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Google owner Alphabet issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price
Microsoft’s talks to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations raise ire in China. Washington’s push for Chinese company to sell American operations hardens suspicions in China that the U.S. aims to sabotage its technology
Trump Says U.S. should get slice of TikTok sale price. President says he told Microsoft’s Nadella that U.S. should get a cut ‘because we’re making it possible for this deal to happen.’ US president drops opposition to purchase but insists government should receive ‘very large percentage.’ Never heard such terms before!
TikTok, Trump and an impulse to act as C.E.O. to corporate America. The president’s interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm’s-length approach of predecessors of either party
The challenges Microsoft faces in buying TikTok’s US arm. Tech group has until September 15 to resolve myriad problems in securing deal for Chinese video app
Is TikTok a good buy? It depends on what’s included. TikTok’s most valuable assets, a hyper-effective algorithm and a community of popular creators, may not be as easy to acquire as the company itself
TikTok is said to wrestle with two competing offers. The sale of the video app’s U.S. operations is entering its final stages, with two groups having submitted bids
Why does Walmart want TikTok? looking to China may explain. The app’s Chinese version, Douyin, is trying to become a mobile marketplace where video stars promote products. That could be a model for Walmart if it acquires TikTok
Walmart wants to go viral with TikTok, Wall Street thinks it can
The US is considering ratcheting up pressure on more Chinese companies. Following his threat to ban TikTok, president Donald Trump said he is looking at banning other Chinese tech companies like Alibaba
It’s not just the United States: These governments see TikTok as a growing problem
TikTok plans to challenge President Trump’s executive order. The planned lawsuit represents TikTok’s most public pushback yet to the series of U.S. government actions. See also TikTok to sue Trump administration over ban. Lawsuit to argue Chinese owned app was denied due process by executive order blocking its use in US. And the story in the New York Times.
Forced sales are the wrong way to deal with Chinese tech, says The Economist. America needs to sort out its own data-privacy regime
TikTok deal talks are slowed over new China rules. Delay in exclusive negotiations shows extent of U.S., China tangling on technology. See also coverage in New York Times. China's new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale
How competitive is China’s tech scene? Absence of foreign players does not mean life is less cut-throat for domestic groups, entrepreneurs argue
Tech cold war comes to India: Silicon Valley takes on Alibaba and Tencent. As political tensions dominate India’s relations with China, US companies see an opportunity
India moves to cut Huawei gear from telecoms network. Industry executives say government is seeking to phase out Chinese equipment without a formal ban
India’s Huawei snub prompts new crisis for Chinese telecoms group
Apple faces $1.4 billion patent lawsuit in China that may block iPhone sales in the country
Concerns are being expressed about alleged unintended consequences of data portability in financial markets. New calls have been voiced to contain the engagement of BigTech platforms with retail banking. This paper argues that asymmetrical regulatory measures imposed on BigTechs entry in the financial industry are likely to tilt the market in favour of incumbent banks to the detriment of small players as well as consumer welfare
Follow the Money: How digital ads subsidise the worst of the web. From Covid conspiracies to election scams, automated advertising software plays a large—and largely unseen—role
AI can almost write like a human—and more advances are coming. A new language model, OpenAI’s GPT-3, is making waves for its ability to mimic writing, but it falls short on common sense. Some experts think an emerging technique called neuro-symbolic AI is the answer
When taming big tech goes wrong. What the United States can learn from Europe’s efforts to restrain America’s tech giants
Facebook must better police online hate, State Attorneys General say. The call from 20 state officials adds to the rising pressure facing Mark Zuckerberg and his company
What years of emails and texts reveal about your friendly tech companies. Theatrics distracted from the real payoff of the congressional hearings: the subpoenaed documents
In a U.S.-China tech divorce, businesses would have to pick sides. The technology industries of the U.S. and China are in some ways deeply intertwined and in others remarkably separate. The latest actions on the part of the U.S. aim to sever what ties remain
White House plans to boost AI, Quantum funding by 30%. The budget proposal comes amid pressure from China, which is investing heavily in emerging technologies
Australian regulations detrimental to the digital economy: process (Part 1) (Part 2)
