The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet. By Benjamin Peters. M.I.T. Press, 2016, 312 pages. Reviewed by Loren Graham. … Read More

The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet. By Benjamin Peters. M.I.T. Press, 2016, 312 pages. Reviewed by Loren Graham. … Read More
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The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible. — Ray… Read More
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The robot Bina48 is funny, and melancholy, and at times, uncannily profound. Like a human, she is complicated and contradictory,… Read More
A rugged male Metro Toronto police officer stares down a female protester outside the Toronto G-20 meetings in 2010. She… Read More
When Cecilia Abadie — a Google Glass “explorer” testing out the new device — received the first ever traffic ticket… Read More
Each year, thousands of film buffs gather at the Sundance International Film Festival in Park City, UT, U.S.A., to see… Read More
By Ahmed S. Khan. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2012. Reviewed by Karl D. Stephan Anyone who doesn’t know… Read More
By W. Bernard Carlson, Princeton University Press, 2013, 520 pages. Reviewed by Eric P. Wenaas. W. Bernard Carlson points… Read More
Technological innovation over the past century has revolutionized our society’s ability to solve problems. A byproduct of this movement is… Read More
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This article is a summary report on the Eighth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security Series. This year’s… Read More
A set of technologies, loosely referred to as “artificial agents,” is becoming more pervasive and more powerful in the current… Read More
The advent of the information revolution has led to the digitalization of society, affecting virtually all of its concerns. The… Read More
The objective of this study is to examine the intercontinental movement of highly cited researchers (HCRs) in the field of… Read More
In June 2013, Edward Snowden burst onto the world media scene. He had worked as a contractor for the U.S…. Read More
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By David E. Nye. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 2013, 338 pages Reviewed by David Wunsch If I asked you to… Read More
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future. By Martin Ford. Basic Books, 2015, 224 pp…. Read More