Steve Thompson PhD

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Former Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth College, UC Davis faculty. Internet addiction research pioneer (1996). Terrorism and media scholar.




Editor: Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021); Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society (2018); Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies (2014).



Veteran newsman. Independent. Believer.



#EmergingTech #Propaganda #TechEthics

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Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
Bodies of Four Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/asia/maldives-divers-accident-bodies-found.html
Bodies of Four Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave

The discovery comes after days of searching by an international team of rescue divers. A fifth body was recovered last week.

The New York Times
Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
‘The party has sailed its ship’: ex-Republican runs as Democrat for Georgia governor’s seat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/geoff-duncan-ex-republican-georgia-democratic-primary-governor
‘The party has sailed its ship’: ex-Republican runs as Democrat for Georgia governor’s seat

After being excommunicated from the GOP, Geoff Duncan is trying for a comeback on the Democratic ticket

The Guardian
Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
Former school official returns to court for case of 6-year-old who shot teacher
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-school-official-returns-court-case-6-year-old-shot-teacher-rcna345286
Former school official returns to court for case of 6-year-old who shot teacher

A former assistant principal is back in court Monday to face a criminal trial in connection with the 2023 shooting of a first-grade teacher by her 6-year-old student

NBC News
Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/eric-schmidt-ai-university-commencement-speech-booed
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement

Pew research shows Americans are more worried than excited about AI as graduates voiced fears over jobs

The Guardian
Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
Luigi Mangione trial: judge to decide whether to exclude evidence from McDonald’s
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/luigi-mangione-trial-new-york-united-healthcare-ceo
Luigi Mangione trial: judge to decide whether to exclude evidence from McDonald’s

Defense says police who arrested Mangione over murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson didn’t apprise him of his rights

The Guardian
Steve Thompson PhD2h ago
The Catastrophic Swatch x Audemars Piguet Launch Was Entirely Predictable and Utterly Avoidable
https://www.wired.com/story/the-catastrophic-swatch-x-audemars-piguet-launch-was-entirely-predictable-and-utterly-avoidable/
The Catastrophic Swatch x Audemars Piguet Launch Was Entirely Predictable and Utterly Avoidable

So why didn't Swatch do anything to avoid it?

WIRED
Steve Thompson PhD3h ago

Investigative reporter Tom Wright faces criminal defamation charge in Thailand - Committee to Protect Journalists

https://cpj.org/2026/05/investigative-reporter-tom-wright-faces-criminal-defamation-charge-in-thailand/

Investigative reporter Tom Wright faces criminal defamation charge in Thailand - Committee to Protect Journalists

Mae Sot, May 18, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Thai politician Vorapak Tanyawong to drop his criminal defamation suit against Whale Hunting newsletter’s investigative reporter Tom Wright, and urges Thailand to reform its criminal statutes so that they cannot be abused to silence the press. Wright told CPJ that he faces criminal charges...

Committee to Protect Journalists
Steve Thompson PhD3h ago

IDF struggles to throttle endless feed of soldiers posting misdeeds on social media | The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-struggles-to-throttle-endless-feed-of-soldiers-posting-misdeeds-on-social-media/

Steve Thompson PhD3h ago

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Mark 14:3 KJV

#Jesus

Steve Thompson PhD12h ago

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.

David in 2 Samuel 1:26 ESV