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James Farrell

James Farrell is the former editor-in-chief of Chiang Mai CityNews, where he wrote and managed daily news, features, op-eds and blogs on a diverse range of topics. Prior to this, in the same city of Northern Thailand where he lives, he was the longstanding deputy editor of the monthly magazine Citylife. He has written on culture, politics, travel, tech, business, human rights, for local, national, and international news services and magazines. He has a keen interest in the role technology is playing in the transformation of society, culture and politics, especially in developing nations. This is reflected in his not-so-successful first novel.


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A political first for Seattle: voting by mobile phone

Residents of King County, Washington, which includes Seattle, will become the first people in the U.S. to be able to cast a vote by smartphone, it was announced Wednesday. It’s a modest start. The 1.2 million people in the area will be …

Facebook to expand in UK, hiring 1,000 new workers

Facebook Inc. will hire 1,000 new staff in the U.K., bringing its total number of staff there to 4,000, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announced today. Half the new roles will be focused in technology development, such as positions in software engineering …

Facebook’s ban on deepfakes doesn’t impress critics

Despite Facebook Inc.’s vow Monday that there’s no room for deepfake videos on the platform, critics think its ban doesn’t go far enough. The company acknowledged in a blog post that manipulated media is a rising concern, especially as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches. …

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