Issue 30: The Kids Are Alright

The classroom of the future is already here.

Get Ready for More Tangles

Internet protocols are complex. As lawmakers finally move to regulate the web, complications will be the norm.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidOctober 18, 2019Internet, Google, regulations, US, USA, DNS, GDPR

Issue 22: Your Blockchain is Full

What happens when storage technology runs out of space?

BackstoryWisam AmidAugust 29, 2019Ethereum, Blockchain, regulations, Business, business roundtable, China, UAE, India, trade

Looking to the Future of AI

Our future rests in the hands of the companies and governments developing the next generation of AI, for better and worse.

What Antitrust Regulations Can't Do

The US has opened new antitrust cases against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. But can old laws answer today’s challenges?

Opinion, DataWisam AmidJune 17, 2019USA, US, Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, regulation, regulations, antitrust, China, EU, GDPR

GDPR One Year Later

One year ago, GDPR sent digital businesses scurrying to hire lawyers and update their privacy policies. In many ways, the digital privacy movement has only just begun.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidJune 7, 2019smart city, smart cities, GDPR, regulation, regulations, Canada, America, EU, European Union, China, data privacy, data

Regulation (Alone) Won't Fix the Internet

The internet has problems. Innovation can fix it.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidMay 11, 2019technology, data, innovation, regulations, blockchain, entrepreneurship, dubai, UAE

Issue 4: AI's Middle Ground

In a dramatic move last week, American lawmakers made their first major effort to regulate AI.

Issue 3: A Matter of Culture

Do we fully understand the power of digital technology to transform artistic production in the age of augmented realities and intelligences?

Issue 2: Welcome to the Startup Oasis

Put simply: expect more innovation, applications, and platforms to come from Dubai’s startup oasis.

Issue 1: Common AI Ethics?

Smaller markets, like the UAE, can infuse the debate with fresh perspectives that might be left out of western-centric discussions.

The Super-App: Build Up or Bust Apart?

Can the new breed of super-apps survive global attempts at regulating internet monopolies?

Opinion, DataWisam AmidMarch 21, 2019Data, Facebook, WeChat, Zuckerberg, regulations, Warren, Copyright Directive, GDPR

The Rise of the Super-App

Are monopolized platforms the future of social media and the internet as we know it?

Opinion, DataWisam AmidMarch 20, 2019Data, Facebook, WeChat, Zuckerberg, regulations

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees of 5G

Instead of focusing on the latest telecom advert promising faster speeds, we need to focus the discussion on 5G around the politics of data.

Opinion, Smart CitiesWisam AmidFebruary 19, 2019Governance, data, regulations, 5G, Huawei, artificial intelligence

This is What 50% of the Internet Looks Like

Facebook and Google dominate more than half the world’s internet advertising market, wielding incredible power over how we engage online. But the regulation debate is heating up.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidFebruary 6, 2019data, Facebook, Google, regulations, USA, China, EU, GDPR, Estonia

Is 4IR just Surveillance Capitalism by Another Name?

Professor Shoshana Zuboff sounds the alarm on “surveillance capitalism,” where data is packaged and commercialized, often outside the public eye.

The Three Axes of Data Regulation

To unpack the exact way in which the international data regulation could be addressed, we survey three different understandings of data protection: the US approach, the Chinese approach, and the European approach.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidAugust 23, 2018technology, data, data privacy, regulations, GDPR, China, Germany, USA

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