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Is there any hope for the internet?

15 July 2025

The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.

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The forgotten 80-year-old machine that shaped the internet – and could help us survive AI
	14 Jul: Leading American engineer and scientist Vannevar Bush thought that the memex was the answer to information nightmare of the 1940s.... more

At least 13 people reportedly died by suicide over UK's Post Office scandal, inquiry finds
	9 Jul: The inquiry also finds that hundreds of people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting due to incorrect data in an information technology system.... more

A computer science expert's reinforced that AI shouldn't be used to cut corners
	9 Jul: A computer science expert's reinforced that AI shouldn't be used to cut corners... more

Tasman residents have been left with conflicting messages over what to do when mobile phones have no service
	4 Jul: Tasman residents have been left with conflicting messages over what to do when mobile phones have no service... more

Chorus is apologising for yesterday's mobile phone and internet outage in Tasman's Golden Bay, which affected 111 calls
	4 Jul: Chorus is apologising for yesterday's mobile phone and internet outage in Tasman's Golden Bay, which affected 111 calls... more

How Internet of Things devices affect your privacy – even when they’re not yours
	25 Jun: Internet of Things devices are collecting an increasing amount of information, creating a web of data harvesting that ensnares people all around them.... more

People in Iran trying to flee Israeli bombs face internet blackout, ordered to delete WhatsApp
	19 Jun: Authorities in Iran have regularly restricted internet access for the country's roughly 90 million people since last week.... more

The Otago Regional Council's admitting further privacy breaches, during an investigation into it sharing the email addresses of hundreds of people
	10 Jun: The Otago Regional Council's admitting further privacy breaches, during an investigation into it sharing the email addresses of hundreds of people... more

To golf's Canadian Open
	6 Jun: To golf's Canadian Open... more

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04 Jul: Tasman residents have been left with conflicting messages over what to do when mobile phones have no service +++++++++++++++++++++

09 Jul: At least 13 people reportedly died by suicide over UK's Post Office scandal, inquiry finds ++++++++++++

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