Technology

Is using your browser's ad-blocking extension unethical? Or is the real moral problem the advertisers?

Societal standards change quickly, and what one may have thought acceptable to express in the past is not necessarily something they would express today. At the very least, individuals who have recently been shamed for their past tweets claim that they have grown, learned, and changed. We might wonder, then: what is the value of shaming someone for their bad tweeting history? Should these people be shamed in the way they have been?

With new advances in the creation of automated content, problems arise when people take advantage of algorithms to scare children.

Do self-driving cars perpetuate economic inequality when they prioritize the lives of their drivers over others on the road?

A future of self-driving cars seems closer than ever. But will our cars be designed to make ethical decisions for us?

Was it just for Google to fire James Damore after he wrote an insensitive memo on gender equality in the workplace?

James Damore's controversial memo resulted in his firing from Google. But the debate it touched off is far from over.

As the audiences and prizes for eSports continue to grow, the sport faces key ethical and regulatory challenges in building its legitimacy.

Will artificially intelligent sex dolls mitigate crimes like rape and pedophilia, or make them worse?

A computer's victory over a world champion of Go marks yet another advancement towards increasingly complex AI.

The FBI shut down a site spreading child pornography. Then, they kept the site running for two weeks to track those who visited.

As artificial intelligence continues to develop, philosophy offers two possible criteria for granting robots rights.

On balancing driverless cars' limitations on freedom with their benefits to the common good.

Snapchat has expanded out of your phone and onto your face. After changing their company’s name to Snap, Snapchat is now ready for the release of their Spectacles, fashionable glasses … Continue reading "Snapchat Specatacles and Changing Norms of Privacy"

On the ethical questions that medical apps pose for consumers and providers.

Apple's removal of the headphone jack from its latest iPhone sparks worries about proprietary technology and e-waste.

Fighting a wave of explicit online content, sites like Facebook grapple with the ethics of automated content moderation.

NASA's latest probe entered Jupiter's orbit late on July 4th, furthering debates on the value of space exploration.

Reflecting on the recent Orlando mass shooting, and the role social media plays in both passing gun control legislation and sensationalizing tragedies.

The popular augmented reality app underscores tensions between the individual, technology and the public space.