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CodeX

Cloud Services, AI, and the rise of Digital Rentier Capitalism

Who owns the Internet? What seems like an abstract question might actually help us challenge the changing ownership of our digital…

Jun 17, 2022

Cloud Services, AI, and the rise of Digital Rentier Capitalism

Jun 17, 2022

Sophie Bennani-Taylor

[Software] Development as Freedom — Part 2

Part 2: Who for, what for?

Jan 17, 2022

[Software] Development as Freedom — Part 2

Jan 17, 2022

Sophie Bennani-Taylor

[Software] Development as Freedom

Can coding camps address inequality? This two-part blog series takes a look at how we can answer this question.

Dec 13, 2021

[Software] Development as Freedom

Dec 13, 2021

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Geek Culture

What lies beneath the Metaverse?

28 October: Zuckerberg reveals the Metaverse — a future he’s dreamt up for us. But what physical reality lies beneath this virtual utopia?

Nov 13, 2021

Racks of servers in a data center

Nov 13, 2021

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Digital Diplomacy

Why is the critique of technological determinism still relevant?

Although technological determinism has long been critiqued in the social studies of technology, it remains central to political and media…

Nov 1, 2021

Why is the critique of technological determinism still relevant?

Nov 1, 2021

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Towards Data Science

Do algorithms have politics?

Do artifacts have politics? This question has been the subject of decades of discussion in the social sciences and remains pertinent today.

Oct 5, 2021

Do algorithms have politics?

Oct 5, 2021

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Digital Diplomacy

What does data ethics have to do with border control?

Data ethics has become something of a buzzword: as the importance of AI in areas like government, healthcare and finance grows, so do…

Aug 17, 2021

What does data ethics have to do with border control?

Aug 17, 2021

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Digital Diplomacy

The UK Digital Identity Trust Framework: What is it and why does it matter?

Many people in the Digital Identity space are talking about the UK’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework, and rightly so; as…

Mar 18, 2021

The UK Digital Identity Trust Framework: What is it and why does it matter?

Mar 18, 2021

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UX Collective

5 things The Social Dilemma forgot to mention

Netflix’s The Social Dilemma builds on a conversation that’s growing globally: what are we trading when we use technology for free, and…

Oct 28, 2020

Lines of code streaming down laptop screen

Oct 28, 2020

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UX Planet

How does ‘seamless interaction’ drive exploitative design?

As UX Designers, our job is to provide users with a seamless experience, helping them to achieve their goals efficiently. We forget to ask…

Oct 6, 2020

A UX designer’s sketch of three different screens for apps or websites

Oct 6, 2020

Sophie Bennani-Taylor

Sophie Bennani-Taylor

Sophie is a researcher interested in digital identification, and the intersection of technology and migration.

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