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Feb- 2019 -22 FebruaryBlog
DEEPTECH: GENDER BIAS IN STEM, CATFISHING TROOPS, CHINA’S GENETIC SURVEILLANCE, & MORE
The Struggle is SO Real: Pervasive Gender Bias in STEM New research about women in STEM finds that over 40%…
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22 FebruaryBlog
Trade War, Trade Peace
It started in January 2018. Trump hit China with a $53 billion tariff on steel and aluminum. Next, he hit…
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15 FebruaryBlog
DEEPTECH: BIG TECH TAX BREAKS, PHONE SECURITY FAQS, & MORE!
Have you tried turning it off and on again? Russia Plans to Turn off the Internet Russia plans to completely…
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15 FebruaryBlog
Solidarity?
We’re coming to you from Prague and Berlin this week, where Elmira has dived deep into the importance of gender…
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8 FebruaryBlog
The Iran Revolution Turns 40
Islamophobia started long before 9/11. It very well may have also pre-dated the Iranian revolution, which took place 40 years…
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8 FebruaryDeep Tech
DeepTech Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Intelligence Agencies?
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4 FebruaryBook Club
The Book Group Reading of ‘Fascism: A Warning’ by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
December’s choice of book is by a woman who has spent nearly four decades as a major force in American…
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1 FebruaryBlog
Venezuela & Afghanistan: The Intervention Issue
“Afghanistan -> Welcome the talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia.” Those two lines, caught this past week on John Bolton’s yellow legal…
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1 FebruaryDeep Tech
DEEPTECH: CryptoCurrency, Japan Olympic Hacks, Brexit, & More!
The Least Sexy Threat in the US Worldwide Threat Assessment Earlier this week, the US intelligence community concluded in its…
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Jan- 2019 -25 JanuaryBlog
The World According to the Rich and Famous
January has become synonymous with Davos. And Davos has become synonymous with elite status and power. Given the number of world leaders,…
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25 JanuaryDeep Tech
DEEPTECH: Robot Warships, 5G Networks, Face ID, & More!
An update: we’re not saying that Congress read DeepTech or anything, but they are now mulling a huge FB fine…
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18 JanuaryBlog
DeepTech Deep Dive: Delete Facebook?
Facebook’s current market cap exceeds the nominal GDP of Morocco, Ukraine, and Finland—combined. And with nearly 2.5 billion users, it…
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18 JanuaryBlog
When do we see terrorism?
On Tuesday, January 15, militants belonging to Al-Shabaab, a Somali extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda, attacked a hotel and shopping…
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12 JanuaryBlog
Pompeo in Cairo; clueless and dangerous
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Cairo ‘as an evangelical Christian’ – a weird self-designation I have not seen…
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11 JanuaryBlog
Let’s Make a Deal!
Happy 2019! It’s good to be back – and ready to interrupt. On that topic, expect to see a number…
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11 JanuaryBlog
Deeptech: Shutdown Weakening Cybersecurity, US Mobile Carriers Caught Selling Location Data on the Black Market (again), Fakebook’s Baby Boomer Problem, & CES
You are being watched by a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. No, really. Your mobile…
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Dec- 2018 -14 DecemberBlog
FP Interrupted: 2018 Book Edition
We’re keeping it short and closing out the year in FPI this week. We’ve got a quick review of what…
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14 DecemberDeep Tech
Deeptech Special Edition: What hasn’t China hacked?
IN A NUTSHELL: The US is accusing China of being the ultimate scammer–ripping off trade secrets and perpetuating cyber attacks…
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7 DecemberBlog
Mohammed Bin Salman; A Prince Who Should Not Become A King
In the fall of 1989, Saudi Arabia played acrucial role in officially ending the Lebanese Civil War that began in…
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7 DecemberFP Interrupted
Seeing Green. . . .
2,975 deaths from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 (but estimated to be about 4,500) 153,336 acres and 18,804 structures destroyed; 85 deaths…
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