s copyright issue
If you’re an enjoyer of Nintendo videogames, you might recognise the image shown above: significant percentages of your favourite game-related YouTube playlists deleted overnight by Nintendo....
Continue reading...Trust issues and partisan education
In a polarized society, science communicators must overcome partisanship. Facts are not enough, and educated people are skilled in finding data that conforms their world view.
It is necessary to push the debate to a place where facts can be represented and considered without threatening any one group’s values.
The seven colours of hacking
We all heard stories or news about someone’s computer or network being hacked. What I did not know was that there are seven types of hackers...
Continue reading...How can video games contribute to human-friendly architecture?
Have you ever had the wish to be more included in the creation of the built environment around you? I’m sure most of you played the...
Continue reading...Is Google Listening?
Have you ever wondered if it was a coincidence when you were cultivating an idea, and sharing it in a brief conversation, a related advertisement later...
Continue reading...Your first mobile phone
Free Speech: Hate & Art & Politics – and what does the Oversight Board say
Lately, I have been spending time thinking about how to draw lines to distinguish offensive remarks and symbols as hate speech or in contexts of art...
Continue reading...AI Dolls Playing the Role of Caretakers to South Korean Elderly
The future of collecting music in the purest form
We may have seen NFT in the form of digital visual arts which are being sold at an exorbitant price. Some people joined the market out...
Continue reading...Clip-who? Looking back on Microsoft’s best worst Office Assistant
Spurred by this week’s prompt being “what is an early memory of digital technology”, I took a deep dive in my childhood. Suddenly I remembered an...
Continue reading...Casualness and Depth in Video Games
moondog becomes digital lumbung
The installation of a huge dog sculpture at documenta fifteen raises questions of the processes of digitising sites of cultural heritage. Moondog was built as part...
Continue reading...Living the most undignified life in a high-tech world
The “low-life” in cyberpunk not merely means material hardship, but more of a spiritual bullying: contempt for human self-esteem. According to Wikipedia, low-life people are those...
Continue reading...The Early Days of Youtube without any restrictions
The makings of AI – from an algorithm to a sentient being?
To many, algorithms and Artificial Intelligence are just simple terms used in the tech and internet world, having little to no actual meaning. The main difference...
Continue reading...Memes from the East: A Look Into Japanese Meme Culture
Memes have become a big part of our society. While they used to be simple funny distractions you’d occasionally send to your friends, they are nowadays...
Continue reading...POAPs, fun collectibles or just another method of tracking your every move?
During my most recent shift at NXT museum, I noticed a new display, titled “POAPs, discover and collect free NFTs around the exhibition.” Of course, I...
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