CCTV: A View on Surveillance From Britain
British citizens may be the most visually surveilled people in the West, with an estimated one camera for every ten people. Critical awareness may slowly be dawning, but will it make any difference?
British citizens may be the most visually surveilled people in the West, with an estimated one camera for every ten people. Critical awareness may slowly be dawning, but will it make any difference?
After years of arguably no benefits and known risks to antibiotic resistance, antibacterial soap is finally pulled from the shelves.
Cost pressures are pushing doctors and hospitals to explore automating healthcare in various ways. Results thus far are mixed.
France recently passed legislation that’s being billed as a “right to be offline.” What’s behind it, and can we learn something from the French conception of work/life boundaries?
Artificial intelligence is often portrayed in fiction as having consciousness. In reality, making AI self-aware may not be useful. Unfortunately, that doesn’t preclude things from going horribly wrong.
Online search has already been framing the way we look at the world. Now it’s starting to anticipate what we’re looking for.