With great sadness, we mourn the passing of Wilfred “Bill” Coggins, who founded what would become Kaiser Permanente’s Watts Counseling and Learning Center in California. Coggins celebrated his 98th birthday in February 2025. Coggins developed the “Watts Project” to address community drivers of inequitable health outcomes and other social challenges after being hired in the … Read more
Members and supporters of Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community march through Budapest, amid an increasingly hostile environment for sexual minorities led by the country’s right-wing government, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. ANNA SZILAGYI / AP Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday, March 18, passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify … Read more
By Jessica Commins and Kristina Irion Introduction When we hear digital technologies described as ‘virtual’ or ‘cloud’, it conjures up a feeling of immateriality or weightlessness. Yet this belies the very tangible impact of digital infrastructures on our environment. Data centres, in practice rather faceless warehouses, are the backbone of the digital transformation and have … Read more
Shenzhen Dobot said on Tuesday it would price its latest Optimus-style humanoid model at 199,000 yuan (US$27,500), which sparked hopes for imminent mass production and drove the company’s shares up nearly 28 per cent. Dobot, known for manufacturing robotic arms for industrial applications, unveiled its Dobot Atom last week, calling it the world’s first humanoid … Read more
We can witness in real time how the Trump administration is devastating international relations as well as the international legal order. Sanctions form an integral part of this disruptive behaviour, as they attribute political and economic weight to the US’ foreign policy agendas (see e.g. here; here). One particular tool to maximize these aspired goals … Read more
