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#Cyberculture agenda: “A history of the tech worker uprising
A history of the tech worker uprising Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Tech-sector workers have enormous market-power: companies find it easier to raise cash than to use it to hire qualified developers. Twitter’s ‘Russia-Iran’ troll... Read more
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Cyberpunk (1990) [Full documentary in high quality]
Cyberpunk: a 1990 documentary featuring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, and Brenda Laurel In other news: Some important technical (and skeptical) notes about the Chinese-backdoored-servers story Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow / Yesterday,... Read more
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Why leather? “We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its new leather laptop
I like my HP Spectre laptop a lot. But I guess there is no need to kill cows for leathery version… We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its... Read more
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Google Search is at 20 -#Cyberculture agenda…
I know Google is hated by many but i so love and rely on its products at the moment. From Drive to Photos to Google Trips… I got really pissed off... Read more
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It looks like the EU has terrible regulation plans on copyright issues… #Europe agenda.
Not In Our Name: Why European Creators Should Oppose the EU’s Proposal To Limit Linking and Censor The Internet EFF.org Updates by Cory Doctorow The European Copyright Directive vote is in three... Read more
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One good and one bad news from #Europe: #OpenAccess victory on the one hand and a terrible copyright proposal on the other…
European countries to end paywalls for publicly funded scientific studies Stories – WikiTribune by Charles Turner / Major national funders of scientific research announced that by 2020 they’ll stop financing studies published... Read more
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The Guardian video: “Building a crypto-utopia in Puerto Rico (#Cyberculture agenda)
News Flash: Cryptocurrency vs Blockchain: the bubble deflated,and the blockchain to shift toward practical use Stories – WikiTribune by VINCENT SMITH After a slight increase in the token value, wide... Read more
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Happy belated birthday! “The Pirate Bay Turns 15 Years Old
The Pirate Bay Turns 15 Years Old TorrentFreak by Ernesto / Todayish, The Pirate Bay turns 15 years old, which is quite an achievement considering the immense legal pressure it has faced... Read more
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Quoted in the CPJ report: “How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time
How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time By Ahmed Zidan/CPJ Digital Manager On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman, tweeted about the... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it
Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A new report from the Institute For the Future on “state-sponsored trolling” documents the rise and rise... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “EU fines Google a record $5 billion for Android antitrust violations – Trade wars?
EU fines Google a record $5 billion for Android antitrust violations The Purple Box by Bjoern Greif The European Commission ordered Google to pay a $5 billion antitrust fine for exploiting its dominant market... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups” AND PEW report on Digital Activism…
These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups Boing Boing by Andrea James In the current acquisition binge around artificial intelligence, tech behemoths with deep pockets lead the way, including Google,... Read more
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#cyberculture agenda: “A Cooperative Vision for Open Access… “The “upset girlfriend” in famous meme…
Let’s Do This Together: A Cooperative Vision for Open Access anthro{dendum} by Marcel LaFlamme, Dominic Boyer, Kirsten Bell, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Christopher Kelty, and John Willinsky Over the past two weeks, public... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda:”An Irish band’s tribute to Aaron Swartz…
An Irish band’s tribute to Aaron Swartz Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Brian writes, “I play in band in Dublin, Ireland. In January 2017 we released an album called ‘Long Gone’ and... Read more
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In case you need, “Alternatives to Google products” – #Cyberculture roundup…
Alternatives to Google products Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Restore Privacy collects alternatives to Google products: “It’s been fun Google, but it’s time to say goodbye.” And it’s not just Firefox, DuckDuckGo and Tutanota; privacy-oriented options include NextCloud for... Read more
