‘Alexa, are voicebots taking over?’

VentureBeat, here.

Top Economists Grapple With Public Disdain for Initiatives They Championed

WSJ, here. 

The mind-blowing AI announcement from Google that you probably missed.

freeCodeCamp, here and here. 

The Humans Working Behind the AI Curtain

HBR, here. 

Behavioural economics – a critique of its policy conclusions

P. Booth, here. 

Flight Centre: Australian High Court finds agent competed with principal and breached cartel laws

J. Clarke, here. 

Take Me to Tomorrowland: The Cloud, Big Data, and the Internet of Things

V. Mosco, Video here. 

European civil law rules in robotics

EP, Study, here. 

I have seen the future: Alexa controls everything

ArsTechnica.co.uk, here. 

F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges in Emissions Scandal

NYTimes, here. 

Regard d’un prix Nobel d’économie sur la politique concurrentielle

T. Schrepel, ici. 

Why go long on artificial intelligence?

N. Benaich, here. 

Deezer Hires Facebook, Spotify Managers to Fight Bigger Rivals

Bloomberg, here. 

Data Could Be the Next Tech Hot Button for Regulators

NYTimes, here. 

Uber Extends an Olive Branch to Local Governments: Its Data

NYTimes, here. 

What does 2017 hold for open data initiatives?

TheGuardian, here. 

EC-Karten-Kartell kommt vor den Kadi

Bargeldlosblog.de, hier. 

Policing the digital cartels

FT, here.

Big Data, algorithmes et marketing : rendre des comptes

C. Benavent, ici.

The ‘death of software patents’ in the US has been greatly exaggerated

Patentology, here.

Big Data, Open Data, Privacy Regulations, Intellectual Property and Competition Law in an Internet of Things World

B. Lundqvist, here.

CES 2017 Day 3 recap: The blurred lines between hyperpersonalization and user privacy

Mobilebusinessinsights, here.

How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News

NYTimes, here.

Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants

TheGuardian, here.

Was wird der Mensch?

FAZ, hier.

The Best Films of 2016 (for Behavioral Economists)

C. Sunstein, here.

Statement Regarding the Investigation into Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct by Apple

Competition Bureau, here.

Alexa: Amazon's Operating System

Stratechery, here.

Why Amazon's Alexa is the future of computing

Vox, here.

(Machine) Learning Securely

Cacm.acm, here.

Bike courier wins 'gig' economy employment rights case

BBC, here.

U.S. loses bid to overturn AmEx antitrust decision

Reuters, here. 

Neue Ordnungsökonomik

FAZ, hier. 

Data politics and the internet of things

SiliconRepublic, here. 

Cross-Device Tracking: Measurement and Disclosures

FTC, here. 

If Only AI Could Save Us from Ourselves

TechnologyReview, here. 

Japanese insurance firm replaces 34 staff with AI

BBC, here. 

Uber drivers deemed to be employees by Swiss insurance provider

TechCrunch, here. 

Cashing in on dystopia

D. Bandurski, here. 

Book of the Week: Lack of effective antitrust oversight leaves us at the mercy of digital platforms

J. Powles, here. 

Data Financing for Global Good

Oxford Internet Institute, here. 

Surge Pricing Solves the Wild Goose Chase

J. Castillo, E. Weyl, here. 

What So Many Strategists Get Wrong About Digital Disruption

F. Vermeulen, here. 

The Battle of the Tech Brains

Bloomberg, here. 

Tech Giants Seem Invincible. That Worries Lawmakers.

NYTimes, here. 

"Through A Glass, Darkly" Technical, Policy, and Financial Actions to Avert the Coming Digital Dark Ages

R. Whitt, here. 

The death of the single price?

BBC, Money Box, Podcast here. 

Competition concerns over Mastercard/VocaLink merger

CMA, here. 

Adtech funding drops in face of Facebook-Google duopoly

FT, here.

“Even if you manage to build a sustainable advantage for a few years, how do you scale to compete with Google or Facebook? That’s why traditional adtech does feel dead from a venture perspective.”

Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas

TheEconomist, here.