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Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call

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For those employed in arduous solitary work such as cab driving, a marathon phone call is the perfect place to navigate the dislocations of immigrant lifeDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe question of the week is: “who are Uber drivers always talking to on the phone?” It’s one that […]

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How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

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From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog

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It’s no surprise that an AI-faked presidential speech condemning foreign exploitation went viral – the world is suffering from a leadership vacuum

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Attributed to the president of Namibia, the speech is still being shared as citizens across Africa and the Caribbean cry out for moral leaders willing to speak uncomfortable truthsFor a moment, the speech attributed to Namibia’s president travelled across the world like a gust of hope. It was fierce. Defiant. Unapologetically sovereign. The speaker denounced

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How to use the holidays to stop our ‘WhatsApp aunties’ falling for AI

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Family members can be sweet and relentless but how can we aid our relatives in the age of new tech and device addiction • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereI don’t want to sound dramatic but, a few weeks ago, something happened that has completely changed how I view

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