Tag: politics

• Bloomberg Businessweek 2020 Jealousy List

  December 20, 2020

  At Bloomberg Businessweek, no year would be complete without a round of solemn introspection: How did we fail? And so, as if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, we present the annual… more ›

• As China Tracked Muslims, Alibaba Showed Customers How They Could, Too

  December 20, 2020

  The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/alibaba-china-facial-recognition-uighurs.html more ›

• ‘The only two powerful cartels left’: rivals clash in Mexico’s murder capital

  December 19, 2020

  Standing guard at the scene of the crime, the two police officers surveyed the shattered glass and bullet-pocked bodywork of the Mercedes Benz hatchback and offered their analysis. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/mexico-drug-cartels-sinaloa-jalisco-colima more ›

• Taxing Times Ahead – 7th Dec 2020

  December 18, 2020

  — 20 min read — Summary :- I explore why people feel that tech company taxation is unfair, look at how current structures work, and describe possible alternative models for… more ›

• Big Tech’s censorship shame in Viet Nam

  December 18, 2020

  Imagine if you spent years and years growing your Facebook account, posting and writing about your passions for democracy, but then in one easy act, Facebook just erases all the… more ›

• FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning

  December 14, 2020

  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/12/14/fsb-team-of-chemical-weapon-experts-implicated-in-alexey-navalny-novichok-poisoning/ more ›

• 14 tech trends to watch in 2021

  December 12, 2020

  As tech ecosystems mature around the world, they’re not always following the path laid down by Silicon Valley. 2020 was a more eventful year than anyone could have imagined. What… more ›

• Mexico’s cartels rule world’s vast fentanyl market in race for huge profits

  December 10, 2020

  Jorge A is Mexican businessman employed by an import-export company that specializes in the trade of tequila and agricultural and chemical products. But in January 2016, he was a long… more ›

• Sci-fi surveillance: Europe’s secretive push into biometric technology

  December 10, 2020

  EU science funding is being spent on developing new tools for policing and security. €1.7bn from the programme over the past seven years backed the development of security products for… more ›

• Secret deal reveals how Chinese spies are given free rein in Switzerland

  December 9, 2020

  The full text of a secret deal between Switzerland and China that allowed Chinese security officials access to the country at Swiss taxpayers’ expense has been revealed for the first time as… more ›