Podcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
… This is where real power lies, and there are ways to imagine it differently, as serving the people who use these utilities instead of big tech execs. …
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How the Internet Became Hell (with Whitney Phillips)
… Religion, Media, and Politics . …
Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna)
… They’re the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want. Dr. Alex Hanna is a writer and sociologist of technology, labor, and politics. …
Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters
… In Texas, a 6,000 acre datacenter plans to consume water from a dwindling aquifer to power nuclear power plants in the desert. …
SXSW Used AI-Powered Trademark Tool To Censor Dissent on Instagram
SXSW SXSW Used AI-Powered Trademark Tool To Censor Dissent on Instagram Kit O'Connell · Apr 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM “You’re allowed to use a company’s name to talk about the company.” An AI-powered tool designed to target trademark violations on social media was used to silence critics of SXSW, the ma… …
The AI Compute Crunch Is Here (and It's Affecting the Entire Economy)
… Its main recent investments have been data centers and the tech to run data centers. …