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Resisting Big Tech

open access: yes
How does Google Maps reorient our city travels? How do matching algorithms affect how we seek love? And how does artificial “intelligence” prompt how we think? Engaging these and similar questions, this open access book critiques Big Tech’s colonization of everyday life.
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Da mídia de massa à plataformização: as transformações no ecossistema midiático

open access: yesMídia e Cotidiano
Se no passado o coronelismo eletrônico (Aires; dos Santos, 2023) dos grandes impérios nacionais da comunicação (Wu, 2012) era quase irrestrito, na contemporaneidade o poder desses grupos encontra-se ameaçado pelas big techs (Morozov, 2018) e pela ...
Adriana Barsotti   +2 more
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Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes

open access: yes
International audienceThe paper provides a framework to understand the observed and expected regional structural changes caused by the increasing trend towards digital platformisation in our economies.
Vicente, Jérôme, Crespo, Joan
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Thermoresponsive Self‐Healing Carbon Nanotube‐Reinforced Dual‐Network Hydrogels for Wearable Sensors and Information Concealment

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A CNT‐reinforced dual‐network hydrogel combines ionic liquid‐mediated thermoresponsiveness, dynamic covalent crosslinking, and conductive nanostructures within a single adaptive material. The hydrogel exhibits ultrafast gelation, autonomous self‐healing, >1000% stretchability, reversible optical switching, and stable electromechanical sensing, enabling
Xia Qiu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Big Tech, Small Tech, and the Data Economy

open access: yes, 2019
What role does, or should competition law play in the data economy? The proliferation of data into different fields of the economy presents a tremendous opportunity for economic growth. Data permits companies to improve the quality of the products and services that they offer to consumers. It also enables companies to reduce their costs, increase their
Aridi, Anwar, Petrovcic, Urska
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberdade ou proteção? Os argumentos e contra-argumentos na discussão sobre a regulamentação das big techs

open access: yesRevista Eco-Pós
O artigo analisa as disputas argumentativas na imprensa e em notas públicas sobre o Projeto de Lei (PL) nº 4675/2025, que propõe a regulação econômica e concorrencial das plataformas digitais no Brasil.
Kelly Prudencio   +4 more
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Light‐Driven Quadrupedal Walking Biohybrid Robot With Antagonistic Muscle‐Rings and Inclined Joints

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a light‐driven quadrupedal walking biohybrid robot powered by antagonistic muscle‐rings that achieve alternating walking gait. Optical training improved reproducibility of cultured muscle tissues, while caffeine treatment enhanced contractile force.
Shotaro Saito   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

REFLEXÃO SOBRE O USO DE PLATAFORMAS DIGITAIS POR CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES NO BRASIL

open access: yesRevista de Estudos de Cultura
Debates sobre a proibição do uso de celulares em escolas brasileiras levantam discussões acerca dos limites da introdução e permanência de crianças e adolescentes no ambiente digital.
Camila Silva Lima   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thicket of Diversity Pamphlet

open access: yes, 2000
Fundraising pamphlet for the Big Thicket Association's "Thicket of Diversity" All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Big Thicket National Preserve ...
Big Thicket Association
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