
Dutch news channel NOS reports that the Spanish national government is taking down over 50.000 vacation rentals from online platforms. In Spain over the last […] Read More
Dutch news channel NOS reports that the Spanish national government is taking down over 50.000 vacation rentals from online platforms. In Spain over the last […] Read More
Several Dutch news outlets, like local Amsterdam news channel AT5 and National news channel NOS, report on the terrible circumstances of Indian laborers in a […] Read More
A few years ago i had a talented student who did an internship for Amsterdam municipality, researching the rise of super-apps and their potentials for […] Read More
404 Media report on a phenomenon that appears to be on the rise: the use of GenAI videos on a variety of platforms about highly […] Read More
The Dutch city of Utrecht has used camera drones during demonstrations seven times out of 522 total in 2024, according to tech news website Tweakers. […] Read More
(This one was in Drafts for a while) The Markup reports on a state ban on algorithmic pricing of rental homes. Easy to view this […] Read More
According to Dutch tech website Tweakers, Chinese company Baidu plans to enter the European market with robotaxis. Swiss would be the first country to launch […] Read More
Meanwhile, more uplifting news from the Netherlands. National Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports that the Netherlands’ 2nd biggest supermarket chain Jumbo terminates their experiment with AI […] Read More
Allie Volpe for Vox had a very personal piece about using mobile friendship apps for making new friends. She used Bumble for Friends, Timeleft, and Hey! Vina. […] Read More
Google Maps is adding ‘AI-powered’ recommendations to its Maps, Earth and Waze products, according to a somewhat older article on Ars Technica. By including its […] Read More
Human labor has been unwittingly harvested and exploited for some time in online spaces. Think training AI models through solving Captchas or on massive amounts […] Read More
Via NOS The Netherlands Data Protection Authority (DPA, or Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) have looked into the illegitimate use of facial recognition technologies by Dutch holiday […] Read More
The Markup together with The Guardian features an interesting story about how TikTok helps to spread misleading narratives to Senegalese migrants about how to live […] Read More
AT5 and other news outlets report on yet another queue somewhere in the city, spurred by Dutch TikTok influencer Monica Geuze. A fried rice sandwich […] Read More
Futurism reports on the use of proprietary commercial AI facial recognition and air detection technologies inside schools for surveillance purposes: As the Denver Post reports, the Cheyenne […] Read More
Two students have experimented with combining Meta smart glasses and facial recognition technology, allowing them to look up personal details of strangers on the streets. […] Read More
Another older piece that was waiting to be read… Kaitlyn Tiffany in The Atlantic wrote a beautiful article about Silicon Valley utopian new cities for likeminded […] Read More
A somewhat older news item. Politico and Ars Technica/Wired are among the outlets reporting about the RealPage price collusion case on the housing market. The […] Read More
A strange rambling interview with technology futurist Vinay Gupta in Vice from some time ago. Some quotes send shivers down my spine… What I wanted […] Read More
A Governing the Digital Society event, in collaboration with [urban interfaces] and the Open Cities Platform. Organized by Michiel de Lange (M.L.deLange@uu.nl) and Erna Ruijer […] Read More