Stephen E. Arnold: Pakistan Takes on #GoogleGestapo Social Media — Can A Country Be a Country in Bill Gates’s Technopia?

Social Media Versus a Nation State: Pakistan Versus the Facebook and Friends The government of Pakistan’s social media position is reflected in this passage from the article: The new set of regulations makes it compulsory for social media companies to open offices in Islamabad, build data servers to store information and take down content upon …

Stephen E. Arnold: #GoogleGetapo Perfidy – Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking

Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking The Silicon Valley firm alters maps under political pressure and the inscrutable whims of tech executives Phi Beta Iota: Google is a dishonest company on multiple fronts — it also manipulates search to manipulate votes and sales — lies for sale to the highest bidder …

Stephen E. Arnold: “Good Enough” Tech Exploded the Iowa Count, Will Explode the American Economy

Acronym Shadow: Good Enough Presages the Future of US Technical Capabilities DarkCyber believes that the misstep, if that’s what it was, was a reminder that technical expertise and excellence are not as easy as writing a proposal, pulling some influence strings, or assuming that code actually works in the real world. Nope, the good enough …

Stephen E. Arnold: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A Former Search Wizard Explains Why Artificial Intelligence May Be a Bit of a Challenge Artificial intelligence is the next evolution of digital technology and experts predict we are going to rely on AI as much as the Internet. While AI is amazing, many projects built around AI fail to deliver the promised results. Louis …

Stephen E. Arnold: A Solution to the Blockchain Trilemma?

A Solution to the Blockchain Trilemma? Struggling to deliver a blockchain application which is decentralized, secure, and scalable? A solution may have been developed. Navigate to “Ex-Microsoft Researcher Says He’s Solved the Blockchain Scalability Problem.” Despite the hype about blockchain, there’s a problem mixed with the promise: …It says that it’s easy to have a …