av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 2, 2019 | Lästips
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN’S plan to break up tech giants Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple has given concentrated corporate power its most prominent political platform since the 1912 presidential election — and we’re still nearly a year away from the first round of primary voting. This tracks with the rising awareness of the corrosiveness of monopoly power generally and those tech giants specifically.
Whether such policy boldness means anything in a brand-obsessed political landscape will be determined when ballots are cast. But it is undeniably driving a policy discussion that the next Democratic presidential nominee, no matter who it is, will likely take up. In that context, the debate over Warren’s plan is critical, as it prefigures the trajectory of each and every challenge to corporate dominance.
Källa: How to Think About Breaking Up Big Tech
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 26, 2019 | Lästips
Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
John German had not been looking to make a splash when he commissioned an examination of pollution from diesel cars back in 2013. The exam compared what came out of their exhaust pipes, during the lab tests that were required by law, with emissions on the road under real driving conditions. German and his colleagues at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) in the US just wanted to tie up the last loose ends in a big report, and thought the research would give them something positive to say about diesel.
They might even be able to offer tips to Europe from the US’s experience in getting the dirty fuel to run a little cleaner.
Källa: Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 21, 2019 | Lästips
Inside the Video Surveillance Program IBM Built for Philippine Strongman Rodrigo Duterte
JAYPEE LAROSA WAS standing in front of an internet cafe in Davao City, a metropolitan hub on the Philippine island of Mindanao, when three men in dark jackets pulled up on a motorcycle and opened fire. That summer evening, Larosa, 20, was killed. After the shooting, according to witnesses, one of the men reportedly removed Larosa’s baseball cap and said, “Son of a bitch. This is not the one.” Then they drove off.
Larosa’s murder, on July 17, 2008, was one of hundreds of extrajudicial killings carried out in Davao City, now a city of 1.6 million, while Rodrigo Duterte, now president of the Philippines, was mayor there. Years before launching his notorious, bloody “drug war” across the country, Duterte presided over similar tactics at the local level. During his tenure as mayor, according to a 2009 investigation by Human Rights Watch, death squads assassinated street children, drug dealers, and petty criminals; in some cases, researchers found evidence of the complicity or direct involvement of government officials and police.
Källa: Inside the Video Surveillance Program IBM Built for Philippine Strongman Rodrigo Duterte
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 18, 2019 | Lästips
Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group
As the Texas Democrat enters the race for president, members of a group famous for “hactivism” come forward for the first time to claim him as one of their own. There may be no better time to be an American politician rebelling against business as usual. But is the United States ready for O’Rourke’s teenage exploits?
Some things you might know about Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who just entered the race for president:
• The Democratic contender raised a record amount for a U.S. Senate race in 2018 and almost beat the incumbent in a Republican stronghold, without hiding his support for gun control and Black Lives Matter protests on the football field.
• When he was younger, he was arrested on drunk-driving charges and played in a punk band. Now 46, he still skateboards.
• The charismatic politician with the Kennedy smile is liberal on some issues and libertarian on others, whoch could allow him to cross the country’s political divide.
One thing you didn’t know: While a teenager, O’Rourke acknowledged in an exclusive interview, he belonged to the oldest group of computer hackers in U.S. history.
Källa: Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 17, 2019 | Lästips
Stanford Medicine announces results of unprecedented Apple Heart Study
Stanford Medicine today reported results of the Apple Heart Study, the largest study ever of its kind, whoch enrolled over 400,000 participants from all 50 states in a span of only eight months. Apple and Stanford created the study to evaluate Apple Watch’s irregular rhythm notification, whoch occasionally checks the heart’s rhythm in the background and sends a notification if an irregular heart rhythm appears to be suggestive of atrial fibrillation (AFib). As part of the study, if an irregular heart rhythm was identified, participants received a notification on their Apple Watch and iPhone, a telehealth consultation with a doctor and an electrocardiogram (ECG) patch for additional monitoring.
Källa: Stanford Medicine announces results of unprecedented Apple Heart Study
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 14, 2019 | Lästips
Aftonbladet har i en serie debattartiklar riktat allvarliga anklagelser mot Martin Kragh, svensk forskare. Anklagelserna har handlat om allt från forskningsfusk till spionage.
Nu har 24 forskare regerat och stöder Martin Kragh i ett upprop. Samtidigt riktas hård kritik mot Aftonbladet för publiceringarna och en av de publicerade artiklarna har nu dragits tillbaka.
Aftonbladets kulturchef har fått hård kritik efter att ha anklagat en svensk forskare för att vara brittisk spion. Men konflikten mellan Åsa Linderborg och Rysslandsforskaren Martin Kragh började redan 2017, då Kragh anklagade Aftonbladets kulturredaktion för att sprida ”Putin-perspektiv”.
En serie publiceringar i Aftonbladet kultur, där en känd svensk Rysslandsforskare pekas ut som brittisk spion, har väckt hård kritik. 24 svenska forskare och Rysslandskännare har i gemensamma upprop kallat publiceringarna för en smutskastningskampanj. Samtidigt får tidningen kritik från flera publicister för bristande källkritik.
24 forskare och Rysslandskännare riktar hård kritik mot Aftonbladet, efter att tidningens kulturchef anklagat en känd svensk forskare för att vara brittisk spion. För första gången sen debatten började i februari ställer Aftonbladet nu upp på en intervju om den kritiserade publiceringen.
Den sjunde mars publicerade Aftonbladet en artikel på sin kultursida av skribenten Tom Andersson där han kritiserar forskaren Martin Kraghs arbete. En knapp vecka senare plockas artikeln ner på grund av att den inte stämde.
