Why Canada needs to build a public cloud
Dependence on US tech giants must end if the country is serious about digital sovereignty
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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Restrictions on Iranian and Chinese technology are about preserving US geopolitical power
Getting off US tech is no easy task
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort
I’m writing a new book!
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Elon Musk’s reputation must be beyond rehabilitation
It's time to end the myth of his genius once and for all