The International Forum on Globalization and the Techno-Utopia Project in collaboration with The International Center for Technology Assessment, The New York Open Center and The Schumacher Center for New Economics presents Saturday Oct. 25 10am to 10pm Sunday Oct. 26 10am to 7pm The Great Hall of the Cooper …
Futurist Update: New Camera Makes the Invisible Visible
July 2014 • Volume 15, No. 7 In this issue: New Camera Makes the Invisible Visible Salamanders Demonstrate Possibilities for Human CellRegrowth Renewable-Energy Solution to Tanzania’s Water Troubles WorldFuture 2014 Speakers White Papers China’s Gender Imbalance Could Lead to More Social Problems In Memoriam: Arnold Brown The Future …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI – The Tale of ‘Bitcoin Jesus’
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 From the Global Financial Integrity Blog: Someone Gets Fired at BNP Paribas Why Swiss Banks Can’t Be as Secretive in 2014 as 1934 How Stopping Boko Haram Means Curtailing Illicit Finance Event Recap: Why Illicit Financial Flows are Europe’s Common Enemy …
How Google’s investment into P2P Lending will impact the financial markets
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Is Free Public Wi-Fi Possible?
News of the movement for February 7, 2013 Future of the Internet Is Free Public Wi-Fi Possible? The noisy response to a front-page Washington Post story about an alleged government plan to create free public Wi-Fi networks indicates public enthusiasm for cheaper Internet access in America. If only it were so …
Is Broadband Access a Public Utility?
News of the movement for January 9, 2013 Future of the Internet Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility? Should broadband Internet service be treated as a basic utility in the United States, like electricity, water and traditional telephone service? That’s the question at the heart of an important …
New AT&T Report on Net Neutrality Highlights
For Immediate Release New AT&T Report on Net Neutrality Highlights ‘Failure in Corporate Citizenship,’ Say Investors For Immediate Release January 8, 2012 A new report by AT&T Inc. summarizing the company’s positions on so-called network neutrality principles highlights a “worrisome failure in corporate citizenship” and raises significant concerns about …
A Digital Cold War?
The most important result of the World Conference on International Telecom has been to demonstrate that the world now splits into two camps when it comes to the Internet: one is comprised of more authoritarian countries, which would like to turn back the clock and regain sovereignty over their own …
Extra! Extra! News Flash for the FCC
When it comes to media consolidation, the FCC is feeling the heat from all sides. Today activists took to the streets outside the FCC headquarters to deliver more than 200,000 signatures from people all over the U.S. who are calling on the agency to halt its rush to gut media …