Friday, May 10, 2019

The Blockchain (R)evolution and the Role of Antitrust

Antitrust Digest, here. 

Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools.

NBC News, here. 

Competition and the rule of law

M. Vestager, here. 

Rod Sims, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Capitol Forum, Interview here (Video).

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019

ArsTechnica, here. 

Antitrust and Innovation: Welcoming and Protecting Disruption

G. Federico, F. Scott Morton, C. Shapiro, here. 

India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse - sources

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust Reading List Proposed by Chris Hughes

Here. And more suggestions here. 

Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why

The Guardian, here. 

The German Facebook Antitrust Case Viewed from Brussels?

M. Vestager, here.

Asnef-Equifax is an "interesting" ruling, to be understood in the specific context of the case. My impression is that EU judges would be willing to view things differently today...

Dublin-based Ion Group in talks to buy Mergermarket owner

FT, here. 

Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

BankInnovation.net, here. 

2019 Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable?

Silicon Flatirons Conference, Videos here. 

GOOGLE’S NEW PRIVACY FEATURES PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON USERS

Wired, here. 

Expedia Under Investigation by Utah Over Hotel Collusion Claims

D. McLaughlin, here.

Not the first time that Expedia and TravelPass lock horns, here.