Pluralistic: Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA (26 Oct 2023)

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Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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NYC's driver-owned Uber alternative: Platform cooperativism needs interoperability, though.
Amazon running scared from arbitration at scale: The right kind of automation.
How the Dutch helped CBS cheat on its taxes: Onshore-offshore and the IP shell-game.
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Save video game history: The MADE needs help to mothball for two years.
Life as a precriminal: 1,000 people in Pasco County, Florida are harassed day and night as part of a predictive policing tool.
Qanon is basically the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: It's a recycling program for nutjob racists.
EFF vs filternet: Comments to the EU on Article 17.
America's pandemic spiral: 9 awful things. How many do you recognize?
Security Engineering, 3d edition: Anderson's revenge!
Alexa for landlords: Unauthorized Bread was not a pitch-deck.
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