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bigtechtopia February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 AI, Big Tech, digital rights, smart cities

How Big Tech maintains its dominance

As Big Tech deepens its dominance into new public domains, major issues arise around fundamental rights, democracy and justice. by

Features Important reading Technology

bigtechtopia December 20, 2019June 25, 2020 5G, IoT, smart cities

We have no reason to believe 5G is safe

by Joel M. Moskowitz, Scientific American The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the

Big Tech Features Politics

bigtechtopia October 9, 2019April 18, 2020 5G, China, facebook, google, huawei, smart cities

Smart Cities: Convenience at the expense of liberty

From sustainable living, reduced traffic, faster connectivity and stringent security among other appealing possibilities, the solutions that smart cities promise

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bigtechtopia June 7, 2019December 12, 2022 Canada, google, smart cities, surveillance capitalism, Toronto

Big Tech investor urges Toronto to abandon smart city development

American venture capitalist Roger McNamee, an early investor in big tech companies including Google and Facebook, urged Toronto officials this week to

Big Tech Features

bigtechtopia July 18, 2018May 1, 2020 AI, artificial intelligence, bitcoin, blockchain, IoT, smart cities

Blockchain, self-sovereign identity, and selling off humanity

It’s time activists began to develop a working knowledge of Blockchain and self-sovereign digital identity, because these are the mechanisms