How Immoral Are Laissez Faire Ideologues? Ask About Drones.
Drones illustrate why lack of regulation isn’t such a hot idea.
Read more...Category Archives: Technology and innovation
“Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!” Artificial Intelligence and the Future of War
Great. Will the new maxim of war be, “He who controls the training set controls the future”?
Read more...Debate: The ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Movement Is Not a Facebook Revolution
Clearing up misperceptions about the gilet jaunes and the role of social media in organizing.
Read more...“You’re Worth $1 Trillion. Why Do You Need Our $3 Billion?” Angry New Yorkers Confront Amazon Execs at City Council Meeting
Amazon has said its new headquarters in New York will create 25,000 jobs for residents—a claim one protester derided as “smoke and mirrors”
Read more...Is the Internet to Blame for the Rise of Authoritarianism?
Three perspectives on whether the internet is damaging democracy.
Read more...Huawei’s Meng Snagged Due to US Bank Sanctions
More on the arrest and planned extradition of Huawei CFO Meng.
Read more...Huawei CFO, Daughter of Founder and Possible Heir Apparent, Arrested in Canada on a US Extradition Request on Charges of Transfer of US Technology to Iran
A US criminal case targeting Huawei has thrown a big spanner into US-China relations.
Read more...Our New York Magazine Article: “Uber Is Headed for a Crash”
A clinical look at Uber’s economics and prospects.
Read more...U.S. Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin Wallets For First Time
The long arm of US law reaches into bitcoin wallets.
Read more...Machine Learning and Economics
Some economists contend that machine learning and AI can improve economics.
Read more...Can Zuckerberg Survive Facebook’s Stock Selloff?
To think it was not all that long ago that Zuckerberg was contemplating a presidential bid…
Read more...Another Blow to the Biometric ID Fairy: Researchers Show ‘Master’ Fingerprints Can Bypass Smartphone ID Sensors
New research shows that ‘master’ fingerprints can bypass smartphone fingerprint ID systems – thus striking another blow at the biometric ID fairy.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Amazon Rips Off 238 Cities, States and Provinces, Then Builds in NYC and DC
More evidence that Amazon is nasty.
Read more...Uber Releases Ugly 3Q 2018 Results: Losses Widen to $1.1 Billion, Growth Slows
It”s getting hard to believe Uber’s story.
Read more...Cryptocurrencies: Financial (In)stability and (Un)fairness
If private cryptocurrencies were to find widespread economic use, either coexisting with or fully displacing fiat money, the result would be increased financial instability, inequality, and social instability.
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