Tag: Devices

Full-length body portrait shot of a group of seven young male and female teenagers standing and using smartphones and tablets while waiting for a queue. Concept of technology addicted in modern life

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Peter Biles
Date
September 17, 2024

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
addiction, AEI, AI, Christine Rosen, Devices, Digital Technology, Experience, Real World Experience, Technology}

Experience is Going Extinct

_{A review of Christine Rosen's "The Extinction of Experience"} _{Peter Biles
September 17, 2024

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Technology}

As more of our daily experience goes mediated and buffered through screens, it’s important to wonder what we’re losing. Read More ›

American and Texas state flags flying on the dome of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin

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Peter Biles
Date
February 6, 2023

Categorized
China, Social Media

Tagged
Abbot, ByteDance, China, Devices, Foreign Affairs, Military, Oklahoma, Spy Balloon, Surveillance, Texas, TikTok, US}

No More TikTok for State Agencies in Texas

_{Tenuous US-China relations may prompt other state legislatures to follow in Abbott’s footsteps} _{Peter Biles
February 6, 2023

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China, Social Media}

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas called for a ban of TikTok from all state agencies this week. Agencies have until February 15th to accommodate to the policy, which entails removing the social media app from all devices used to carry out official Texas-related business. The new ruling will also involve restricting access to TikTok usage on personal devices in potentially “sensitive locations and meetings.” TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, Ltd., has been criticized for mining data from its American users. Since the Chinese government can demand data disclosures from businesses, Gov. Abbott thinks TikTok is an issue of state and national security: TikTok harvests significant amounts of data from a user’s device, including details about a user’s internet Read More ›