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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "technology"

Instant Sex: Has the Digital Age Destroyed Relationships or Made Them Better?

Instant Sex: Has the Digital Age Destroyed Relationships or Made Them Better?

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.

U.S. Lacks Tech Talent for Cyber Defense: Study

Agence France Presse July 22, 2009.
"Our federal government will be unable to combat these threats without a more coordinated, sustained effort to increase cybersecurity expertise in the federal workforce," the authors wrote.

"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains

David Bollier, On the Commons. June 30, 2009.
The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.

Forget Tech for a Sec, How Will the Arts Help the Obama Administration?

Forget Tech for a Sec, How Will the Arts Help the Obama Administration?

Sarah Ingersoll, Meaningful Media AlterNet: PEEK. May 13, 2009.
Everyone focuses on the role of technology and new media in the Obama Administration, but what about culture?

Lonely in an Electronic Wilderness:

Lonely in an Electronic Wilderness: "The Great Emotional Sickness of Our Era"

Handan T. Satiroglu, The Wip. April 13, 2009.
iPods and Blackberries offer instant access to a virtual world, but are technological gadgets keeping people apart and breaking down society?

Why Do Obama and Newt Gingrich Both Want $19 Billion for Health Technology?

Why Do Obama and Newt Gingrich Both Want $19 Billion for Health Technology?

Charley Richardson, Labor Notes. March 11, 2009.
Many politicians fall for the allure of simplistic technical solutions to a complex social problem. But technology is rarely the answer.

Attack of the Killer Robots: Pentagon Plans to Deploy Autonomous Robots in War Zones

Attack of the Killer Robots: Pentagon Plans to Deploy Autonomous Robots in War Zones

Eric Stoner, In These Times. February 18, 2009.
The Pentagon's dream of a techno army will -- and should -- fail.

What's the Matter with Teen Sexting?

What's the Matter with Teen Sexting?

Judith Levine, The American Prospect. February 7, 2009.
Sex and predatory adults are not the biggest dangers teenagers face online. Their main risk is garden-variety kid-on-kid meanness.

When Technology Fails: How to Survive the Long Emergency

When Technology Fails: How to Survive the Long Emergency

Brianne Goodspeed, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 30, 2009.
Finally, a book for the millions of people who realize that making the shift to sustainability is a matter of economic and ecological survival.

What Your Sex Life Will Be Like in 2009

What Your Sex Life Will Be Like in 2009

Michael Alvear, Huffington Post. January 16, 2009.
Good news: You'll be having more sex, seeing more sex and paying less for it.

Obama Picks Fan of Net Neutrality to Head FCC

Obama Picks Fan of Net Neutrality to Head FCC

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. January 13, 2009.
The news is out that Obama intends to nominate his technology adviser, Julius Genachowski to head the FCC.

Is Someone in China Reading Your E-mails?

Is Someone in China Reading Your E-mails?

Maura Moynihan, AlterNet. January 12, 2009.
China has a vast intelligence-gathering operation of Chinese citizens recruited to spy on and hack into U.S. computers.

The GOP and Technology = Water and Oil

The GOP and Technology = Water and Oil

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 6, 2009.
It's just awkward (and funny) to listen to Republican leaders talk about how hip they are to the tools the kids are using on the tubes.

CNN Screws the Pooch: Cancels Science, Space and Technology Section

CNN Screws the Pooch: Cancels Science, Space and Technology Section

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 5, 2008.
Who needs good science coverage, after all, since nothing important happens in that area.

Bioethics: Advice for the Next President

Bioethics: Advice for the Next President

Bernard Lo, M.D., Science Progress. November 10, 2008.
The president and the nation need expert, thoughtful, balanced advice on difficult bioethical issues.

Be a Hero: Protect the Vote With Just Your Camera Phone

Be a Hero: Protect the Vote With Just Your Camera Phone

Staff, The Uptake AlterNet: PEEK. October 31, 2008.
Here's how you can add your phone to our network of eyes and ears across the country now through Election Day, in just 15 minutes.

Obama vs. McCain: Where Would the Election Be without Net Neutrality? -- Media & Technology Voter Guide

Obama vs. McCain: Where Would the Election Be without Net Neutrality? -- Media & Technology Voter Guide

AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
A look at how Obama and McCain compare on everything from net neutrality to the digital TV transition.

The Do-It-Yourself Economy

The Do-It-Yourself Economy

Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. July 18, 2008.
We plan our own pensions and assemble our own cheap furniture. I pray the Internet ad for a do-it-yourself eye surgery kit is a hoax.

My Last Column

My Last Column

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. July 2, 2008.
After 9 long years, it's time to move on. One final thought: don't ever stop ruthlessly criticizing everything that exists.

Excessive Surveillance Helps Criminals

Excessive Surveillance Helps Criminals

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 17, 2008.
Crimefighters paralyzed by information overload.

New Washing Machine Uses Just a Cup of Water

New Washing Machine Uses Just a Cup of Water

Martin Hickman, Independent UK. June 10, 2008.
This machine could save billions of liters of water a year and be on the market in 2009.

China Surpasses U.S. in Technological Prowess

China Surpasses U.S. in Technological Prowess

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 26, 2008.
Did we outsource our edge?

How Human Rights Groups and

How Human Rights Groups and "Hacktivists" Are Using Internet Technology to Buck State Censors

Jayati Vora, AlterNet. May 23, 2008.
More and more voices from around the globe are finding a place on the Internet -- even in countries where Web filters and censorship are the norm.

How Do We Fight Corporate Control of the Internet?

How Do We Fight Corporate Control of the Internet?

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. May 22, 2008.
We need to organize and actively make things uncomfortable for the companies trying to regulate our use of online technologies.

Disruptive Party Building: From a Straw to a Funnel

Disruptive Party Building: From a Straw to a Funnel

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. May 15, 2008.
TV is still the dominant force in campaigns, but that's beginning to change.