“A profound implication of some highly decentralized networks is the opportunity, at scale, to deliver stronger assurances than even the largest nation-states today.”
“Chicago required the use of lead service lines between street mains and homes until Congress banned the practice in 1986. Yet as Mayor Rahm Emanuel borrows hundreds of millions of dollars to overhaul the city’s public water system, Chicago is keeping lead service lines in the ground.”
“Fewer politicians are in a position to say ‘no’ to legal marijuana. Especially in cash-strapped areas of the country where jobs and opportunities are hard to come by.”
Read more: https://www.caseyresearch.com/pot-will-revive-small-town-america/
“Family and community are the only things left in Adams County, Ohio, as the coal-fired power plants abandon ship and the government shrugs.”
“Guess where the economically forgotten people live? The majority of these ‘ALICE’ households live in America’s largest cities.”
Read more: https://weissratings.com/articles/the-building-backlash-of-america-s-economically-forgotten
“Coffee husk—or, as it’s better known, cascara—is having a moment.”
“There’s every sign consolidation of the industry will continue, particularly given that the drop in the price of cannabis has threatened the profit margins of dispensaries.”
“Data from more than 10,000 accounts were exposed. The unprotected servers were letting anybody see Apple user IDs, parents’ email addresses, unique phone IDs, users’ attempts to ‘find my iPhone’ and passwords stored in plaintext.”
“Rekognition is currently used by police in Orlando and Oregon’s Washington County, often using nondisclosure agreements to avoid public disclosure.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17379968/amazon-rekognition-facial-recognition-surveillance-aclu
“Proposals under discussion would replace the population-control policy with one called ‘independent fertility,’ allowing people to decide how many children to have.”