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“Having Internet access is not enough. Even among people online, those who are digital producers are much more likely to have higher incomes and educational levels,” said Jen Schradie, a doctoral candidate in sociology atUC Berkeley. A digital democracy? Not so much. Perhaps it will come as no surprise given that MacBooks, digital cameras and Internet connectivity all come with price tags, but creation on the Internet is much more of an aristocracy than an idealist might hope....

Unlike other professional sports organizations such as the NFL and NBA that have cautioned, not to mention fined, its players for using Twitter during team functions, theUltimate Fighting Championshipis doing the exact opposite by encouraging its fighters to tweet as much as possible. UFC president Dana White recently announced at the UFC Fighter Summit the mechanics of the new Twitter bonus initiative: Starting June 1, UFC and Strikeforce fighters will be divided into four categories, based on how many Twitter followers they currently have....

What if artificial intelligence technology and extraterrestrials are inextricably linked? Some experts believe aliens are waiting for us to develop more advanced AIbefore they reveal themselves. Others thinkaliens gave us our current AI technology. And still others theorize thatspace aliensareAIs. Let’s see how these ideas hold up to some very light scrutiny. Happy UFO Day The US government will be issuingan official reporton 25 June covering declassified data on 120 UFO sightings from the past two decades....

The Ugandan government recently asked major telecoms operators in the country to block Facebook and TwitterGlobal Voices Online reports. This is following protests over rising fuel and food prices in the East African country. Ugandan opposition politicians such as Kizza Besigye have been organizingwalk to workprotests andhunger strikesand have sparked passionate conversations about the protests and strikes on Twitter. For instance #walktoworktrendedon the Ugandan Twittersphere last week. (You can view the ongoing conversation on Twitterhere)....

EVs are booming,butrange anxiety is still holding drivers backfrom making the switch to electric power.But what if there was aportablefast charger than could juice up an EV anywhere, anytime? I’d say that could convince even the most skeptical crowd. Aiming to shake up how people think of electric vehicle ownership, designer Chang Joong Lee has created a concept portable charger called the “A-monite.” The inspiration came from the shape ofammonites, as the name reveals, and the charger takes a roundish formwith a cable coiled up within the body....