The US Retail Crisis
America is undergoing a retail sector crisis, partly related to the increase of competition from online commerce. We review this debate.
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National Audit Office Warns of Brexit Customs IT Train Wreck….Nine Months After Naked Capitalism
Yet another big Brexit disaster in the making.
Read more...Hallucinating Banks Believe They Are Technology Start-Ups
Banks are trying to make out like they are technology start-ups. But what’s their agenda? As usual, it is theirs, not their customers’.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Cryptocurrencies Collapsed
Why “collapsed” is not too strong a word to describe the recent price action for currency wannabes.
Read more...EU Takes Stand Against Crapification
The EU takes a first step towards combatting planned obsolescence and manufacturer-only repairs.
Read more...US Copyright Office Wimps Out on Right to Repair
Report recognizes rationale for right to repair, via tweaks to existing rule-making procedures under existing copyright statutory framework.
Read more...Uber Spinning Out of Control: Employees Eyeing Exits as Press (Finally) Starts to Question Business Model
More on the upheaval at Uber.
Read more...The Wheels Come Off Uber
Uber is over. But since many have money and reputations at stake, and Uber has cash to burn, it will take a while for that to be undeniable.
Read more...New York Times Sends Cease & Desist Letter Over CalPERS’ Massive Copyright Infringement; Potential Damages Eight Figures for Times and WSJ Each; Theft Extends to Virtually Every News Publication in US
CalPERS, the biggest public pension fund, appears to have perpetrated the largest copyright infringement in the history of the news industry.
Read more...Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Ten: The Uber Death Watch Begins
Why Uber is toast.
Read more...EU Competition Commissioner Vestager Targets Unaccountable Facebook Algos as Threat at Launch of New “Pro-Democracy” Movement
Facebook is finally getting some long overdue, serious pushback.
Read more...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.”
Read more...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.
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