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The eeriness of the whole situation may leave permanent marks on consumers and business-decision makers. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET: OK, this is it. The big moment. We the 6.7 million people … Read more
Recent moves have sidelined DOJ’s antitrust leaders, leaving oversight of investigations into companies like Google to the AG’s handpicked staff. Attorney General William Barr has spent months taking greater control … Read more
Even as the Fed floods the market with $400 billion in four months, with stocks at record highs, and reality pooh-pooed as irrelevant. What’s different this time? By Wolf Richter. This … Read more
Wolfstreet, Released on 1/19/20 Even as the Fed has flooded the market with $400 billion in four months, as stocks are at record highs, and as reality is being pooh-pooed … Read more
via mintpressnews Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is in the spotlight for “dining with far-right figures,” and their influence over the information that appears in your feed is apparent. However, Facebook isn’t the … Read more
Silicon Valley is powering the new military-industrial complex t.co/8tRHxkHuu4 pic.twitter.com/uS6AbKkgYY — Businessweek (@BW) December 18, 2019
by: JD Heyes (Natural News) In an era where a day does not pass without some “progressive” hack — a Democrat in Congress, an academic, an actor or actress — … Read more
The “Silicon Six” – Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Microsoft. Collectively, they had 2018 revenues in excess of $800 billion and currently have a combined market capitalization of more than … Read more
“I would have them as a public utility,” says California Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat whose district spans Silicon Valley. “When you have a state that has Apple, Google and Tesla in … Read more
We are glued to our smartphones for many reasons – to stay in touch with friends and family, to take photos and to read the news while waiting for the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Ironically, house prices dropped the most in Silicon Valley. In the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, house prices – as measured by the median price where … Read more
via city-journal.org: The term “useful idiot,” often credited to Vladimir Lenin, applies to people supporting a cause or movement injurious to their own self-interest. Nowhere is this more relevant these days … Read more
via fastcompany: Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to “allow the trustworthy to … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter House prices dropped again – and ironically the most in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In the San Francisco Bay Area overall, house prices dropped again … Read more
via Bloomberg: I had decades of digital exhaust to clean up. “Your data across different companies is being pulled together by data brokers and ad companies. If the government asked … Read more
