NASA Knocks Chinese Officials For Falling Debris
By: The Hill Date: 31 July, 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is calling out China for failing to share information about debris from a rocket booster falling back to Earth. “All spacefaring nations should follow established best practices, and do their part to share this type of information in advance to allow reliable predictions of potential debris […]
F.T.C. Sues To Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal As It Confronts Big Tech
By: Bloomberg July 27, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed for an injunction to block Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality company called Within, potentially limiting the company’s push into the so-called metaverse and signaling a shift in how the agency is approaching tech deals. […]
Wait Begins For Falling 23-Ton Rocket Booster After China Space Station Launch
By: NY Times July 24, 2022 Another big Chinese rocket launched to space on Sunday at 2:22 p.m. Beijing time, and once again, no one knows where or when it will come down. It will be a replay of two earlier launches of the same rocket, the Long March 5B, which is one […]
Homeland Security Records Show ‘Shocking’ Use of Phone Data, ACLU Says
By: Politico Date: July 18, 2022 The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a larger scale than previously known, according to documents that raise new questions about federal agencies’ efforts to get around restrictions on warrantless searches. The data, harvested from apps on hundreds of millions of […]
Tech Savvy or Tech Addicted? Older Adults Are Stuck on Screens, Too
By: Wall Street Journal Date: July 16, 2022 As families gather this summer, kids and their parents might be surprised to find how tech-obsessed the grandparents have become. A recent report from AARP, the advocacy organization for older adults, found that the tech habits older people developed during the pandemic are enduring. Americans ages 65 and […]
Addiction by Design: A New Frontier of Social Risk in Tech
Executive Summary As tech addiction continues to gain precedence, its implications to both investors and society at large require greater understanding. This report offers an in-depth analysis of the material impacts of tech addiction within six sectors and details key areas for investor engagement As digital technologies become ubiquitous in business and consumer life, […]
Ruling Could Dampen Government Efforts to Rein in Big Tech
By: AP News Date: July 3, 2022 The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet. In the 6-3 decision that was narrowly tailored to the Environmental Protection […]
‘An Invisible Cage’: How China Is Policing The Future
By: NY Times June 22, 2022 The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched. They are recorded by police cameras that are everywhere, on street corners and subway ceilings, in hotel lobbies and apartment buildings. Their phones are tracked, their purchases are monitored, and their online chats are censored. Now, even their future is […]
The European Commission has a Big New Plan for Startups. Here’s What You Need to Know About it
By: Sifted June 22, 2022 European policymakers are going to publish the most comprehensive plan so far for how to help European startups grow and compete globally. The stakes are high — Europe wants to produce its own deeptechs to compete with innovations coming from the US and China — and the EU realises […]