A report of The Void Pop-up in the exhibition SALWA's Internet Café, which took place in W139 (Amsterdam) in July and August of 2023. It includes description of the program, images, and recordings of three livestreamed public events.

Human rights violations and onlyfans streamers, unboxing and sniping, #pewpew and #militarycurves, war and ahegao. The Kawayoku Inception by Noura Tafeche is an archival project that aims to shape under a new taxonomy contemporary digital elusiveness and the ultimate stage of violence sublimation. Presented …

This paper introduces a novel distributed algorithm designed to optimize the deployment of access points within Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) for better service quality in infrastructure less environments. The algorithm operates based on local, independent execution by each network node, thus ensuring …

It seems easier to talk about the end of humanity than about giving up the internet or giving up driving. It is argued that in our developed "first" world, we now need development aid ourselves. We are “blind” at the mercy of technological “progress”, which we continue to see against our better judgement, …

Cross-border e-commerce is flourishing worldwide and is particularly intriguing because it allows sellers and buyers to regularly cross national borders to distant and distinct countries via the Internet. Marketers need to understand the challenges retailers and consumers may face to develop effective …

Location data is a sensitive data type that is collected on a wide scale and is easily misused as it can reveal sensitive personal information. Popular and upcoming technologies like AI and IoT devices can play a meaningful role in this as they become more prevalent and integrated into our daily-use …

Online criminaliteit stelt de politie voor nieuwe vraagstukken. Zo kunnen daders op het internet met Anonieme Communicatie Netwerken (ACN’s) acteren zonder daarbij hun identiteit of locatie prijs te geven. Op die manier kunnen ze bijvoorbeeld illegale goederen verhandelen, kinderporno verspreiden of …

The use of machine learning in embedded systems is an interesting topic, especially with the growth in popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT). The capacity of a system, such as a robot, to self-localize, is a fundamental skill for its navigation and decision-making processes. This work focuses on …

Leipzig-based German media theorist Annekatherin Kohout has written a ‚cultural studies’ history of the nerd figure. Nerds, Eine Popkulturgeschichte was published in 2022 by C.H. Beck in Munich. I was drawn to this study as I’ve been surrounded by nerds, geeks and programmers that have been building …