The recordings of all three of our Capitalism v Digital Technology series that took place at SPACE4 are now up on the Futures Podcast site: futurespodcast.net. Big thanks to all who took part! Dr. Fieke Jansen Dr. Corinne Cath-Speth Josh | The Blockchain Socialist ⬛🟥⬛ Jeremy Gilbert Alex Williams

New email signature just dropped

It’s true. Signal is a better way to communicate, with everyone.

To celebrate William Shakespeare's 460th birthday, here are his 46 best (and strangest) insults:

Tune in tomorrow to hear directly from the fired Google workers about what happened on Apr 16. Tomorrow at 11am pt / 2pm et.

No Tech For Apartheid with Haymarket Books

youtube.com/watch?v=LLiWHO…

'Tech companies are shopping for nuclear power to run new data centers'

eenews.net/articles/tech-…

Extremely important research.

It's not possible to understand the state of BigTech, or its pathologies at the moment, without understanding these companies' transformation into defense contractors, in addition to their central role as surveillance providers to the state. 👇

PSA: Don't let any Google docs setting be: 'Anyone on the internet with the link can view', they're scraping these docs for AI.

Academics: “Turning From the Critical Turn: A New Approach to Critically Unpacking the Critique - a Critical Appraisal”

Normal humans:

The The Tor Project just published an insightful report on how Israel's defense and surveillance industry, which is marketed as 'field-proven' on Palestinians, exports to the rest of the world and threatens privacy and human rights everywhere.

Here are some examples 🧵⬇️

Our book 'How the Internet Really Works' is now also out in French!

editions-eyrolles.com/Livre/97824160…

catnip.article19.org

and for the real nerds, a copy of the book will be put on micro film and be added to Github's Arctic Vault library: github.com/github/archive…

Looking for a great job in the AI // tech justice space? Well, here are TWO openings at the heavy-hitting AI Now.

1: Ops Director to grow the org with care and precision
2: Associate Director to help shape and execute policy programming

Harvard and the Shorenstein Center will not allow me to continue my research because they are holding on to my intellectual property and technical infrastructure.

Despite this, you can still read the finished case studies here:

mediamanipulation.org

😅

📢Job alert! We are looking for a Researcher (EU Public Policy) to design, deliver, and support our research into the impacts of AI and data on people and society.

Apply by 7 May⬇️
adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/researcher…

🚨One of my fav papers got accepted
Chrome is the most used browser and gateway to the web—but how does it make money? Is it neutral? Studying 100s of technical+legal docs, we argue that Google uses it systematically to reinforce its market #power .

ssrn.com/abstract=47807…

.Mozilla is seeking experienced experts and activists from around the world who work at the intersection of technology and society and are passionate about change. Registration deadline: April 17, 2024. Deadline to submit full application: May 6, 2024. foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fun…