Curated Commons // Edition 88
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Move over offshoring & near-shoring. It’s Friend-shoring all the way now
A global pandemic, a war that shows no signs of abating, and a country focused on zero-COVID come what may is now driving countries into what the WSJ calls “friend-shoring”. - Read here ($)
Face-off - local Vs non-resident and who’s ‘more’ nationalistic - China style
China adds location tags to online comments, adding a new angle to outrage battles online. - Read here ($)
The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed.
Ransomware gangs hacked the Costa Rican Government, and are now encouraging residents to overthrow the Govt. The country is already in a state of emergency post the hack. - Read here
Stop designing for the ‘average user’
Thoughtful read on why tech needs to be designed for the most vulnerable in mind, and not for the so-called ‘average’ user. - Read here
The Internet came out to support a lost delivery robot
…Turns out, it wasn’t lost at all. - Read here
Moderation issues plague payments networks too
Good investigative deep-dive from Buzzfeed News on the sometimes too-cozy relation that Mastercard and Visa have with sketchy characters who rip-off consumers - Read here
Memory loss reversed in mice
Spinal fluid might hold the key. Interesting results with promise. - Read here
Ethical AI lines are super-thin
Can’t make this up!
“The ‘ethical’ AI company that made the viral deepfake of Tom Cruise is tied to non-consensual AI-generated porn.” - Read here
How tech multiplies impact of bad decisions
Instructional thread on how not to take decisions when you are working with a range of partners.
Einstein, copyright, lawyers, and greed
Apparently, Einstein made more money after his death, thanks to copyright lawyers! - Read here
Weaponizing finance and supply chains
Russian sanctions are forcing many companies/countries to ask themselves new questions - can you use a network as a weapon? If so, how should companies/countries prepare? Interesting piece. - Read here
More Interesting Reads:
Testosterone therapies are apparently a thing now! - Read here
Are we closer to artificial general intelligence? - Read here
Cricket in the US? Major League Cricket gets funding from Satya Nadella - Read here
“Scientists Discover Nearly 1 Billion-Year-Old Organisms, Possibly Alive” - Read here
Disney+ to have ads up to four minutes an hour. For now. - Read here ($)
Musk is apparently a cult figure in China. And so is his mom - Read here
Reliance has big India retail plans - Read here
Watch what your kids play on their phones. Worrying thread- Read here
And finally…
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