Cities (and States) are Doing it for Themselves
Thursday, November 8, 2018
November 2018
Minnesota holds its own as small-town newspapers shrink across America (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 09:57Microsoft, Google apps feature in the top 20 vulnerabilities in enterprise environments (ZDNet)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 09:57Control over security is prompting big industrial companies to explore private 5G wireless networks (NetworkWorld)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 09:56Daily Digest 11/9/2018
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 09:56Op-ed
Op-ed
Daily Digest 11/9/2018 (Accosting Acosta)
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Friday, November 9, 2018
Why the White House is pushing a doctored video
The “fake news” wars have reached a new peak. While the president continues to accuse journalists and his opponents of spreading “fake news,” evidence mounts of extensive right-wing disinformation efforts, many aimed at boosting President Doanld Trump and sowing discord among his opponents. The result: Those who cry “fake news” the loudest remain the ones most responsible for circulating it. President Trump and his supporters have dominated the conversation on “fake news” by repackaging a political tactic as old as American democracy itself.
Wall Street Analysts Are Now Selling More Data, Less Analysis
Wall Street analysts are doing data differently. Banks for years have crunched data on company earnings, price targets and other mundane metrics for clients who might use the information to make investing and trading decisions. Now they are pulling data from social-media sentiment, geospatial mapping and other unorthodox sources. They are also increasingly making their data feeds available directly to clients, without the surrounding research notes that often go unread.