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The Continued Devaluation of Voice-over
Phoenix Simms links precarity for voice-over artists in video games and beyond due to automation to historical trends in the voice-over industry.
Human Adventures
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Who’s Afraid of M3GAN? AI, Surveillance Horror and The Home
Looking at the 2022 horror comedy 'M3GAN' Oluwatayo Adewole thinks about the implications of critiquing AI and surveillance technology through idealised fantasies of The Family and The Home.
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The Promise of Salvation from ‘Smart’ Borders
The UK aims to have “the most effective border in the world” by 2025. But how did we get to this situation, where border surveillance is a multi-billion dollar industry? And what does it mean for people seeking asylum, for whom crossing borders is a matter of life and death?
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How Low-Cost, Low-Tech, High Data Smart Cities are Paving the way for the Future
City governments are using data in attempts to identify residents’ needs, make services more efficient and equitable, and enable citizen participation in decision making.
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Homecooking, by robots, with love
Many local food cultures in developing countries are feeling the pressures of modernity, but is automation the solution?
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Who Plays Unspeakable Games?
Who plays 'unspeakable' games, and who gets to police what is labelled 'obscene' on the internet? Issue 3 Resident Oma Keeling's remarkable film will take you down the rabbit hole.
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The Fight for Data Rights
Many of us are alarmed at reports of data abuse but it’s easy to feel that – as ordinary citizens – we have no control. What can we do as a creative tech community to improve data privacy?