The United Kingdom has just delivered the world’s most expensive demonstration of why throwing technology at social problems doesn’t work. After two years of ignoring expert advice and …| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
I’m writing this article within the context of the SOAM “RE:FUND OUR DIGITAL FUTURE: REIMAGINING FUNDING ARCHITECTURES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY” residency program I’m taking…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
First off- excited to announce that I’ve been accepted into the SOAM Virtual Residency program with the theme “”RE:FUND OUR DIGITAL FUTURE: REIMAGINING FUNDING ARCHITECTURES FOR P…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
Ever since its eponymous report was published nearly a decade ago, the “roads and bridges” metaphor has dominated how many working with FOSS software, including I, think about open source sustainability. Nadia Asparouhova’s influential 2016 report painted a picture of critical digital infrastructure that is prone to crumbling and neglect, drawing parallels to our physical […]| Tara Tarakiyee – Techverständiger
Reading in Servo’s latest weekly report that it’s now passing 1.7 million Web Platform Subtests, I started wondering: How much investment would it build it into a competitive, independe…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
Open Knowledge Foundation Germany has just released a new report titled: “From Software to Society: Openness in a Changing World” by Dr. Henriette Litta and Peter Bihr (I was also inter…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
this is a totally work of fiction not inspired by any events that happened today or anytime or by any people. In the bleak January of 2035, Huda Ziade stared at her terminal, the blue light casting…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
As longtime readers of this blog might be aware, I’ve long been skeptical of machine learning and its so-called “intelligence”. The AI industry, aided by clueless futurists and gr…| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
(this is fiction based on fictional events that never happened any comparisons or similarities to real life events or people or computer programs are a sign of an over active imagination) Dramatis …| Tara Tarakiyee - Techverständiger
Last night, I attended an insightful and well-organized Bits & Bäume Policy Lab event at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Cecilia Rikap delivered an expert breakdown of Big Tech’s dominance and how its control over our digital world extends far beyond mere ownership. She concluded with an inspiring call to resist and circumvent […]| Tara Tarakiyee – Techverständiger