An Uber and Lyft shutdown in California looks inevitable — unless voters bail them out. Uber Will 'Shut Down' in California If It Must Classify Drivers as Employees. Uber's PR push reminds us that Uber's business model relies on mistreating its drivers, and now it's threatening to leave California 'for a while' if it has to make them employees
Nvidia boss sets out plan to rule the data centre. Chipmaker to make technology available to rivals, amid concern over proposed acquisition of Arm
That was fast! It took Apple 42 years to reach $1 trillion in value. It took it just two more years to get to $2 trillion. Even more stunning: All of Apple’s second $1 trillion came in the past 21 weeks, while the global economy shrank faster than ever before in the coronavirus pandemic. See also Financial Times, Wall Street Journal
Big Tech’s domination of business reaches new heights. As the economy contracts and many companies struggle to survive, the biggest tech companies are amassing wealth and influence in ways unseen in decades
Facebook fails to curb spread of medical misinformation, report finds. Misleading content generated an estimated 3.8bn views over past year
How policymakers can foster algorithmic accountability [Centre for Data Innovation]
Palantir to Wall Street: we are not like other tech companies. Data group’s listing prospectus makes a virtue of controversial government work
Palantir blasts Silicon Valley in public stock listing filing. Software company co-founded by Peter Thiel says tech stalwarts are out of touch with U.S. society
Inside Ant Group’s giant valuation: one billion Alipay users and big profit margins. Filings for Hong Kong and Shanghai initial public offerings reveal detailed financial and operational data for the first time
What is AI? The human's handbook to computers that think: what is AI?
Algorithms workers can’t see are increasingly pulling the management strings. How other companies are automating decision making - and what can go wrong. And how algorithms keep workers in the dark
Fortnite creator sues Apple and Google after ban from App Stores. Epic Games, the maker of the popular game, provoked the tech giants by violating their policies, then released a social media campaign and lawsuits to confront them. Epic Games’ founder Tim Sweeney is fighting Apple, Google. He’s been preparing for years. Fortnite’s removal from the App Store and Google Play has become a flashpoint in a long battle between app developers and the tech giants. Apple has finally met its Fortnite match. Apple’s walled garden gets an epic test. ‘Fortnite’ maker goes to war over ‘Apple tax.’ Epic Games launches lawsuit over 30% fee after popular game thrown out of App Store. The complaint against Google is here. The complaint against Apple is here. Apple is now poking antitrust regulators with a stick
Why Was ‘Fortnite’ removed from Apple and Google App Stores? Dispute follows game maker’s rollout of payment system that would skirt certain fees owed to tech companies for in-app purchases
Apple and Google can hold out longer than a Fortnite. Game maker Epic is disadvantaged in fight over app-store fees, but that’s precisely its point
Apple can ban ‘Fortnite’ but not ‘create havoc’ for other apps, court rules. US district judge prevents iPhone maker from barring Epic from its developer tools. The case will resume on 28 September
Apple cannot afford to lose battle royale with Epic. Both companies want to be in control as games develop into digital marketplaces
Tim Sweeney, ‘Fortnite’ billionaire in an epic fight. Founder of video game group leads the charge against smartphone gatekeepers Apple and Google
Epic’s lies about Apple couldn’t save Fortnite
New York and California are reportedly joining FTC antitrust probe of Amazon
What would a possible antitrust investigation into Alipay and WeChat Pay reveal?
The ability of online retailers to set “personalised” prices for individual users may soon become the norm, fear two economists in a recent paper
In the first - The Tipping Point in Antitrust Law – of a four-part series, Everest Fang urges Americans to take a greater interest in antitrust issues
Antitrust and data protection emerge as top FTC priorities during Senate hearing but…
Trump aides interviewing replacement for embattled FTC chair. Joe Simons has come under White House pressure for resisting the president's fight against alleged political bias in social media.
Brookings panellists call for breaking up and breaking open big tech powerhouses
Big tech and the optical illusion of monopoly. The stock prices of each of the companies whose CEOs were facing the congressional hearing were all up — and stayed that way throughout the day. The very next day, the four companies reported their earnings — and by all accounts, they were fantastic, adding a combined $370 bn! to their market cap
Coronavirus hobbled Amazon. How the Tech Giant rebounded for its best earnings ever. Amazon’s share of online shopping fell, and rivals stepped in, yet it bounced back sharply
Vestager calls for EU-US ‘common vision’ on platform competition policy
Antitrust can’t bust a monopoly of ideas. Consumer-protection tools won’t be effective against the larger threat to American democracy
Theatrics distracted from the real payoff of the congressional hearings: the subpoenaed documents
Privacy, antitrust and government, oh my!
