In a recent opinion piece for everyone’s favourite newspaper, The Guardian, Rhik Samadder, makes the case of getting rid of your smart phone. His goal: leaving the phone in a different room, and only replying to messages once a day. We’ll leave the fact that Guardian columnists seemingly don’t need to react to breaking news, […]
[REPORTAGE] Facebook-Hearing: Reaktiounen zu Bréissel
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 23. Mee ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Um Dënschden-Owend war de Facebook-Hearing mam Mark Zuckerberg am Europaparlament zu Bréissel. No dem Skandal mat Cambridge Analytica ass et drëms gaangen de Facebook Grënner iwwer Changementer an der Politik […]
The Trump administration gets ethanol reform right
At the end of 2017, a number of President Trump’s nominations to important government positions were held up by lawmakers that were pressing for reform of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Taxation digitale: l’opposition du gouvernement n’est pas suffisante
Dans le débat sur la fiscalité de l’économie numérique, le positionnement du Luxembourg ne concerne pas tant le sens à donner à la taxe en question, mais s’axe plutôt vers la compétitivité.
Do we ever recognise how much awesome free stuff there is on the internet?
The amount of stories and commentary in mainstream news sources about how the internet ruins childhood, attention spans and social interactions, is immense. If you were to arrive in this day and age with a time-machine from the 1960s, you’d think that the internet was the first possible thing one could possibly use: giant corporations […]
Automation isn’t a threat to our economy
Will robots take my job?’ is a frequently asked question today. So frequent, in fact, that there is even a website – willrobotstakemyjob.com – attempting to answer precisely that question with a statistically accurate calculation. It suggests that a credit analyst, for example, is running a 98 per cent chance of being computerised, while an editor at […]
The European Parliament wants Mark Zuckerberg to testify. The script writes itself.
After his testimony in front of Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned by the European Parliament. Weeks after the invitation, Zuckerberg has now agreed to meet parliamentarians in a private session.
[REPORTAGE] Solle Roboter haftbar ginn?
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 16. Mee ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: D’technesch Entwécklungen wéi autonom Autoen an aner Forme vu kënschtlecher Intelligenz stellen eng ganz Rëtsch juristesch Froen. Wien ass responsabel wann ee Roboter enger Persoun Schued zoufügt? De Bill Wirtz […]
N’ayant pas peur de l’automatisation!
La généralisation de l’automatisation s’accompagne (de manière prévisible) d’une peur accrue de ses effets. Un certain nombre de politiciens préconise même de taxer les robots, afin de compenser la perte d’emplois concomitante. Cependant, la réalité montre que l’inquiétude est infondée.
[REPORTAGE] Viviane Reding iwwer Dateschutz: “Ech hunn emmer Schwieregkeete gehat fir Facebook ze gleewen”
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 4. Mee ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: D’Europäescht Parlament huet de Facebook-Grënner Mark Zuckerberg invitéiert fir zu Bréissel den Europadeputéierte Ried an Äntwert ze stoen. Facebook huet a deene leschte Wochen a Méint vill Kritik missen astiechen […]