Digital Apartheid in Gaza and Tech for Palestine initiatives EFF has a piece on Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Big Tech Must Reveal Their Roles in Tech Used in Human Rights Abuses erkansaka.net/2024/09/02/d...
EFF has a piece on Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Big Tech Must Reveal Their Roles in Tech Used in Human Rights Abuses The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has reported on unjust content moderation pr...
Alpay Ăzalan, the bully of the Turkish Parliament Alpay Ăzalan is a former football player, current deputy, and frequent troublemaker in the parliament. Here is what he did yesterday erkansaka.net/2024/08/16/a...
Alpay Ăzalan is a former football player, current deputy, and frequent troublemaker in the parliament. Here is what he did yesterday, compiled by Perplexity: Alpay Ăzalan, a deputy from the ruling Jus...
TĂźrkiyeâs worst performance in the Summer Olympics (in terms of gold metal) since 1980 The Moscow Olympics in 1980 was boycotted. Here is the medal count, compiled by Gemini. erkansaka.net/2024/08/12/t...
The Moscow Olympics in 1980 was boycotted. Here is the medal count, compiled by Gemini. Year Summer Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total 1980 Moscow 0 0 0 0 1984 Los Angeles 5 3 3 11 1988 Seoul 1 1 3 5 1...
Turkey/TĂźrkiye on a censorship spree. Roblox just banned This time, the Turkish government angers children. Roblox is one of the most used platforms in childrenâs digital gaming, and today, we have ominous news. erkansaka.net/2024/08/08/t...
This time, the Turkish government angers children. Roblox is one of the most used platforms in childrenâs digital gaming, and today, we have ominous news. By the way, the good news is that Instagram i...
The Olympics ânot readyâ for the AI ad The Google AI ad titled âDear Sydneyâ aired during the Olympics, faced significant backlash and was ultimately pulled due to several issues: erkansaka.net/2024/08/05/t...
The Google AI ad titled âDear Sydneyâ aired during the Olympics, faced significant backlash and was ultimately pulled due to several issues: Misuse of AI: The ad showed a father using Googleâs Gemini AI to write a fan letter for his daughter to Olympic athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone instead of encouraging the child to write it ... Read more
Instagram is banned in TĂźrkiye/ Turkey Turkey has blocked access to Instagram following a controversy over the platformâs alleged censorship of posts related to the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. erkansaka.net/2024/08/03/i...
While enjoying my first days in Detroit, I heard that Instagram is banned. Meta should be in a dilemma. It happened before; it will happen again. Some countries label some organizations as terrorists,...
The âLegendâ of Yusuf Dikeç Yusuf Dikeç, a 51-year-old Turkish shooter, has recently gone viral due to his unique and relaxed demeanor during the 2024 Paris Olympics. erkansaka.net/2024/08/01/t...
Yusuf Dikeç, a 51-year-old Turkish shooter, has recently gone viral due to his unique and relaxed demeanor during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Competing in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event, Dikeç ...
After the EASA conference, ruminations about my research agenda erkansaka.net/2024/07/31/a...
We had a productive roundtable on AI with a full house. It was one of the few panels/roundtables on AI, and although most anthropologists keep their distance from emerging technologies, we might have ...
to Detroit now! Our long-awaited one-month trip to the US begins now. Chilling out more than a frenzy of sightseeing in our minds- Well, Sinem is definitely in that mode. I am thinking of my Google Maps saved list. erkansaka.net/2024/08/01/t...
Our long-awaited one-month trip to the US begins now. The plane takes off in an hour. We have a relatively flexible plan. Chilling out more than a frenzy of sightseeing in our minds- Well, Sinem is de...
BBC says EURO 2024 busted legend of German efficiency but it was already busted with the new Berlin Airport (!) But before that Berlinâs new Brandenburg Airport (BER) faced decades of delays due to a series of significant issues: erkansaka.net/2024/07/30/b...
In How Euro 2024 busted legend of German efficiency As football fans poured in and out of cities across the country for Euro 2024, they discovered the trains werenât as good as they thought But before...