Beating up on Big Tech is fun and easy. Restraining it will require rewriting the law. If we want to rein in Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, we need to rewrite antitrust statutes that for now are almost powerless against the tech giants
Related to the congressional hearings with tech CEOs is Continuing a Principled Approach to Antitrust by the American Action Forum
Bill Baer, the tech antitrust hearings are over: What’s next for enforcement?
After Big Tech’s grilling on Capitol Hill, Brussels could be next
New York State targets big tech with tougher antitrust bill. The legislation could close antitrust loopholes. Also, New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants. The legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google
Tech giants face growing calls for tougher regulatory treatment
U.S. Justice Department going 'full tilt' on tech antitrust probe: official but … DOJ wavers on timeline for possible Google antitrust lawsuit and DOJ disagreement arises over possible Google antitrust suit
U.S. faces bumpy antitrust road despite big tech’s emails, memos. Monopoly cases won’t be a slam dunk
Facebook campaign contributions pour in as antitrust investigations move ahead
Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case. As the computing conglomerate has grown, so too have the risks that it becomes more like a conventional company
U.S. Appeals Court throws out antitrust ruling against Qualcomm. Court rules federal government hadn’t shown chip maker engaged in illegal monopolisation. See also Yahoo! Finance and New York Times
Throwing out the FTC's suit against Qualcomm moves antitrust law in the wrong direction
Justice-FTC antitrust feud is the wrong kind of competition. A congressional drafting error from 1914 led the agencies to clash in court over Qualcomm
Teva Pharmaceutical’s U.S. unit indicted on price-fixing charges. Justice Department alleges generic drugmaker participated in three different conspiracies
The relevance of 'Relevant Market' in digital market under competition law In India
Russian competition watchdog finds Apple guilty of antitrust abuse. Kaspersky, a Russian antivirus software maker, alleged that Apple forced it to remove features from a Screen Time competitor
Monopoly is Tyranny. Massive companies like Amazon, Google, Pfizer, and Uber don’t merely dominate an industry: They dominate our lives
When big tech firms buy start-ups, antitrust enforcers should take notice
Monopolies: Silent spreaders of poverty and economic inequality
A Political Economy Perspective of The Egyptian Competition Authority, SSRN
When regulators fail to rein in Big Tech, some turn to antitrust litigation. Not content to wait around for government agencies, U.S. companies are picking up the antitrust mantle
Amazon faces new antitrust challenge from 2,000 online sellers in India
Tech's biggest companies have been accused of antitrust violations. Here's what 'antitrust' means and how 'trust-busting' laws attempt to keep the biggest firms in US history from growing too powerful
The American Action Forum on Antitrust, big tech, and the 2020 U.S. general elections
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman welcomes you to Team Antitrust!
Goliath and Goliath: Competition and Antitrust in Big Tech
Big day for Big Tech: CEOs testify in house antitrust hearing
Paper by John O. McGinnis on Unifying Antitrust Enforcement for the Digital Age [SSRN]
Data protection strategies for your home office
UK’s data protection watchdog, ICO, warns on AI data compliance, publishes new auditing Framework. How do we ensure individual rights in our AI systems?
Comparing EU’s GDPR with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act [PDF]
EU-US Privacy Shield invalidated with immediate effect, hitting companies sharing data with EU
EU websites’ use of Google Analytics and Facebook Connect targeted by post-Schrems II privacy complaints
EDPB guidance emerges in the aftermath of the Schrems II case
Assessing India’s obsession with data localisation. And in India’s Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, grounds of processing personal data
Data privacy and data security are not the same. Companies that fail to understand the differences between data privacy and data security put their brands and bottom lines in jeopardy
The Indian Data Localisation proposal – more misses than hits?
