AI is disrupting education. But despite what the headlines (and some ChatGPT horror stories) might suggest, South African teachers aren’t being replaced — they’re…
Does democracy die when governments are enemies of the internet?
In recent months much attention has been drawn to the Indian government’s cracking down on ISPs in an attempt to disrupt the flow of…
Dealing with Big Data: the ‘thin slice’ concept
It has been said that “the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time”, and this rings true for Big…
Art in the age of digital reproduction: liberating or cheapening?
Walter Benjamin famously wrote in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction that “even the most perfect reproduction of a work…
Has TED become a place for useless technobabble and ‘meme laundering’?
TED (the Technology Entertainment and Design conference) has expanded its brand across the globe over the past two years, with hundreds of local TEDx…
