Bhaskar Chakravorti comments on U.S. government antitrust legislation to restrict mergers and acquisitions by dominant Big Tech platforms and the potential impact on smaller start-ups.
Protecting privacy and building trust, as well as improving the technology, will be key to success, says Tufts cybersecurity expert and Professor Susan Landau.
Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses how advancements in technology have helped maintain the global economy and what companies have done to contribute to the widespread adoption of digitally-based services.
Bhaskar Chakravorti says our reliance on tech in the pandemic “fast-forwarded” everyday life into the future, even though our lives were put on pause.
As the world raced to contain COVID-19, it effectively launched a necessary but costly experiment: Move all possible economic activity online to flatten the pandemic’s curve and save lives. But digitally recreating the economy-as-usual has its limits and the “Great Lockdown” comes with devastating economic costs.
Social media companies combat COVID-19 misinformation but urged to do more. Increased efforts needed to tackle the spread of false information.
The rise of the coronavirus is leading to a surge of false and possibly dangerous misinformation. Where can people go to get the facts?
