Advocating a job guarantee for every person who is fit to work and wants to work.

When non-Chinese use WeChat, it doesn't censor them (yet). But it studies their communications with AI to learn about how to censor Chinese more thoroughly.

The EU has ruled that consent for tracking (including cookies) has to be given with an unambiguous voluntary assent — "scrolling implies consent" does not qualify.

This is clearly the right decision about interpreting the GDPR, but it doesn't addresses the weak points of the GDPR. Basically, it is too easy for practical pressure to convince people to "voluntarily" accept collection of data that should not be collected at all.

The TSA is hoarding medical-quality face masks which it does not even need to use. Meanwhile, medical personnel can't get enough of them.

*The race for a vaccine: how the bully's 'America First' approach slows the global search.*