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Libra is going nowhere fast.
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Computer Science Now Counts as Math Credit in Most States – Is This a Good Idea?
Tech squillionaires are the moving force behind a succesful campaign to have secondary schools in the US give math credits for computer science courses.
Read more...Announcing the First Winner of the Archie McCardell Award for Truly Horrendous Management: WeWork
Introducing serial leading company wrecker Archie McCardell, and noteworthy successors to him, with WeWork as a first object lesson.
Read more...Southwest Pilots Blast Boeing in Suit for Deception and Losses from “Unsafe, Unairworthy” 737 Max
Yet more deserved bad news on the Boeing 737 Max front.
Read more...Gene Editing Could Help Save the Planet — If Scientists Can Avoid the Typos
Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
Read more...The California Workers’ Rights Bill Is a Start, but We Need a More Radical Approach to the ‘Gig Economy’
Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes insecure work a reality.
Read more...Federal Appeals Court Issues Mixed Decision on Net Neutrality
Parsing a mixed ruling on net neutraliity.
Read more...Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
A sanity check on the Green New Deal.
Read more...Libra Unraveling: Network of “Partners” Like Visa and Mastercard Refusing Even to Give Lip Service
Quelle surprise! Facebook’s touted Libra partners are getting cold feet.
Read more...Mark Carney’s Trojan Unicorn — Are Central Banks Considering Stealth Nationalization in Sovereign Digital Currencies?
Mark Carney talks about digital soverign currencies. But is he really describing nationalization? And if so, whither the commercial banks?
Read more...The End of Super Imperialism?
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s proposal to invent to replace the US dollar as the key reserve currency with a “synthetic hegemonic currency.”
Read more...How Facial Recognition Technology Is Bringing Surveillance Capitalism to Our Streets
Facial recognition cameras are bringing the datafication of the internet to the real world, threatening our right to privacy and public space.
Read more...Cory Doctorow: Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the Making of a Whistleblower
A review of Edward Snowden’s new book.
Read more...Big Tech ‘Nudges’ Our Behavior for Its Own Greed: Here’s a 4-Step Social Media Self-Defense Class
Some simple suggestions for how to keep tech from running your life.
Read more...Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Quest for Decent Work
A large scale study confirms that labour platforms, also known as crowdwork, are exploitative.
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