{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 3rd October
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Business:
- E-commerce giant Amazon is facing a lawsuit filed by the US Federal State Commission and 17 states, accusing it of using its monopoly to inflate prices and hinder competition. This Guardian article provides some more information:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/amazon-ftc-price-inflation-lawsuit
Technology:
- This TechCrunch article reports that the US Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to introduce net neutrality rules, meaning that broadband providers cannot favour some websites over others:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/26/fcc-announces-plans-to-reinstate-net-neutrality/ - Demonstrating the speed at which the technological landscape shifts, this article from the Guardian reports that the vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, only a couple of years after they were first introduced:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/22/nfts-worthless-price
Advice:
- This Fast Company article provides a simple explanation of what an API is:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90958752/a-computer-scientist-explains-how-apis-act-as-the-data-sockets-that-make-digital-life-possible?partner=rss&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss - This article from the Digital Project Manager discusses how to take human factors into account when managing your team’s people:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/leadership-team-management/improve-productivity-resource-management/
AI:
- In a move alarming members of the tech community, this article from the Next Web reports that the UK government has dismissed the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, an independent advisory board looking at the responsible deployment of data and AI:
https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-dismisses-independent-ai-advisory-board-alarming-tech-sector
Something Great:
- This TechCrunch article reports that the French startup ShareID has developed a technology which is able to verify ID without storing personal data:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/27/this-startup-wants-to-verify-your-id-without-storing-your-personal-data/
First published by {n}.bora October 03, 2023
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