We need products we can repair, reuse and recycle – not ones deliberately built to become obsoleteNever have we wanted, owned and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction – traine…
SF作家かあるいは預言者か？ 中国SFと陳楸帆の「空想科学リアリズム」
国内であらゆる文学賞を受賞し、近年評価の高い作家を数多く輩出する中国SFの第一人者となった陳楸帆（ちんしゅうはん）。代表作『荒潮』は国内外で注目を集め、評論家は彼のことを「中国のウィリアム・ギブスン」と称賛する。だが中国人SF作家は商業的な圧力だけでなく、政治的な風向きにも敏感でなければならないし、地政学的な覇権争いにも巻き込まれている。中国の現実に「空想科学リアリズム」で対峙する陳の超現実的な生活に追る。
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TikTok star Anthony Barajas dies after California movie theater shooting
Social media star was known as itsanthonymichaelSuspect in double killing eligible for death penaltyA young TikTok star who was on life support after he and a friend were shot at a southern California movie theater has died, police and his family said….
Ex-SpaceX engineers in race to build first commercial electric speedboat
LA-based Arc Boat company announces $4.25m seed fund to start work on 475-horsepower craftA team of former SpaceX rocket engineers have joined the race to build the first commercial electric speedboat.The Arc Boat company announced it had raised $4.25m…
A ‘safe space for racists’: antisemitism report criticises social media giants
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok failing to act on most reported anti-Jewish posts, says studyThere has been a serious and systemic failure to tackle antisemitism across the five biggest social media platforms, resulting in a “safe spac…
There are 11,656 athletes at the Olympics. Guy Fraser wanted them all on Wikipedia
Fans across the world enjoy complementing their Olympic viewing with some research. We meet the man who wants everyone’s story toldIn 1992, 11-year-old Guy Fraser spent his summer vacation fiddling with a radio. He was searching, sometimes in vain, for…
In search of the crypto-criminals
Secretive gangs are hacking the computers of governments, firms, even hospitals, and demanding huge sums. But if we pay these ransoms, are we creating a ticking time bomb?They have the sort of names that only teenage boys or aspiring Bond villains wou…
Listen up: why indie podcasts are in peril
As big spenders such as Amazon and Spotify fill our ears with more commercial, celebrity-driven fare, can grassroots, diverse shows survive?Miranda Sawyer picks 20 indie podcast gemsThe British Podcast Awards were different this year. Held in a south L…
Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule
Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft all reported record-breaking profits amid a pandemic bonanza but recent Biden administration moves suggest US tech’s easy ride is overBig tech provided the world with some startling numbers this week. In the last thr…
SolarWinds: Russian hackers broke into email accounts at US attorney offices
Department of Justice says 27 prosecutors’ offices breachedAll four New York offices may have lost sensitive materialRussian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent US f…