A look at Balaji Srinivasan's Network State concept, which envisions online communities acquiring land via crowdfunding, with the goal of becoming new countries
https://www.bbc.com/... Denny / @denny@boing.world : “A group of young men walked in, some wearing cowboy boots. They didn't look like outdoor types though. I got talking to one of them. He introdu...
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change has made more typical kinds of coverage unprofitable
Navigating an increasingly challenging cyber insurance market Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : There's nothing like money to incentive people to change behavior. People can deny clima...
A look at the UK NHS' plans for a federated data platform and the doctors, privacy campaigners, and others concerned that Palantir could win the £480M contract
Wired : Mastodon: @wcbdata@vis.social . X: @kvnbbg and @steve_e . LinkedIn: Liam Cahill . Forums: r/technology Mastodon: @wcbdata@vis.social : If you know anyone who has any influence within the NHS,...
US officials say sanctioned countries are increasingly manipulating the GPS-based automatic identification systems, or AIS, of ships to evade international law
A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations … Tweets: @aliabunimah , @indianexpress , @amidaniel1 , @steve_e , @akurmanaev , @akurma...
Buckle, an insurer for ridesharing platforms with coverage in 47 US states, raises $31M Series A led by HSCM Bermuda and Eos
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The Wild Wild Web, a shoot-first, aim-later era of tech strategy, is coming to an end, and a less willfully naïve, self-policing ethos is taking its place
The internet is changing, and the freewheeling, anything-goes culture of social media is being replaced by something more accountable. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @sachinrekhi , @rajumudhar , @steve_e ...
Amazon could disrupt US healthcare by converting a standardized healthcare interface for its employees into a marketplace for individuals and other employers
It's pretty rare for the same company to feature in two consecutive Weekly Articles; yesterday's announcement … Tweets: @steve_e , @trishak42 , @mikesparr , @jhoff , @freakonometrics , @carlajdouglas ...