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Google mum on hardware as it divulges revenue for other two big bets Privacy Concerns

Google mum on hardware as it divulges revenue for other two big bets

FILE PHOTO: Google products on display during the presentation of new Google hardware in San FranciscoBy Paresh DaveSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai over the last three years has touted the business prospects of what he has called "three of our biggest bets: YouTube, cloud and hardware."On…
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February 4, 2020
GOLDMAN SACHS: Crowding in Big Tech is hitting dot-com bubble levels — but don’t expect a similar implosion Privacy Concerns

GOLDMAN SACHS: Crowding in Big Tech is hitting dot-com bubble levels — but don’t expect a similar implosion

Goldman SachsRichard Drew/APInvestor capital is the most concentrated in the five biggest tech companies in 20 years, but don't expect a dot-com bubble implosion to repeat itself, Goldman Sachs analysts wrote Friday.The FAAMG group, consisting of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google-parent Alphabet, currently account for 18% of the S&P…
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February 3, 2020
5 powerful tech companies now make up 18% of the stock market — here’s why this could be a bad thing Privacy Concerns

5 powerful tech companies now make up 18% of the stock market — here’s why this could be a bad thing

We are here to say that yes, there is life outside of investing in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook. Unfortunately, most investors don’t agree — and it could end badly for them at some point.Those five powerful tech companies now comprise a hearty 18% of the S&P 500’s market…
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February 3, 2020
A 2020 Vision Of Data Privacy Privacy Concerns

A 2020 Vision Of Data Privacy

The last decade ushered in a global takedown of personal privacy unlike anything we’ve seen in history. Our likes, dislikes, fears, hopes and medical conditions are bought and sold freely every day. We are open books, and the readers are the tech companies and their advertisers. Personal data is now…
bubmag
February 3, 2020
Person with possible coronavirus in Arkansas traveled to China recently, now in isolation in hospital, agency says Privacy Concerns

Person with possible coronavirus in Arkansas traveled to China recently, now in isolation in hospital, agency says

The Arkansas Department of Health logo is shown in this Jan. 28, 2019 file photo. The person in Arkansas suspected of having the new coronavirus became sick after returning from a trip to China and is in a hospital in isolation, a state Department of Health official said Thursday. Jennifer…
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January 30, 2020
Public infrastructure isn’t just bridges and water mains: Here’s an argument for extending the concept to digital spaces Privacy Concerns

Public infrastructure isn’t just bridges and water mains: Here’s an argument for extending the concept to digital spaces

Our friend and colleague Ethan Zuckerman has written an important piece I’d like to draw your attention to. In a piece for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, he lays out what he calls the case for digital public infrastructure. (He also publish…
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January 22, 2020