How big data aids digital transformation
FTC investigating Twitter for potential privacy violations. The social media company said the agency was examining whether it had misused people’s personal information to serve ads
Not sure how the calculate this but digital content is on track to equal half 'Earth's mass' by 2245
TikTok collected device identifiers for over a year in violation of Android policies. A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered the tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption
The lesson we’re learning from TikTok? It’s all about our data. Tips from the New York Times on how we should minimise how much we share with all of our favourite and not-so-favorite apps
Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy
This tool could protect your photos from facial recognition. Researchers at the University of Chicago want you to be able to post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you
12 ways to address the risks big data and AI pose to the business world
Massachusetts Attorney General creates unit to police data privacy and security abuses. Growing number of states are building specialised law-enforcement teams
How your phone is used to track you, and what you can do about it. Smartphone location data, often used by marketers, has been useful for studying the spread of the coronavirus. But the information raises troubling privacy questions
Europe worried about data over US 'cloud' supremacy
The federal prosecutors in the United States have charged Uber's former chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, for covering up a massive data breach that the ride-hailing company suffered in 2016
Read the comments of the Centre for Data Innovation to the FTC on data portability
Facebook attacks Apple for curbing personalised ads. Upcoming iPhone update will ask users if they want to be tracked
Porchlight’s best business books award for 2019
America in the World — Robert Zoellick’s fine new history. How pendulum-like swings between interventionist and isolationist impulses have shaped US foreign policy
Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power by David Dayen. From the airlines we fly to the food we eat, how a tiny group of corporations have come to dominate every aspect of our lives. See also, The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing
David Dayen: “The antitrust doctrine we’ve seen over the last 40 years simply does not match the lived experience of people”
How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers is Tim Harford’s new book
And The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions is Jeffrey Sachs new book
Once the innovators, department stores fight to stay alive. Decades of complacency led to stores that are stale and slow to adapt
The world’s tech giants, ranked by brand value
Uber ridership fails to recover as pandemic drives another big loss. Stay-at-home orders have fuelled company’s food-delivery business. See also Uber’s now a food delivery company - and it’s still losing money. The pandemic has slashed demand for rides and boosted orders for UberEats. Neither segment is profitable
Uber and Lyft threaten California shutdown: here’s what’s at stake. A key decision in the debate over how to classify drivers is expected this week, and the ramifications could be world-wide
2020 is on pace to be the best year for US IPOs since the dot-com bubble
Jack Ma’s Ant remains in regulators’ crosshairs ahead of giant IPO. Ant Group isn’t a financial institution, but it has businesses, subsidiaries and affiliates that are overseen by financial regulators
Can Tesla maintain its momentum? And on Tesla…
Elon Musk confirms Russian hacking plot targeted Tesla factory. A Russian hacker tried to recruit a Tesla employee working for the company's factory in Sparks, Nevada.
United ends domestic change fees. United joins Southwest in offering free ticket changes permanently, as airlines adjust to coronavirus-driven travel restrictions. See also United Airlines bids farewell to change fees in push for bookings
Tata: transforming a conglomerate for India and the world. The group aims to overhaul its European steel and car operations as well as cash in on e-commerce in its home country
Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director argues that businesses often prefer clear prescriptive rules over general standards
The Australian Government and the AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION (ACCC), published its draft Code of Conduct that regulates commercial relationships between media companies and digital platforms
A start-up aims to make e-Commerce accessible for everyone
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., the giant online retail company often referred to as the Amazon.com of China, has dramatically outperformed the broader market in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst economic crisis in decades
Walmart hasn’t done badly also, doubling its e-Commerce revenue as sales surge. e-Commerce revenue jumped 97% from a year ago
Why Facebook's doubling down on e-Commerce. Facebook climbs above $300 for first time on e-Commerce bets
A quantum leap for e-commerce. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated shift to e-commerce by 5 years, new report says
Exporters that boosted e-Commerce amid COVID poised to profit long after pandemic subsides
It’s time for e-Commerce marketplace reform
Tough times ahead for Amazon as India's richest man sets sight on e-Commerce supremacy. Mukesh Ambani's JioMart is looking to expand aggressively in India.
Interview with Amartya Sen: Economics with a Moral Compass?
Matt Stoller on A Land of Monopolists: From portable toilets to mixed martial arts. Private equity 'roll-ups' hit virtually everything in the economy, from mail sorting software to mixed martial arts to portable toilets to dentists...
Biden gambles on placing climate change at heart of US energy policy. Republicans say the promise to invest $2tn in green energy threatens tens of thousands of jobs in oil and gas sector
Why 2020 will see the birth of the 'trust economy'
She Can Stem highlights the stories of several women, including rocket designers, engineers, inventors, and other STEM superstars, and walks readers through a timeline of each woman's journey
Bootstrap curates free lessons on various STEM subjects: algebra, data science, physics, and programming. On the Courses page, there’s a summary of the five available courses (including the recommended age level).
