CalPERS’ Comment on Naked Capitalism Reveals Mid-Level Network Security Deficiency; What Else Might Be Wrong?
An IT professional’s take on a CalPERS security lapse:” It looks like their network security monkey is pretty lazy.”
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Notes From an Emergency: Tech Feudalism
A wide-ranging, lively, sobering talk about tech feudalism and the implications for all of us.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Did Cisco Just Say Demand is “Very Lumpy?”
Look out below: Cisco has a history of being the canary in the coal mine at market turns.
Read more...Genetically Engineered Disappointments
A looked at sales talk versus results for genetically engineered crops.
Read more...Jobless Recoveries: Exploring Technology’s Role
Recoveries from recessions in the US used to involve rapid job generation, but job growth has failed to match GDP recovery after recent US recessions. This column examines the role of technology in this and asks whether jobless recoveries are a wider problem outside of the US. In the US, industries that are more prone to technological change experienced slower job growth during recent recoveries, but it appears unlikely that modern technologies are causing jobless recoveries outside of the US. This poses a puzzle as to the nature of recent jobless US recoveries.
Read more...How Financialization and the “New Economy” Hurt Science and Engineering Grads
How the “new economy” devalued science and engineering degrees.
Read more...VA Hospital Forcing Patients to Use Facebook and Twitter
So why is the VA promoting Rule by Facebook?
Read more...Uber Under Federal Criminal Investigation for “Greyball” Software
Uber is in hot water and has hired a big name white shoe firm, Shearman & Sterling, to conduct an internal investigation.
Read more...Organizing Against the Gig Economy: Lessons from Latin America?
New strategies of organization and workers’ control in Latin America suggest ways to combat the insecurity of the gig economy.
Read more...The Trump Administration’s FCC Tries to Roll Back Net Neutrality
How the Obama Administration established net neutrality, why the Trump administration wants to roll it back, and what you can do.
Read more...Do We Understand the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment?
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the world of work, but the future is hard to predict. Some see most jobs at risk of automatisation, while others argue robots will only take on a narrow range of tasks in the coming decades. Nevertheless, we need a broad debate to prepare the appropriate economic policy response to the new industrial revolution.
Read more...Former Workers at Elon Musk’s SolarCity Allege Employment Abuses, Improper Installations
Over 2000 former SolarCity workers allege labor violations, like denying overtime pay and bathroom breaks, as well as shoddy installations.
Read more...The Automation Grift: From Flying Cars to Ordering Cat Food on the Internet – Part 2
Why claims for automation getting rid of workers are greatly exaggerated.
Read more...Fintech Puts Payday Lending Old Wine in New Bottles
“Fintech” provider Lyric Financial is out to take advantage of financially unsophisticated musicians. Hipness is part of the ruse.
Read more...Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Medication Errors in Hospitals Don’t Disappear with New Technology.” Government: “It’s the Doctors’ Fault.”
Cybernetic supremacy vs. cybernetic sobriety in hospitals.
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