Tag: global affairs

• Wealthy Nigerians are buying up passports for cash from Caribbean nations to beat visa rules

  September 6, 2020

  A year ago, the office of Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in the small Caribbean island nation  of St. Lucia had received no applications from any Africans in its nearly… more ›

• Apple’s move to make advertising harder on iOS 14 is part of a trend

  September 1, 2020

  The Interface is a daily column and newsletter about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe here. Apple and Facebook are fighting again, and how you feel about it… more ›

• The Twin Insurgency

  August 24, 2020

  The postmodern state is under siege from plutocrats and criminals who unknowingly compound each other’s insidiousness. States within the global political economy today face a twin insurgency, one from below,… more ›

• Exclusive: Cyprus sold passports to criminals and fugitives

  August 23, 2020

  Convicted fraudsters, money launderers and political figures accused of corruption are among dozens of people from more than 70 countries who have bought so-called “golden passports” from Cyprus, according to… more ›

• The Sordid, Sudsy Rise of Soap in China

  August 23, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust soap back in the limelight: Of all the hypothesized solutions to viral transmission — from big data-powered contact tracing to disinfectant injections — few are… more ›

• Algorithmic Colonization of Africa

  August 23, 2020

  We live in a world where technological corporations hold unprecedented power and influence. Technological solutions to social, political, and economic challenges are rampant. In the Global South, technology that is… more ›

• Listen to Brian Armstrong – The Future of Crypto – [Invest Like the Best, EP.186] now.

  August 16, 2020

  “The topic of ourconversation is the future of cryptocurrency and decentralized finance. We discuss the major events of the past decade and what might happen in the 2020s. Perhaps most… more ›

• Listen to Matt Ball – The Future of Media: Movies, the Metaverse, and More – [Invest Like the Best, EP.185] now.

  August 16, 2020

  “Matthew Ball is the former head of strategy at Amazon Studios, an investor, and probably my favorite business essayist writing today. In fact, I can’t think of another author whose… more ›

• The Wikipedia War That Shows How Ugly This Election Will Be

  August 15, 2020

  An editing battle over Kamala Harris’s race is a sign of what’s to come. At 4:14 p.m. Delaware time Tuesday, Joe Biden’s campaign sent out a mass text message announcing… more ›

• Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped

  August 15, 2020

  Adobe’s photo-editing flagship Photoshop is so successful that the brand is a synonym for digital fakery. Adobe is adding technology to tag images with metadata, part of an effort to… more ›