What Patent Ownership Gets Wrong About Innovation
Despite the U.S. patent system being open to all inventors, the face of “innovation” has been overwhelmingly white, male, and born to wealth.
read moreDespite the U.S. patent system being open to all inventors, the face of “innovation” has been overwhelmingly white, male, and born to wealth.
read moreThe gig economy includes a cheap workforce contributing to the efficiency of valuable technology, including ChatGPT.
read moreWealthy nations are pushing electric vehicles as a green solution, ignoring the toll it has on human rights and the environment.
read moreIn an age of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracies, the distortion of reality affects us all, whether on a political, social, or personal level.
read moreCongress is trying to greatly reduce U.S. residents’ privacy rights through legislation banning TikTok, using rhetoric with anti-Asian tropes.
read moreAs social media becomes the basis for consuming news, misinformation is spreading faster and getting harder to verify.
read moreHow social spaces and tech profit off the exploitative use of Blackness and racial stereotypes in a repackaged and digitized version of blackface.
read moreThe fight against Roe v. Wade underscores how digital surveillance can be used to incriminate people seeking abortion care.
read morePrivatizing prison technology and communication add a costly financial burden on incarcerated people and their families.
read moreThe Nextdoor app’s racist practices by users underscore the inherent problems of integrating unchecked stereotypes into technology.
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