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Luddites marching into the future

Rage against the machine owners: Brian Merchant on Luddite lessons for 21st-century technology

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Is Amazon rainforest going from carbon sink to carbon source?

By Fred Pearce | Climate Change

Is breaking up big tech the solution to online hate or election meddling?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Credit: World Economic Forum / swiss-image.ch / Valeriano DiDomenico CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

A new voice chimes in on regulating facial recognition and big-tech

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Amazon's Seattle properties include The Spheres. Credit: Biodin CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Amazon’s video doorbell: 1984 at the front door?

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading