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These embedded processes strip away autonomy, equating compliance with effectiveness even as the processes become increasingly counter-productive and wasteful. Would any sane person choose America's broken healthcare system over a cheaper, more effective alternative? Let's see: the current system costs twice as much...
Over the weekend, several news report have suggested that the US is planning an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Other reports suggest that the US is going to unleash the Saudis to do the fighting. What's behind the relentless...
Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users' minds Cyberattacks target Americans’ thinking. Fancy Tapis/Shutterstock.com Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The Russian attacks on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the country’s continuing election-related hacking have happened across all three...
A domestic surveillance program called Quiet Skies—which is operated by the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, and was revealed Saturday in a "blockbuster" Boston Globe exposé—is provoking strong criticism, with the ACLU asserting that "such surveillance not only makes...
Something unusual is happening this morning with the options trading in Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL).  There has been a big increase in options activity and the implied volatility for the options has jumped up to 206%.  That means...
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