Have you ever donated a few dollars to some kind of research for a cure, only to realize later that a large publicly-traded company is making billions of dollars off that research? If you’ve ever paid U.S. taxes, the answer should be yes. I’m rooting for pharmaceutical companies to find [Keep reading]
This weekend, a million Australians downloaded a smartphone app called CovidSAFE that is designed to warn citizens if they’ve spent time near someone who has tested positive for the Covid-19. Voluntarily. That would have been an unthinkable breach of privacy just a couple on months ago. Nations around the world [Keep reading]
Some patients “were asked to get off their cell phone because they had to be intubated,” he added. “He” is Marcus Schultz of Amsterdam University Medical Centers, who runs an experimental intestive care unit in the Netherlands, speaking to StatNews.com. He also co-wrote a paper this week suggesting intensive care [Keep reading]
If you’re waiting for a widely-available Covid-19 vaccine to leave your house, you’re going to have to wait a couple of years. But if you have hope of life returning somewhat to normal any time before 2022, then you are rooting for clinical treatments for the disease — something that [Keep reading]
Most of us have settled into our new stay-at-home lives, though I hope none of this ever really feels normal to us. Still, the business of business carries on, best as it can. So we must all try to do the same. I’ve spent the past couple of years contributing [Keep reading]
Images of voters crowded together on long lines at ballot places in Wisconsin this week had a lot of Americans wondering about alternative, safe election procedures. Some states, such as Washington State, have embraced mail-in voting during recent elections. Might that be a safer way to exercise our democratic rights [Keep reading]
As U.S. small businesses crumble, their employees overload unemployment websites, and the software used to hand out loans crashes, it’s important to know there are alternatives. Like this one, from Switzerland: “I’ve never experienced anything like it,” Alberto Belloli, head of Belloli, a family engineering business in the canton of [Keep reading]
The unusual should seem normal right now, and so I’m doing something unusual. Our “So, Bob” podcast about the unintended consequences of technology is usually heavy on outrage and dark topics like privacy and election hacking. But ever since co-host Alia Tavakolian and I have been stuck at home because [Keep reading]
In the first season of No Place to Hide, Duke students Carter Forinash and Jake Satisky cyberstalked Spoke Media founder Keith Reynolds — with his permission. The results of their research are sprinkled through episodes 1, 2 and 3. In this postscript, we talk with Carter and Jake about their [Keep reading]
Regular readers know that Harri Hursti, founder of Nordic Innovation Labs and internationally-famous cybersecurity expert, is a long-time source and friend. Harri has spent the past several years working on a documentary about U.S. elections called “Kill Chain,” which was released last month. Any educated American who cares about democracy [Keep reading]
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