The unseen rudeness of WhatsApp and Telegram users
Actions that people would NEVER do in a non-digital world are today built into the tools they depend on every day.
Facebook and Google supporting Wikipedia. How NOT cool is that?
For-profit corporations funding the only source of information for millions of people that they still don’t control? What could possibly go wrong?
Is Wi-Fi "harmful"? No idea, but please discuss it in the right way
An paper published this year argues that Wi-Fi is harmful, in spite of previous studies claiming the contrary. Even if it is wrong, there is ONE sentence in that paper that EVERYBODY, scientist or not, should read and remember.
Guess who may be testing new payment systems in India
Two months ago I signalled that little or no regulation may leave a powerful company free to not only lock up emerging markets in Asia, but also to control, in the same areas, new payment systems or distribution of information over mobile phones. That was two months ago.
How a tuna from Fiji confirmed my "blockchain for food" doubts
I only saw today a post published a few weeks ago, titled “Following a Tuna from Fiji to Brooklyn—on the Blockchain”.
Dating app scandal from India proves that you DO HAVE something to hide. Yes, YOU
The popular dating app Tinder was caught charging its users as much as three times more for the same service, depending on the ages of those users. What does this mean?