Author: Mo Jiang

Fall 2025 Featured Weekly News Profile

Too Big To Fail: How AWS’s Outage Broke Down a Sizable Chunk of the Internet

Mo Jiang November 16, 2025

Amazon Web Services is one of the world’s largest cloud service providers with estimated control over 30% of the Internet. It provides critical computing infrastructure, including databases and virtual servers, to businesses across several industries. Due to this single point of critical systems, its 14-hour outage has a catastrophic impact on several global sectors. This article examines the ethical and systemic risks associated with centralizing cloud infrastructure, where a single failure can cascade into widespread, severe disruption across interconnected global systems.

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Fall 2025 Featured Weekly News Profile

The Cost of “Instant”: AI Translation, Cultural Nuance, and the Human Element

Mo Jiang October 5, 2025

Apple recently announced the live-translation feature in AirPods, which enables translating conversations in real time. While this technology assumes great potential for global connectivity, it also raises concerns about AI’s translation capabilities and the problems the translation tools might bring.

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Featured Summer 2025 Weekly News Profile

Three-Parent IVF: the Impact of the UK’s MRT Success

Mo Jiang August 10, 2025

Since its proposal in 2015, Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT) has gained significant attention as a viable solution for curing mitochondrial infertility. After eight babies were born using MRT at the UK’s Newcastle Fertility Centre, MRT has sparked intense ethical, medical, and social debates globally. The UK’s success provides crucial data as other countries consider regulating this transformative technology, highlighting the need for careful consideration of its far-reaching implications.

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Featured Summer 2025 Weekly News Profile

European Stop Killing Games Initiative Challenges Game

Mo Jiang July 13, 2025

The European “Stop Killing Games” 1.2-million-signature petition challenges game publishers who revoke access to purchased games, highlighting a broader crisis where 87% of classic video games are now inaccessible. The gaming industry argues that mandatory game preservation poses technical and financial challenges, while legislative responses remain limited. Movement proponents push for solutions like offline modes and community-released server software to ensure end-of-support games’ accessibility.

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Featured Summer 2025 Weekly News Profile

High-Tech Dreams, Widening Gaps: The Downside of Costly Innovations

Mo Jiang June 15, 2025

Following Apple’s arguably overpriced headsets, other companies, such as Nintendo, also raised prices for their Switch 2 product. These incidents reveal a general trend of technology becoming increasingly expensive, yet growing evidence shows that unaffordable costs are worsening the digital divide, leaving low-income, minority, and disabled populations with less access to essential technology. More efforts are needed to make products affordable and accessible to everyone.

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Featured Summer 2025 Weekly News Profile

Who’s Shaping Tomorrow’s AI Ethics? Universities Navigate Corporate AI Ethics Funding

Mo Jiang June 1, 2025

Tech giants like Netflix and Microsoft are making significant investments in AI ethics education and research at universities. These efforts raise concerns about potential corporate influence on academic independence. As colleges develop partnerships with the tech industry, they face the challenge of balancing valuable funding opportunities with the need to maintain academic integrity and ensure AI ethics research and education serve broader societal interests rather than corporate agendas.

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Spring 2025 Volume 8 Issue 2

Ethical Cloud: Engineering Concerns in the Age of Cloud Computing

Mo Jiang May 25, 2025

Cloud computing refers to delivering computing services over the internet. Although it has revolutionized data storage and accessibility, cloud computing presents several ethical challenges regarding privacy, environmental impact, economic stagnancy, and the digital divide. To ensure its ethical practice, engineers must be more cautious about cloud adoption, develop energy-efficient power solutions, and push for legal regulation.

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Spring 2025 Weekly News Profile

FDA Approval of Bioengineered Blood Vessels Raises Concerns about Expedited Medical Reviews

Mo Jiang March 31, 2025

The FDA’s Accelerated Approval (AA) program enables early approval of drugs that treat serious conditions by bypassing unmet regulatory conditions. Despite risks, the recent approval of Humacyte’s bioengineered blood vessels has sparked concerns over how medical devices are approved during this process.

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Spring 2025 Weekly News Profile

Preserving the Past: AI in Indigenous Language Preservation

Mo Jiang February 21, 2025

Recent breakthroughs in AI have expanded its use to translating endangered Indigenous languages. While it has promising preservation potential, these language technologies highlight the ethical scruples of using AI in cultural preservation. Careful attention is needed to implement AI preservation efforts that respect the sovereignty and cultural values of Indigenous communities.

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Spring 2025 Weekly News Profile

Gemini 2025: The Implications of Language Model Arm Race

Mo Jiang January 24, 2025

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai aims to reach 500 million users for Gemini by the end of 2025. However, both corporate transparency and the current regulatory frameworks struggle to keep up with AI’s rapid deployment. This has prompted a need for engineers to define a balance between responsible development and rapid deployment.

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