The cryptomania has brought in a lot of craziness, not only on the well-established currencies which have seen an insane price explosion of the last year, but also on a large number of alternative coins. Regular articles on Bitcoins and cryptos in general can get a little dry, so I picked out some amusing alt-coins […]
In 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission suggested what is known as Rule 30e-3, which modernizes the way companies and mutual funds report disclosure reports to shareholders and the public. The idea: getting rid of the requirement to deliver a hard copy and moving to the option of sending these digitally. However, this change is […]
In January, the European Parliament announced that it will set up a Special Committee on the Union’s authorization procedure for pesticides. This move comes after the re-authorization of the herbicide glyphosate, which has been under repeated fire from anti-GMO activist groups for alleged health concerns. This parliamentary committee “investigating potential failures in the EU’s system for renewing […]
Der frühe Facebook-Investor Roger McNamee fordert in einem Artikel in der britischen Tageszeitung „The Guardian“, dass Social-Media-Unternehmen genauso reguliert werden sollten wie Tabak und Alkohol. Die Begründung für ein solches Vorgehen sei die Suchtgefahr und der Einfluss von Plattformen wie Facebook auf den öffentlichen Diskurs und die Demokratie. Aber sind diese Ängste gerechtfertigt?
In a landmark ruling this week, the German Federal Administrative Court has decided that cities have the right to ban diesel cars. The federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Nordrhein-Westfalen had appealed against the decision of the states of Stuttgart and Düsseldorf to outlaw diesel cars on its roads.
Une jeune étudiante en Californie a fait revenir les sèche-mains électriques dans le débat public, après un post sur Facebook. La jeune femme avait placé une boîte transparente à l’intérieur d’un sèche-mains électrique Dyson Airblade dans des toilettes publiques pour femmes. Elle l’a ouverte pendant trois minutes alors qu’il fonctionnait, puis l’a refermée et a observé […]
Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee has called for social media companies to be regulated in the same way as tobacco and alcohol. The justification for such action, he argues, is the risk of addiction and their influence on public discourse and democracy.
Dieser Artikel wurde für die luxemburgische Tageszeitung “Lëtzebuerger Journal” geschrieben. Die Rubrik “ZOOM” greift junge, alternative und unternehmerische Themen auf und bringt sie den Lesern näher. (Text in veränderter Form im Print) In der Diskussion um Alternative Energien und ihre Nutzung, geht es sehr oft um Transportmöglichkeiten. Immer mehr wird das klassische Benzin- und Dieselauto […]
By the end of this year, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX is planning to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) with a Falcon 9 booster. At the same time though, the private contractor has come under fire for possible shortcomings during its latest Falcon 9 launch, which likely cost the American taxpayer substantially. When […]
Anthony Levandowski, the American engineer behind Google’s push for self-driving cars – also involved in a lawsuit regarding his alleged transfer of intel to Uber – has established a non-profit called “Way of the Future”. The religious organisation intends to established a deity based on artificial intelligence, and, according to Wired:
