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#182: Powering the Internet

June 23, 2017

The Internet is nothing without electricity, and the increased demand for data and expanding “Internet of Things” means we need more and more power to...


#181: NextGen Air Traffic

June 20, 2017

Is our air traffic control (ATC) system outdated? The White House seems to think so. A couple weeks back, the president announced his support for transferring ATC...


#180: Mayday for Tech in the UK

June 15, 2017

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is pushing ahead with a controversial tech agenda, despite a grave political miscalculation that cost her Conservative party its majority...


#179: Hate Speech

June 9, 2017

Recent terrorist attacks in Portland, London, and Manchester have many calling for a crackdown on Internet hate speech. They argue that allowing toxic content to...


#178: Is it time to break up Big Tech?

June 5, 2017

In a New York Times op-ed, Jonathan Taplin argues that Google, Facebook, and Amazon have become monopolies. With such large market shares in search advertising, social media,...


#177: Online Privacy and the BROWSER Act

May 30, 2017

How should online privacy be regulated? Currently, Internet platforms, mobile applications, and online ad networks allow consumers to “opt-out” of having their data collected for...