Can Germany crack the problem of regulating Facebook?

By Adam Tinworth

Around the world, attention is turning to cracking down on the power of Facebook. But can gErman lead the way, without turning it into a tool of oppression?

Jamie Bartlett: The outsiders changing the world

By Adam Tinworth

Radicals and insurgents are often laughted at or ignored. But their narratives can be compelling - and change the way poltics operates.

Making sure AI boosts jobs, not destroys them

By Adam Tinworth

Can we make sure AI boosts the job market, rather than destroying it? An article argue we can…

Digital sucks – because too many politicians don’t understand it.

By Adam Tinworth

Digital sucks - and governments want to regulate it. But there are sane approaches to that regulation - and dangerous ones.

Trump: the tech transition

By Adam Tinworth

The presidential transition in the US has been mirrored by tech transition in the background, as social media accounts change hands. But not all went well…

The Twitter Town: local politics via social media in Spain

By Adam Tinworth

The town of Jun in southern Spain has been working with MIT to bring local civic services to the people - by Twitter

The sharing economy hits the political mainstream

By Adam Tinworth

The UK's ruling Conservative party are looking at ways of exploiting the sharing economy, typified by Airbnb, for the good of the wider economy…

Thomas de Maizière: making Germany the centre of digital Europe

By Adam Tinworth

Thomas de Maizière, Federal Minister of the Interior in Germany outline's the government's vision of digital Germany in the post-Snowdon world.

Preparing for the New Normal (Opening Session)

By Adam Tinworth

Talks from Nils Wollny and Brigitte Zypries explore the future of culture - and the German economy.

Your Festive Reading List

By Adam Tinworth

Six stories to get you back into the swing of the digital business after Christmas indulgence…

5 things I learnt from LeWeb day 3

By Adam Tinworth

Some detailed notes from a thought-provoking (and rather contentious) final day of LeWeb last week.

Revenge, selfies and neoreactionaries: what the internet is doing to our society

By Adam Tinworth

The internet is profoundly shifting our sense of self - for good and ill. Can we promote the good and resist the bad?

Germany caught in the NSA’s PRISM

By Adam Tinworth

The US Government's PRISM initiative may have been spying on German citizens' internet traffic…

Bruce Sterling: Design fictions and the judgement of history

By Adam Tinworth

Bruce Sterling has found the biggest dragon of all - and the worldwide startup culture is part of it. What will the judgement of history be on our era?

Harper Reed: how to build teams, practice failure and learn to listen.

By Adam Tinworth

The man who was CTO for Obama's 2012 election campaign brings us the most important lessons from their 18 months building victory.

Peer Steinbrück: Germany will lead the fourth industrial revolution

By Adam Tinworth

Germany has kept its industrial bases, and so is perfectly placed to modernise it using digital technology, argues prospective Chancellor Peer Steinbrúck.

Choose your dragon: politics

By Adam Tinworth

There are many dragons to be slain at NEXT Berlin. The Dragon of Politics could kill your business with regulation - or shelter and support it…

Our internet is a fragile thing

By Adam Tinworth

There's a lurking hidden dragon in the internet: our connectivity is more fragile than we are aware of, much of the time. A single person can deny a country internet access, and the minerals to build our phones are running out.

How social networking erodes your personal network

By Adam Tinworth

American students are pre-selecting their college friends to be just like them, thanks to social networks. Are online communities actually reducing diversity?

The Post-Digital Week – 26 Feb

By Adam Tinworth

From downbeat buzzword posturing to upbeat learning and progress, all the best post-digital reading from the last week. With digital placemats.