Accelerated Learning: Learn Faster and Remember More. You can train your brain to retain knowledge and insight better by understanding how you learn. Once you understand the keys to learning, everything changes—from the way you ask questions to the way you consume information
The University College of London's Institute of Making serves as “a multidisciplinary research club for those interested in the made world: from makers of molecules to makers of buildings, synthetic skin to spacecraft, soup to diamonds, socks to cities.” You can find tutorials for some do-it-yourself projects
First Draft is a podcast about storytelling and storytellers. Host Sarah Enni invites listeners into conversations about “unique perspectives on the creative process, and to learn about the professional side of artistic endeavours.”
Book Club for Kids is a useful podcast for middle school readers. Kitty Felde, a journalist and author, hosts the podcast. She is joined by students and fellow writers, who spend approximately 20 minutes exploring their favourite books and discussing other literary topics
The promise of using WhatsApp for low-tech distance learning. Teaching community organisers via WhatsApp yields encouraging results in South Africa, according to MIT Governance Lab research.
European media groups should consolidate in streaming era, says Bertelsmann CEO. Thomas Rabe argues regulators must allow ‘national TV champions’ to take on Netflix and Disney+
The lowly Asterisk * shows its star quality. A modest symbol long used to denote omissions or caveats has grabbed the spotlight amid the pandemic
FiveThirtyEight launches 2020 election forecast
The Atlantic on how the pandemic defeated America. A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees
Did a ship abandoned six years ago cause the Beirut explosion? Abandonments like these are surprisingly common—and tragic
Gulf’s ‘Little Sparta’ asserts its role with Israel deal. How and why UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed decided to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. United Nations and major states praise UAE-Israel accord
China’s National Security Law reaches into Harvard, Princeton classrooms. Professors at elite U.S. universities turn to code names, warning labels to protect students [ouch]
Lewis Hamilton saved tax money by registering his private jet in the Isle of Man. He’s not alone. Elite touch down on Isle of Man to avoid millions in tax. The British dependency is still facilitating the super-rich owners of private jets to fly below European taxes almost three years after Paradise Papers first revealed the practice
UN-backed climate fund faces wave of abuse allegations from staff. Former and current employees describe incidents of sexism, racism and harassment at Green Climate Fund
Tom Friedman says to deal with China, Trump should learn German. Germany is a manufacturing superpower that would be a decisive ally, along with the rest of the European Union, in a trade war against China
How safe is it to go back to the office? Reducing the risk of virus transmission is key — here is what experts know so far about the health hazards
Cover your mouth and your nose with your face mask
Visual explanation for how herd immunity works
When Covid subsided, Israel reopened its schools. It didn’t go well. As countries consider back-to-school strategies for the fall, a coronavirus outbreak at a Jerusalem high school offers a cautionary tale
Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers. How the race to develop treatments and a vaccine will create a historic windfall for the industry — and everyone else will pay the price
How bacteria-eating bacteria could help win the war against germs. While microscopic and little known, predatory bacteria are among the world’s fiercest and most effective hunters
Here’s how a KN95 mask works in the fight against COVID. Some manufacturers say the latest KN95 masks could potentially be more effective than N95 masks
Harvard study suggests avoiding TV and daytime naps to avoid depression. The goal of this large-scale study was to provide actionable information on how to avoid depression or decrease depressive symptoms
What to know about colon cancer. The cancer that killed Chadwick Boseman is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and rates are rising among younger people
What to eat to speed up metabolism and burn fat
Why it’s so hard to find dumbbells in the U.S. No supply chain, no gains. The dumbbell shortage, explained.
