The forced upgrade to Microsoft’s E5 productivity apps, ostensibly for cybersecurity reasons, is an example of the software giant’s insinuation into government tech systems.
Big Tech
Posted inEconomic Policy
One Person One Price
Digital surveillance and customer isolation are individualizing the prices we pay.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like
Pushing the ball forward in energy and manufacturing is a lot more difficult than selling software.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Even Scarlett Johansson Needs Protection From OpenAI
The high-profile dispute is another example of risks posed by unregulated AI development, and how little AI companies care.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Net Neutrality in Name Only?
Some advocates are concerned that a restoration of open-internet rules could allow some internet service providers to create ‘fast lanes’ for certain applications.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
My Dinner With Andreessen
Billionaires I have known: Part One of a three-part series
Posted inTAP
The Trade War Within the U.S. Government
Today on TAP: Why does the National Security Council keep trying to wrest control of trade policy to help Big Tech?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Eurocrats on the Brink
In a world on fire, with corporate and anti-democratic forces rising, why are European policymakers so slow to react?
Posted inPolitics
Fetterman Hires Former Meta Staffer for His Comms Operation
The tech giant has been accused of censoring Palestinians during the Gaza war.
Posted inTAP
The Corrupt Trifecta of Yass, Trump, and Netanyahu
Today on TAP: Yass’s payoffs to Trump are part of his efforts to destroy democracy in the U.S. and Israel, while helping China.
