Curated Commons // Edition 56
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to the 56th edition of Curated Commons. Let’s dive right in ($ indicates potential paywall).
Supply chains are going for a toss
And this time it’s demand. Lots of good stories around, but this one gives a good high-level summary. - Read here ($)
CP Companies are accelerating push to plant-based foods
No bigger driver for change than changing consumer attitudes. Nestle already does a billion dollars in business on vegetarian and vegan products and is launching new products. - Read here ($)
NFTs - love ‘em or hate ‘em
With each passing week, we have more passionate and more deep reads on NFTs, both for, and against.
A TED talk (an actual one) on how NFTs are building the Internet of the future - See here
This is a long read suggesting we treat NFTs as the next multi level marketing scheme for tech elites. - Read here
Next step in the fight against Coronavirus - Air Filters
First came the masks, then the PPE kits, then vaccines, then good news of a good antiviral from Merck. Now real-world data is showing that an inexpensive filter effectively removed SARS COV2 and other disease causing organisms from hospital air. - Read here
Google will turn on two-factor authentication. Because you won’t
Google is set to turn on two-factor authentication for some 150 million accounts by end of the year. If I were you, I would already turn it on. And while at it, get a good password manager. - Read here
What did China know? And when?
The question of how much China knew and when about the Coronavirus aren’t going away anytime soon. An Australian security firm says orders for PCR tests from China surged way back in May 2019. - Read here
In China, drones rain. Literally.
A town deep in the Arctic is fighting against climate change
This is like, as the article says, a front-row seat to climate change. It’s fighting back though. - Read here
Worker shortages = adoption of robots
The pandemic has been a shot in the arm for automation, across industries. In this case, the wine industry. - Read here ($)
Nature is fascinating
Read this interesting story of a parasite. - Read here ($)
Algorithms ain’t the problem
The humans making decisions behind the algorithms, who then make it sound like the problem is the algorithm are
More interesting reads:
Alphabet’s DeepMind A.I. lab turns a profit for the first time ever - Read here
Twitch has a data breach, and its source code is out in the wild - Read here
Just another day in our insecure future. Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years - Read here
McKinsey and the opioid saga is never ending. - Read here
There’s a growing market for elder-friendly technology - Read here
Wild read on how to recover a locked-out Facebook account - Read here ($)
Apple, the new gaming giant - Read here ($)
And finally, the New Yorker summarized this week pretty well!
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