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Analysis: Why the Decline of High Street Retail Could Have Troubling Consequences for Our Freedom

Alan Bradshaw

Coronavirus is killing the high street, further accelerating us into a world of big data and algorithm-mediated shopping. Alan Bradshaw argues the shift could have dangerous political implications, allowing corporations to structure and rationalise our lives in previously unimagined ways.

Are You Gonna Go Huawei? 5G and the Rise of AI Nationalism

James Meadway

The recent row over the future of 5G in Britain has shone a spotlight on Huawei, and it's no coincidence questions concerning technology are underpinning the US-China trade dispute. James Meadway explains what debates over 5G and artificial intelligence ought to tell us about the state of global capitalism.

Novara FM: A New Dark Age?

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.

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