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Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections?

17 April 2018

In an age when a person's online presence can be quickly removed by technology corporations, there's a case for a new right… to be remembered, says Jamais Cascio
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Will a new wave of smart glasses make us 'glassholes' again?

16 February 2018

A second round of mass-market facial computers looks less likely to inspire public anger than Google's Glass but it will be a fragile truce, says Jamais Cascio

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