Jul 11, 2017
Newspapers don't deserve support -- money should go to independent news sites.
Nick Fillmore
A new report asking the federal government for $350 million to prop up Canada's newspapers is out of step with the times.
Jul 11, 2017 Newspapers don't deserve support -- money should go to independent news sites.Nick Fillmore A new report asking the federal government for $350 million to prop up Canada's newspapers is out of step with the times. |
Jul 4, 2017 Could Canadians finally get relief from high wireless prices?Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains recently ordered a new shift in policy direction, which could mean more competitive telecommunications pricing in Canada. |
Jun 27, 2017 In the age of social media, Big Brother doesn't watch us. We watch ourselves.Kyle Curlew Everything we post on our Instagram and how we shape our Facebook profile are ways of performing highly curated renditions of identity. |
Jun 1, 2017 NAFTA renegotiation could undermine Canada's digital freedomsThere are a number of concerns that come along with a renegotiation of NAFTA. Canadians enjoy stronger digital rights protections than their U.S. counterparts -- policies that could be placed at risk. |
May 25, 2017 Not Rex: Robots will soon be replicating themselves. What could go wrong?Google says it's tough finding enough nerds to write the long strings of code to maintain their ever-evolving database, so they're bringing in robots to do the work. |
May 3, 2017 The RCMP's admission that it spies on our cellphones is long overdue, but leaves important questions unansweredFinally. After years of obfuscation, the RCMP have admitted they are using invasive surveillance devices known as IMSI-catchers or Stingrays to spy on Canadians' cellphones. |
May 2, 2017 Trudeau's social media mastermind tours Europe, explains strategyJune Chua Tom Pitfield, a childhood friend of Trudeau's and a former IBM innovation expert, went through a top 10 Buzzfeed-like list of What He Learned from the Election Campaign. |
May 2, 2017 Feminism, art and WikipediaTalking Radical Radio Areum Kim and Amber Berson talk about the Art & Feminism campaign's work to close the gender gap on Wikipedia. |
A guide to protect your sourcesGuides Learn what to do to maintain confidentiality and security |
Apr 3, 2017 How Canadians can ensure we never repeat the mistakes of the TPPWhy did the TPP prove to be so unpopular among the Canadian public? And what needs to be done to restore public trust in future trade processes? |
Mar 30, 2017 In Trump's America, your privacy is for saleDonald Trump, in the midst of accusations that his own privacy was invaded by illegal wiretaps, is signing into law permission to invade, trade and monetize the most private detail of every American. |
Mar 15, 2017 CIA spying and the Theatre of PrivacyHow gadget paranoid do we need to be given last week's Wikileaks dump about how the CIA is spying on us via our smartphones and TV sets? |
Mar 1, 2017 Facebook's track record makes its starry-eyed manifesto hard to swallowMark Zuckerberg says it's time for Facebook to eschew the current zeitgeist of nationalism, and become a tool for uniting global communities. Say what? |
Mar 1, 2017 Is your Internet data ending up in the NSA's hands?What's happening to our data on its journey around the Internet has deeply concerning privacy implications for all of us. Now a new educational platform is raising awareness of these issues. |
Edward Snowden's tools to protect journalists from surveillance3 Minute Action Learn about and use the tools Snowden and Freedom of the Press Foundation are developing |
Feb 15, 2017 Next-gen augmented reality will target human sensoriumWhen most of us think of augmented reality, thanks to Google, we think of dorky glasses. But what about the other senses? What if they were augmented and all those augmentations worked in concert? |
Feb 8, 2017 Corporations: For better or worseGreen Majority Radio New court decision against Monsanto building in California. Also a new breakthrough in flexible, printable solar cells could help bring cheap renewable energy to 1.3 billion people. |
Feb 8, 2017 The social media fight against Trump is a modern battle of the pressesThe most powerful battalions battling against Trump's frightening presidency -- fuelled by the hard work of the press -- are fighting it out on social media. |
Feb 8, 2017 Defending social movements against digital threatsTalking Radical Radio Dmitri Vitaliev talks about eQualit.ie, a Montreal-based organization that works on digital security issues for social movements and human rights groups. |
Feb 1, 2017 How community broadband can deliver faster, cheaper Internet for all CanadiansA landmark ruling from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has thrown the door open for communities across Canada to take their digital future into their own hands. |
Jan 25, 2017 Lies, truth and alternative facts: Trump's bad weekendOver the course of one weekend the press has realized the game has changed, social media killed it with savage, pointed satire and fact-checking of Trump's press secretary shredded his credibility. |
Jan 23, 2017 How to resist Trump(ism)Green Majority Radio We discuss ideas for how to resist the incoming Trump inauguration. Stefan shares some ideas sent in to us by listeners. Daryn also suggests some tempting options that you should absolutely NOT do. |
Jan 18, 2017 The robots are coming... for our jobsWhen we think about robots, we worry that, like Transformers, they will be hulking, dangerous machines. But what if they are more subtle? What if they just steal our jobs? |
Jan 14, 2017 Top 10 ways you helped save the Internet in 2016David Christopher As we face the challenges of 2017, let's all be inspired by these amazing examples of how you helped save the Internet last year |