Category Archives: Tech Economics

Why can’t Karen Sandler get the source code for her pacemaker? by https://is.gd/kXRkfk

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened legal action against Abbott Laboratories after researchers demonstrated that some of its heart-monitoring devices were insecure and could be hacked. It’s not a new problem.

It’s not a new problem. The white hat hacker Barnaby Jack showed in 2011 how insulin pumps could be remotely hijacked by a hacker, and the lack of adequate cybersecurity regulations for medical devices has been well-documented.

But none of this has gotten Karen Sandler any closer to getting the source code for her pacemaker.

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The art of algorithms: How automation is affecting creativity by https://is.gd/LmJRG2

“Drawing on your phone or computer can be slow and difficult — so we created AutoDraw, a new web-based tool that pairs machine learning with drawings created by talented artists to help you draw,” wrote Google Creative Lab’s “creative technologist,” Dan Motzenbecker.

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Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race by https://is.gd/uBWs2e

A team of Princeton and Stanford University researchers has fundamentally reinvented how ad-blocking works, in an attempt to put an end to the advertising versus ad-blocking arms race.

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Uber Wants to Rule the World. First It Must Conquer India. by https://is.gd/ppqYRY

BANGALORE, India — Nandini Balasubramanya’s office here on the southern edge of India’s technology capital does not look as if it would play a key role in the world’s most valuable start-up’s plans for global conquest. On many days, the tiny space has no electricity.

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How Google Book Search Got Lost by https://is.gd/VZKoqO

Books can do anything. As Franz Kafka once said, “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.” It was Kafka, wasn’t it? Google confirms this. But where did he say it? Google offers links to some quotation websites, but they’re generally unreliable.

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Do Most Companies Even Try to Innovate Anymore? by https://is.gd/W5CeRr

We are living in the age of the superstar firm. Companies like Samsung, Google, or BMW—the top players in their respective industries—are prospering. Yet economic growth remains sluggish in many parts of the world.

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Google’s fact check feature goes global and comes to Google Search by https://is.gd/MkwaS0

We live in the age of fake news — both the really fake news that’s simply fake and the kind of news that some people like to call “fake” only because they don’t like hard facts.

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How to make fake friends and influence people politically with botnets by https://is.gd/SWn6wb

Dale Carnegie would be horrified. His classic on how to influence people has been perverted for online political manipulation. How do botnets work? How are they used for mass deception? How to recognize that you might be interacting with a political bot?

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AI and Machine Learning Disruption Timeline by https://is.gd/sCtK2S

How fast? Of all the questions hanging over artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, perhaps the biggest is how fast these technologies will disrupt business and society.

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What I’ve Learned Shopping For A New Tablet by https://is.gd/NQ9WjG

Last week, I discussed why I’m giving up on the iPad Pro. There were some suggestions made in the comments, some interesting criticism and some comments even made about my competence. But I’ve started shopping around for a new device and hope to try a few out over the coming weeks.

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