Anything @sheilahhayman does is worth watching, so I’ll be tuning in!

To help contextualize the newly released #IPCC Report, here's 800,000 years of Earth's CO2 history in 30 seconds.

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Gina Neff Prof Gina Neff has been appointed to lead the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy CRASSH, Cambridge Cambridge University mctd.ac.uk/professor-gina…

Holiday outing ⁦Smith of Derby⁩. New clock here in gestation. It’d win gallery space as is…

We are radically rethinking the power relationships between digital technologies, society and our planet. Find out more about what we do ⬇️ mctd.ac.uk CRASSH, Cambridge Cambridge University #digital #society #technology #climatecrisis #trust #work #gigeconomy

Does digital technology do what’s best for society and what’s best for the planet🌎? We are exposing the environmental impacts and social inequalities posed by digital technologies and screen cultural practices. Find out more ⬇️ #COP26 #ClimateCrisis mctd.ac.uk/addressing-the…

The new Cambridge University Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) is launched today. It will bring computer & #conservation scientists together to build a trusted marketplace for carbon credits & support global reforestation efforts. ow.ly/2tCx50GKl7h Anil Madhavapeddy

How l wish I could be there

'My work is concerned with the long-term impact of the #Tech marketplace reshaping the parameters of #Care and #Access without input from impacted stakeholders.' Meet our Research Associate, Louise Hickman Louise Hickman CRASSH, Cambridge #FutureofWork mctd.ac.uk/meet-the-team-…

The future of work is about far more than robotics and AI. It's about the significance of work in our lives, and its importance for democracy. Which is why our Centre has a powerful work-stream about Work.

Eric Schmidt: "Social media companies 'maximize outrage' for revenue". Who knew? - protocol.com/bulletins/eric…

On Memex 1.1 today: Ford F-150 goes electric | Spotify’s lame attempt to use the Facebook playbook over the Joe Rogan-Neil Young affair | Airstream’s new electric camper | tinyurl.com/ybwj8k8k

Can liberal democracies regulate the power of tech giants? Join me, David Runciman, Gina Neff and Jennifer Cobbe for a discussion at a Cambridge Festival event in Wolfson College at 18:00 on April 6. Sign up at wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about/events/c…

If you're in Cambridge on Friday next (20th) and are interested, Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, will be in conversation with Gina Neff and me at 17:00 in the Babbage Theatre. Booking: mctd.ac.uk/events/frances…

Fintan O'Toole in the Irish Times: "Truss will make Johnson seem a political genius, May a mistress of empathy, David Cameron a beacon of sincerity." She's "the embodied death wish of a faction that has lost the will to live as a real party of government." Just about sums it up

A scene straight from the Office. Truss: “Your Majesty… Lovely to see you again.” King: “Back again. Dear oh dear. Anyway…” Political awkwardness and unintentional comedy at its finest.

Monday 4 September, 2023, by John Naughton open.substack.com/pub/johnnaught…

Why oh why does Google make it so difficult to delete a Business Profile? I have a friend who's trying to do it and she's at her wits' end #Google