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How the government enables drug company grifting via giving them the store while funding reserch.
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Now Is the Time for a Federal Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
Please support a bill in Congress that would block federal agencies from using facial recognition to track and misidentify millions of people.
Read more...Using Tik-Tok as a Trojan Horse, the RESTRICT Act Would Create an Internet Censorship Star Chamber
The RESTRICT Act has run into a buzz saw of well-warranted criticism. But will that be enough to stop it?
Read more...Artificial Intelligence in Medicare Advantage Plans Impedes Access to Care
Another reputable body reports more examples of Medicare Advantage plans using AI to engage in insurance fraud.
Read more...Medicare Advantage Uses Algorithms to Block Care for Seniors
How AI is institutionalizing Medicare Adantage fraud, to the degree that appeals of denials often outrun the patient’s life.
Read more...The Role of Default Settings in Online Searches: Challenging Google Dominance
A meaningful level of onsumers will opt out of the default setting of Google as their search engine, particularly if prompted early and often
Read more...Satyajit Das: SVB Collapse and Bank Turmoil – Latest Chapter in the Unwinding
Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
Read more...US Officials Make Non-Bailout Bailout of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank and Continue Class Warfare
An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.
Read more...Silicon Valley Bank Fails, With Deposits of Many Venture-Backed Companies Frozen. How Bad Will the Fallout Be?
How severe might the contagion from the Silicon Valley Bank failure be? And who will suffer most: tech land or other banks?
Read more...Ayn Rand vs. Elinor Ostrom: The Fight for the Future of Social Media
Contrasting ideologies at play about the structure and role of social media mirror the conflicting ideologies in economics.
Read more...Workers’ Responses to the Threat of Automation
How effectively do workers perserve their position relative to automation?
Read more...Wall Street Journal: “US Is Not Yet Ready for Great Power Conflict” Yet Still Plots Against China
The US seems obsessed with China, yet effectively admits it is behind and unlikely to catch up. And it too quickly dismisses Russia.
Read more...America’s Chips War With China: Another Sanctions Backfire Coming?
Biden Administration officials are pleased as punch with their targeting of China’s supposed Achilles heel: dependence on US designed chips.
Read more...Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization
Cisco turned from innovation to financialization, weakening the position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Two: Losses Top $33 Billion But Uber Has Avoided The Equity Collapse Most “Tech” Startups Experienced
An update on Uber financial fakery and continued lack of bona fide profits.
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