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Big Data

Data Mining Home Water Usage; Your Water Meter Knows You a Bit Too Well

The average person has become depressingly comfortable with the surveillance dystopia we live in. For better or for worse, they’ve come to accept the fact that data about their lives is constantly being collected and analyzed. We’re at the point where a sizab…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Obamacare

The Ethical Mess of Our Health Care System

Whether or not the administration succeeds, our health care system will remain sorely lacking in basic justice and economic efficiency. It is a system that too often creates perverse incentives favoring the overtreatment of diseases. To avoid this, we must st…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Alexa can read you the latest headlines, give you the weather forecast, and help you find a recipe to make for dinner, but did you know that your Echo device can also assist your student with homework? If you have an Amazon Echo smart speaker at home, like ou…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Google

Google employees ‘refuse to be complicit’ in border agency cloud contract

Workers are circulating a petition Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google employees are demanding that the company not bid on a cloud computing contract with US Customs and Border Protection in the latest act of protest inside the tech industry.…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Blockchain

Meet experts from Ripple, Consensys, and more at Hard Fork Summit 2019

The Bitcoin hype may have died down, but the tech behind it definitely hasnt. With Bitcoins price on the rise again, and with major companies adopting and experimenting with blockchain, the way we do business, make payments, and perceive the value of money is…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Electric Scooter

Do electric scooters need insurance? Police say yes – but it doesn’t exist

Only those living under a rock could have missed the rise in Londons electric scooter users, as the vehicles, once seen as a childs toy, have taken over roads and pavements. However, the legal status of the gadgets is questionable, as is whether they need to…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Chinese Economy

Top Analyst Pounds the Table on Alibaba (BABA) Stock Ahead of Earnings

Though the Fed did not cut rates as much as hoped and a lack of progress continues to be made in ending trade disputes with China, American markets have fared well in recent months. Major indexes are only down roughly 3% from late July highs, and Q2 earnings …

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Bubble

‘Parasite’ First Trailer: Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or Winner Is a Darkly Funny Modern Fairy Tale

Beloved South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s latest already has plenty to recommend it, from a boundary-busting Palme d’Or win at Cannes to a massive box office showing in the filmmaker’s home country and even inclusion on IndieWire’s own list of the best films…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Fortnite

Epic Is Selling A Reskinned Version of A Fortnite Battle Pass Item

Epic has always made a big deal out of the fact that the cosmetic items contained in Fortnite's Battle Pass are exclusive to the pass and will never be sold separately. This provides an extra incentive for Battle Pass owners to keep coming back and playing ev…

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

eSports

Magic: The Gathering esports expands with Players Tour and Rivals League in 2020

Magic: The Gathering announced several changes to its esports and pro tabletop slate today. These include new additions to its pro leagues and tweaks in its existing structure, all with the goal of expanding competitive play and getting more people involved. …

bubmagAugust 14, 2019

Data Mining Home Water Usage; Your Water Meter Knows You a Bit Too Well

The Ethical Mess of Our Health Care System

Google employees ‘refuse to be complicit’ in border agency cloud contract

Meet experts from Ripple, Consensys, and more at Hard Fork Summit 2019

Do electric scooters need insurance? Police say yes – but it doesn’t exist

Top Analyst Pounds the Table on Alibaba (BABA) Stock Ahead of Earnings

‘Parasite’ First Trailer: Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or Winner Is a Darkly Funny Modern Fairy Tale

Epic Is Selling A Reskinned Version of A Fortnite Battle Pass Item

Magic: The Gathering esports expands with Players Tour and Rivals League in 2020

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