Maya Salam

1 week ago | estadao.com.br | Maya Salam

Desde que estreou em 2011, “Black Mirror” a série antológica de ficção científica distópica da Netflix, pegou sementes de tecnologia nascente e as expandiu a proporções absurdas e perturbadoras. Ao fazer isso, ela se tornou um comentário sobre questões definidoras do século 21: vigilância, consumismo, inteligência artificial (IA), redes sociais, privacidade de dados, realidade virtual e muito mais.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Maya Salam

In "Girl on Girl," Sophie Gilbert makes a searing case that trends from the 1990s and 2000s, online and off, damaged young women in deep, dark ways. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. GIRL ON GIRL: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, by Sophie GilbertThere were several passages in Sophie Gilbert's blistering, sobering book "Girl on Girl" that challenged my selective nostalgia, making me wince.

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Maya Salam

In a Season 1 episode of Black Mirror, Daniel Kaluuya stars as Bing, a young man who seems to exist only within a digital prison. Photo / NetflixThe long-running tech drama always felt as if it took place in a dystopian near future. How much of that future has come to pass? Since Black Mirror debuted in 2011, the dystopian sci-fi anthology series has taken seeds of nascent technology and expanded them to absurd and disturbing proportions.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Maya Salam

Here's a look back at a few themes from past episodes that seemed futuristic at the time but are now upon us, in some form or another. Down the rabbit hole we go:‘Be Right Back’ Season 2, Episode 1A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. AI imitations, companion chatbots and humanoid robotsWhen Martha’s partner, Ash, dies in a car accident, she’s plunged into grief.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Maya Salam

The long-running tech drama always felt as if it took place in a dystopian near future. How much of that future has come to pass? Since "Black Mirror" debuted in 2011, the dystopian sci-fi anthology series has taken seeds of nascent technology and expanded them to absurd and disturbing proportions. In doing so, it has become a commentary on defining issues of the 21st-century: surveillance, consumerism, artificial intelligence, social media, data privacy, virtual reality and more.