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The unassailable power of Big Tech is the subject of economist and professor Rob Larson’s latest book, Bit Tyrants. In this wide-ranging interview, Canadian Dimension spoke with Larson to discuss the anticompetitive practices of the world’s biggest tech corporations, renewed pressure to rein them in, and his vision for a transparent, publicly-controlled and socialized internet.

Join us to take a look at one of the most influential computer scientists of all time, Lynn Conway, to analyze her legacy.

Great links, images and reading for 23 July 2023

Bite from that suffolk d.a., you heard him on fox and friends this morning, but in the press conference he talked a little bit about rex trying to watch the cops. listen here. >> in a 14-month period he had over 200 searches pertaining to the gilgo investigation. not only was he looking at investigative insight, he was looking, trying to figure out how is the task force using cell phones to try to figure out whats happening? >> so, did he have an advantage or did he ultimately put himself in jeo...

Existing AI technology is far from being able to decide on and then plan out the goals and subordinate goals necessary for dangerous results.

As the city of Mountain View prepares to increase the number of spots at the Shoreline safe parking lot by more than 50%, program participants still need a place to park their commuter vehicles.

Profit or the Wild West? Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the internet, made a choice we’re still feeling. This is the story of how the internet was invented.

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Discover what surprises await in CHM's release of the Xerox PARC file system archive.

InfoWorld interviews Grady Booch, chief scientist for software engineering at IBM Research (who is also a pioneer in design patterns, agile methods, and one of the creators of UML). Heres some of the highlights: Q: Let me begin by asking something "of the moment." There has been an almost cult...