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Month: February 2024

Gotchas / Consumer

When we treat workers like server space, (almost) everyone loses

February 23, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

The $15 minimum wage battle cry always rang hollow to me.  I know, $15 sounds like a lot to people who grew up in the 1970s or 80s (the minimum wage was $3.35 when I got my first job. Come to think of it, this would be a fun first [Keep reading]

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Is the digital divide actually getting bigger? This office is trying to help

February 15, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Think about the last time you lost your smartphone … even for a few minutes, or worse, for a whole day. You were probably cut off from your digital life…let’s face it, cut off from much of life…unable to log in to your bank, maybe even your work computer, you’ve [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Taylor Swift, the FCC deepfake ban, and why you are the last (only?) line of defense

February 8, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Hold on tight, fellow humans, there’s artificial turbulence ahead.  Like it or not, the time has come to stop believing what you see, what you hear, and perhaps even what you think you know. Reality is indeed under attack and it’s up to us to preserve it.  The only way [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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