Attempts to create hands off marketplaces fail as the realities of managing millions of users becomes apparent
Category: legal
Clerks, Dying Videos and Culture Clashes: Links of the week
The race to rescue VHS tapes, how Ford lost Google and the fascinating world of London legal clerks are among last week’s interesting links.
The science of money and data mining
The use of data mining by private and government agencies is widespread and only going to become more so. Do we care about the consequences?
Regulation and technology
It’s often easy to underestimate the effects of regulation on the development of industries and innovation.
Enemies of the state
Governments around the world are resorting to common malware tools to harass and watch dissidents warns the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Breaking the APIs
Access to APIs is going to be critical in the connected world, but what if a service closes down?
Taking responsibility for algorithms
In a smart connected world awry algorithms pose a number of risks. What should regulators do?