Reports
The Robot Takeover Is Greatly Exaggerated
Worry about income inequality and slow growth before you rage against the machines. The whole excuse that machines replacing jobs is why wages have gone nowhere in the past 40 years is … Continue reading The Robot Takeover Is Greatly Exaggerated
UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn
News of growing total owed by 6.4 million borrowers follows Labour’s general election pledge to scrap tuition fees Source: UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn | Money | The … Continue reading UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn
Facebook requests input on hard questions about fake news and censorship
How should Facebook decide what’s allowed on its social network, and how to balance safety and truth with diverse opinions and cultural norms? Facebook wants your feedback on the toughest issues… This … Continue reading Facebook requests input on hard questions about fake news and censorship
Income distributions in Americans’ pastimes
Source: Income distributions in Americans’ pastimes [OC] – dataisbeautiful Continue reading Income distributions in Americans’ pastimes
J.P. Morgan Removes NBC News Ads Over Megyn Kelly Interview With Alex Jones
NBC anchor Megyn Kelly’s plan to air an interview with right-wing provocateur Alex Jones has caused a firestorm to erupt on social media, but so far advertisers have remained quiet—with at least … Continue reading J.P. Morgan Removes NBC News Ads Over Megyn Kelly Interview With Alex Jones
Meet The People Who Battle To Be The Top Reply To A Trump Tweet
The area below the president’s tweets is the most valuable real estate on the internet. You probably won’t be seen by Trump, but the top spots replying to Trump’s tweets can be … Continue reading Meet The People Who Battle To Be The Top Reply To A Trump Tweet
Attorney General Says Young People Don’t Care As Much About Privacy As Previous Generations
“In the Facebook generation when people put more and more of their own personal data out there…” This is from the U.K., in light of the recent terrorist acts over there and … Continue reading Attorney General Says Young People Don’t Care As Much About Privacy As Previous Generations
FiveThirtyEight’s Take on the Comey Testimoney
“#ComeyDay is a wrap, folks! Here are our main takeaways: https://t.co/PMvGBe3G17” Pretty much nothing happened. Source: FiveThirtyEight on Twitter Continue reading FiveThirtyEight’s Take on the Comey Testimoney
The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds
We have slower mobile internet than Greece. Greece! Source: The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds – Recode Continue reading The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds
Private Toll Operators Salivate Over Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
As Trump rolls out an infrastructure plan focusing on concessions to private companies, toll operators are on a lobbyist spending spree. Source: Private Toll Operators Salivate Over Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Continue reading Private Toll Operators Salivate Over Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
Errata Security: How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner
It seems that the government has put into printers special yellow dots that tell when and on what printer something was printed! Source: Errata Security: How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner Here is more … Continue reading Errata Security: How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner
Study: Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world
A University of Maryland-led study found that the state’s maternal mortality rate is the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. So much for American Exceptionalism! Source: Study: Texas has … Continue reading Study: Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world