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