Links April 18-21 2018

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Friday April 20, 2018

 Friday fun scooter wars column: "It’s always kind of fun to watch the good guys/bad guys go at it. And we’ve got a ripsnorter going at it right here on the streets and sidewalks of San Francisco."   sfchronicle.com

 Silicon Valley college, called a 'visa mill,' shut down with millions missing:   sfchronicle.com

 Mar. 2014: Founder of bogus East Bay college is guilty in 'visa mill' case:   mercurynews.com

 Oct. 2014: Center for Investigative Reporting series 'Techsploitation' runs in the Guardian.   theguardian.com 

The Tradeoff Fallacy.   asc.upenn.edu


Thursday April 19, 2018

On March 4, half of all California's energy demands were met by solar-captured energy.   marinij.com

How innocuous third-party web bug trackers feed more information than usual to certain sites.   freedom-to-tinker.com


Wednesday April 18, 2018

"Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes testifies in antitrust trial that his company needs to merge with AT&T to better compete for ads with Google, Facebook, and Amazon."   cnn.com

"Google, Twitter, Apple and Microsoft all disclose significantly more information about options for people to control the usage of their data than Facebook, though none of them disclose enough" says the director of research project that ranks digital rights.   politico.com

An economist points out people are shorting securities on Puerto Rican debt. He urges we enact debt relief as Puerto Rico rebuilds following last year's Hurricane Maria.   washingtonpost.com


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