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Interview with Laura Wildemann KaneLaura Wildemann Kane is an assistant professor in Philosophy at Worcester State University, as well as a faculty fellow for the […]

In this article, Samuel Matlack reflects on socio-cultural commentary from Jacques Ellul on contemporary technological society. Despite the title and subtitle, Matlack doesn’t actually address how one is set […]

In this article from “The Guardian,” Mark Keierleber discusses the disturbing presence of surveillance in schools. This surveillance was introduced to monitor students either going maskless or wearing masks […]

In this article, Nick Chavez–a mechanical engineer–reflects on the role engineers have in rendering workers non-experts as more expertise is transferred to the machine that gets used. Something that once had […]

This article covers some of the exciting developments in surfing technology: surfboards with propellers; a pump that generates surfable waves; and a watch that helps prevent shark attacks. Read more in […]

In this article, David Lumb talks about how Ukrainians are staying in touch with each other, as well as informing the world, using cell phones. Ukrainians can lose Wi-Fi access from bombings or connectivity being […]

This article discusses what is being done in light of Russia cracking down on and arresting those protesting the war against Ukraine. Individuals have taken to posting information in ‘code’ that can be discerned […]

This article provides a brief introduction to the work Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace, by Ryan Ellis and Yuan Stevens. Their report is about the hackers hired to find […]

An alternative to pink & blue: Colors for gender data

This article discusses how gender data is colored, as news rooms and other presenters of such data move away from the stereotypical pink (for women) […]

Claire Woodcock’s recent article (link below) discusses the importance of archiving digital cultural information during times of war, particularly when cyber warfare is being waged against the nation right […]

In an unnerving article, “I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move,” Kashmir Hill describes the advanced, and affordable, technology available to individuals to track or r […]

In this fascinating article from Wired, Aarian Marshall explains how the complexity of computer systems in cars has now resulted in thorny legal issues about intellectual property–the rights of car companies to […]

In this timely article, Amanda Besar, Jennifer Li, and Valentina Vera Quiroz–writing for the Institute for Rebooting Social Media–re-cap the discussions from workshops dedicated to analyzing the interactions […]

Check out these upcoming Digital Humanities workshops and institutes, on myriad fascinating topics and hosted by various universities and institutions!

1. NYC Digital Humanities Week– February 7-11, 2022

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The MS Program in Data Analysis and Visualization and the Mina Rees Library invite you to attend a talk this week by data artist Jer Thorpe.

Living in Data
Jer Thorp
September 22, 6:30pm-8pm
Register on […]

Lessons from the DRI – Coding & Communication: Knowing What We Say Rather than What We Mean The GC Digital Research Institute (DRI) educates in more ways even than advertised. GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI), the program that […]

Robert McNamara is remembered as JFK’s and LBJ’s secretary of defense, who was a primary motivator in escalating the Vietnam War. What is less known about McNamara–as discussed in this recent MIT Technology […]

This article from MIT discusses a new paper from University of Waterloo (Ontario), in which researchers suggest that there may be a way to trim down on the number of examples needed to jump-start an AI model. […]

This article from The New Yorker dives into the longstanding content moderation troubles at Facebook. At heart is the difficulty of balancing a platform that values “free speech,” on the one hand, with […]