NHS Trust Spent Millions on Controversial ‘Spy Camera’ Tech Despite Damning Internal Report
Harriet Williamson
Transparency was lacking ‘from the start’.
Tag: technology
Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI
Harriet Williamson
‘Our mental states have become a risk score.’
What’s Next for AI Now It’s Ingested the Entire Internet?
Richard Hames meets Marek Poliks
From climate politics to creating art, there’s still much to be decided about the future that AI portends, says Disintegrator co-host Marek Poliks.
The Dune Films Are the Most Important of the 2020s. But Not for the Reasons You Think
Aaron Bastani
Technology isn't destiny.
I Just Had a Daughter. But Being a Centrist Dad Never Made Less Sense
Aaron Bastani
Dire economic circumstances are pushing millennial parents left, not right.
Palestinians Are Having Their Bank Accounts Frozen. Their Banks Won’t Explain Why
Sebastian Shehadi
‘There’s no hope of escaping the Israeli bombs without my money.’
Trip 35: The Internet
What happened to the dream of free and open communication? The ACFM crew log on.
Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Creative Workers Too
Aaron Bastani
White collar creatives presumed they were immune from automation. They were wrong.
The US Is Cheating to Stop China Achieving Tech-Supremacy
Aaron Bastani
Beijing was winning. So Washington changed the rules.
The Most Pointless Twitter Discourses Of 2022
Moya Lothian-McLean
Honestly, I don’t care if you’re a nepo baby.
Maybe Twitter Should Die?
Moya Lothian-McLean
We’d lose the memes - but also the moral panics.
Israel is Losing the Misinformation War
Hamza Yusuf
The state is losing the battle to mislead.
Trip 24: Technology
Is technology a fundamental aspect of being human? On this wide-ranging Trip, the gang take on one of their biggest topics yet.
Microdose: Women and Technology With Katrine Marçal
Why did it take 5,000 years to put wheels on a suitcase? Nadia Idle meets feminist historian Katrine Marçal.
Do I Think About Rape Too Much?
Why are women more afraid of violence from strangers on the street when – statistically speaking – home is the place where they’re most unsafe? Ash Sarkar takes a look at how rational fears are used to justify irrational policy decisions, and what we miss when we talk about ‘rape culture’.
At Last, the Gaming Industry Is Unionising
OS Warren
This could transform big tech as we know it.
Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea
James Meadway
Say goodbye to the 1% of your life still free from surveillance.
Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived
Sophie K Rosa
As if shopping wasn't already stressful enough.