Africa at the digital crossroads: Why Ghana must lead a sovereign AI future
Ghana has made significant strides forward in advancing a digital agenda, but much has been at the expense of its own sovereignty, relying on Western companies and infrastructure
The global economic benefit from the genocide of Palestinians
The recent report by UN rapporteur revealed the web of global corporations that prop up and profit from Israel’s genocidal policies against the Palestinian people
Tiktok ban signed into law
Funding package signed by Biden that will ban Tiktok and provide USD 95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
Tech workers are joining the Palestine solidarity movement in leading coast-to-coast sit ins at Google offices across the country
Google fires engineer for standing up for Palestine
Google continues troubling pattern of retaliation against employees for organizing in the workplace and against genocide
Will India be able to deal with Google’s adtech monopoly?
Indian media houses and publishers are losing revenue due to Google’s monopoly. The present competition regime in India, along with the Digital Competition Act, seems inadequate to address the issue
Uruguayan environmentalists blame agribusiness and government for current water crisis
Environmentalists have argued that the water crisis facing the Montevideo metropolitan area is not only a consequence of the drought caused by climate change, but also of the excessive use of water by agro-industrial activities
El miedo a la IA es exagerado, y he aquí por qué
Los modelos de IA no tienen ningún nivel de comprensión similar al humano, pero son geniales para engañar a la gente haciéndoles creer que son inteligentes repitiendo como loros el vasto corpus de texto que han ingerido.
The Startup bubble: How it works | With Aunindyo Chakravarty
Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty analyzes the tech startup bubble and explains how these start-ups raise money, and why it the sector remains one of the last avenues for finance capital to engage in speculation
The chatbot that is dangerously good
ChatGPT has generated a great deal of excitement as well as fears of redundancy of certain professions. However, it is vital to look at who is funding and developing this technology, who it will benefit, and who will get left out
A movement to expose role of big tech companies in promoting Israeli occupation and apartheid
Hundreds of tech employees have been protesting against Google and Amazon signing a deal with the Israeli government to develop artificial intelligence tools under the so-called Nimbus project which will be used to trace and control Palestinian movements
Daily Round-up | UN appeals for aid for flooded Pakistan & other stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stories of the Pakistan floods, the rescue of migrants from the Mediterranean, concerns over the health of a Palestinian prisoner, and a walkout from tech companies over their ties with Israel






