The UK is almost finished adopting Theresa May's snooper's charter, which is vague in calculated ways. There is no way to tell whether the surveillance will be total or merely orwellian.

It won't prevent the occasional terrorist attack, or course, but it will be >devastating to democracy and freedom in the UK.

The US economy has not yet recovered from the recession of 2008. The real unemployment rate is a lot more than the official 5 percent.

Crackers broke the security in a Tesla car and took remote control of its brakes.

This is possible because the design of the car's systems does not make security a priority. If the car's computers were properly compartmentalized, the car's web browser would not be able to do anything to the brakes.

Brazil's corrupt Congress tried to sneakily pass a bill to give the members of congress amnesty for the corruption charges against them.

The "gig economy" means goodbye to the 8-hour work day, pensions, medical benefits, unemployment insurance, and coverage for accidents at work. And goodbye even to the minimum wage.

We can call it the universal sweatshop, with a large fraction of the income going to the parasites that own the platforms.

Some of the systems that helped full-time workers need to be redesigned to fit independent workers. However, beside that, we should use our democracy to make all the platforms treat workers decently.