6 strategies for overcoming obstacles that hold you back from success
Good question: Why do razor blades get dull so quickly? An MIT team tackled the mystery of why something as soft as hair can erode a steel blade, hoping to figure out how to make shaving tools last longer
The one thing you can control right now: yourself. We feel powerless over so many things in the pandemic. But learning to practice better self-control can help
Why your rapport with co-workers is about much more than small talk. Scientists have proven that small talk with co-workers leads to stronger team cultures and better collaboration
6 insights on managing through crisis from MIT Sloan Management Review
How the pandemic can turn bad bosses into good ones. It’s impossible to be a controlling boss in a remote-work world. What matters now is helping employees deliver results however best they can
If you can do your job anywhere, can anyone do your job? Trusting people to work well from home is one skill managers now have to learn
Spot these types of hidden talent in your organisation
It’s time to rethink work for the COVID-19 era — performance management is the first step. The pandemic has shattered our ability to separate the personal from the professional. Companies have yet to catch up
Why saying no can make you indispensable at work. Agreeing to every request is the first mistake to avoid
Tony Hsieh is leaving Zappos after 20 years. The long-time CEO plans to support philanthropic causes and entrepreneurs who are working for social good
How I taught the ‘Team from Hell’ to trust each other
Doing vs being: Practical lessons on building an agile culture from McKinsey
Embracing the power to predict the next normal. Tomorrow reflects who we are today
How ‘survivorship bias’ can cause you to make mistakes
Why the future of work might be ‘hybrid’
30 years later, Tears For Fears announce The Seeds Of Love box set with previously unreleased tracks [not my favourite album, though, barring a few tracks]
Always interesting to know where people are coming from. David Sancious on his journey from the E Street Band to tours with Sting, Peter Gabriel. Keyboardist-guitarist got his start with Bruce Springsteen, but that was only the beginning of his incredible five-decade career
Why youthful, conservative Pakistan is a coronavirus bright spot. Two months ago, Pakistan was drawing unfavourable Covid-19 comparisons with Brazil
Tech sector grows amid pandemic. Companies report expansion in employee base due to rise in volumetric sales
China to supply Coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan. State-owned Sinopharm is set to work with Karachi University on vaccine trials, including enough doses to vaccinate about one-fifth of Pakistan’s population
How to make Digital Pakistan work
Why has Pakistan struggled to grow its exports? - Pakistonomy
The Pakistan Army’s Belt and Road Putsch. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is growing—and so is the role of the Pakistan Army
Pakistan army muscles in on Belt and Road project. Military pushing for law to sideline government in $62bn programme
We have never seen a nominee like Kamala Harris before. Forty-eight years after Shirley Chisholm declared “a new era,” a Black woman is on the national ticket
The unlikely bond Between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. She’s a natural talent at American politicking, just like he is
Lionel Messi may have set off the wildest bidding war in sports. The world’s most prominent soccer star has signalled he wants to leave Barcelona, the only club he has played for professionally. How FC Barcelona became FC Messi. The club have relied on player power for two highly successful decades but they took the idea too far
Far too young! Chadwick Boseman, ‘Black Panther’ Star, dies, age 43
Chadwick Boseman and why representation matters. The actor's death at 43 robs the world of a trailblazer whose role in Black Panther lit up the big screen
Chadwick Boseman embodied the Black heroes of our past and gave us one for the future
Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther' Director Ryan Coogler’s full statement on the legacy of Chadwick Boseman
Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history, says the Washington Post
Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats in new update
Facebook’s hate-speech rules collide with Indian politics. Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favouritism to ruling party. See also “Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site less divisive. The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research”
India's main opposition seeks probe into Facebook's treatment of Modi's party. This is an issue of Facebook’s global credibility, says Congress party spokesperson
Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fight against hate speech
Facebook executive supported India’s Modi, disparaged opposition in internal messages. Some employees said the sentiments and actions conflicted with the company’s longstanding neutrality pledge
The woman behind Facebook’s billion-dollar balancing act. Sheryl Sandberg talks about the 2020 election and the challenges of policing the platform: ‘One person’s free expression can be another person’s hate.’
Speaking of hate, Facebook reportedly knew about Kenosha militia group before shooting but still chose not to take action until hours after two protesters were killed. Facebook takes down ‘call to arms’ event after two shot dead in Kenosha. So much for connecting people!
Isn’t hindsight wonderful? Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook's decision to not take down Kenosha Militia Page was largely an “operational mistake.” No kidding!
Many Americans are convinced crime is rising in the U.S. They’re wrong. But their fear makes everyone less safe
People aren’t reading or watching movies. They’re gaming. During the pandemic, digital three-dimensional environments are where much of life is taking place
What a Biden-Harris White House could mean for tech policy. VP pick Kamala Harris would bring strong personal ties to Silicon Valley, but also some tech scepticism
The 300,000-year case for the 15-hour week
The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad
Why we look to nature in uncertain times
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