It feels like a stupid question – and it was, until someone actually did it. Indeed, you would roll your eyes and shake your head at the idea. Completely ludicrous. Then Elon Musk decided he wanted to own X. Can he just do that?
Politics
Brussels celebrates. AI is finally reigned in. The EU is ready for the future – and setting a model for the world. Except they forgot to define AI … and a whole lot of other things.
Apple’s App Store monopoly is history. The EU has ruled and Apple has complied. Who won? As it turns out, this is the wrong question to ask. There is no winner. The question is more like ‘who lost’?
Digital privacy is a challenge. GDPR and its siblings make it worse. We need a reset. And then some serious effort to understand the problem. Something the GDPR creators never took the time to. Possibly the most expensive – and detrimental – ‘blind-leading-the-blind’ exercise of all time.
We really want this to work. Tighten the screw on Russia with sanctions, hoping it will hurt so bad it brings change. Sorry, but it’s a pipe dream. Sanctions are necessary, but they don’t work. Here’s why.