TikTok is the most successful social media app to emerge in the past decade. A huge phenomenon among young people, TikTok has established itself as the single most downloaded application in the world, becoming a staple in many people’s lives in the same way other platforms, such as Facebook, managed in the past. However, not everyone is happy….
When I was a freshman in high school, my geography teacher had us read The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman. That book described the entire process of globalization and how the world was “flattened,” or in other words, how the playing field was leveled for workers to…
The Chinese balloon-scare episode gripping America’s political class is comical if it were not so serious in its implications for global security. The Chinese balloon-scare episode gripping the United States’ political class is comical if it were not so serious in its implications for global security. Four suspected Chinese spy balloons were rapidly shot down…
It is only when humans get their hands on technology that it has the ability to become a threat to society. The latest chatbot technology, which generates responses to questions, has shown a clear bias in favor of specific ethnic groups and political ideologies. Is it possible to free artificial intelligence from human prejudices? ChatGPT…
The United States is aiming to construct what one journalist has described as a “Silicon Fence” around China, a sanctions barrier that aims to make it impossible for Beijing to import advanced chipmaking technology. Washington strives to co-opt allied states into supporting its semiconductor technology export rules against Beijing. Having adopted sweeping new sanctions last month,…
Quick Key Facts What is E-Waste? E-waste – also called electronic waste, e-scrap, end-of-life electronics, or WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) – is electronics that have been discarded, donated, or recycled. The term “waste,” however, is somewhat misleading; many items still have value in that they can be repurposed or recycled to extract desirable…
