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Cockerill pointed out that this responsibility doesnt just lie with consumers.

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In his view, companies should treat their products like their children.

Its stupid that we dont use products longer.

Were seeing each product as a single entity when the battery dies, we get rid of it.

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But what are the different components?

Who owns and controls AI and what the AI is deployed to do is important.

Is it developed in the interest of all or a small group of people?

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But also, Am I better after I use it.

As our reliance on apps made to make our lives easier grows, what might the longer-term consequences be?

But the cybercriminals werent home-free.

Hackers dont necessarily know how international banking works how to actually move the money theyve stolen.

Thats where money launders come in, he explained.

The hackers looked to Tornado Cash, a crypto tumbler running on Ethereum.

Read more about it in Whites book,The Lazarus Heist.

Leading us into this world was Moon Ribas, who biohacks her body for her art.

Shes best-known for implanting seismic sensors in her feet, which vibrated when an earthquake shook the planet.

These rocky rhythms would then guide her dance routines.

On the stage, Ribas banged a drum to the beat of the tremors.

Such fusions with tech, she said, can strengthen our bonds with nature.

Also all cups, plates, and utensils were made from recyclable materials.

And thats a wrap.

Stay tuned and see you next year!