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A Grim Year for Imprisoned Technologists: 2017 In Review The world is taking an increasingly dim view of the misuses of technology and those who made their names (and fortunes) from them. In 2017, Silicon Valley companies were caught up in a ongoing trainwreck of scandals: biased algorithms, propaganda botnets, and extremist online organizing have dominated the media’s headlines. But in less-reported-on corners of the world, concerns about technology are being warped to hurt innocent coders, writers and human rights defenders. Since its founding , EFF has highlighted and defended cases of injustice and fearmongering perpetrated against innocent technologists. We advocate for unjustly imprisoned technologists and bloggers with our Offline project . In 2017, we continue to see fear being whipped up against those who oppose oppression with modern tools—as well as those who have done nothing more than teach and share technology so that we can all use and understand it better. Take Dm...

The demand for power is constantly increasing. Over the past couple of decades, an increased global economy, combined with urban migration and a growing world population, have shown conclusively that our old power systems are no longer sufficient to meet the growing demand. To compound this issue, four forces in the world today hold serious implications for the future of power distribution: Electricity demand is expected to double by 2040, with much of this demand driven by Asian markets. [i] There will be ten times more connected devices than people by 2020. [ii] Despite the fact that energy efficiency is largely untapped, with 82% of its potential unrealized, [iii] equipment maintenance and operational expenses still represent a major percentage of building upkeep. About 70% of new power generation will be through renewable rather than traditional generation systems by 2040. [iv] All of these trends are creating massive disruption in the electrical distribution systems, and ...