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The grumpy older man

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Tag: technology

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025

Technology’s Role in Deepening Socioeconomic Disparities

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Social disparity is much more prevalent nowadays than it was say 50 years ago: CEOs in the USA in 1970 made 30 times what the typical worker earned, some 50 years later it’s up to 350 times. Most of the wealth which was created in recent decades has flown upwards to the very top. In […]

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December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

The Hassles of 2FA and MFA

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Sure, cybercrime is all pervasive nowadays and with ever more of us increasingly interacting with the world digitally security is paramount. So we all are used to Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) as far as for example and probably most importantly our online banking is concerned. And don’t get me wrong: Of course […]

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July 18, 2024

$370’000 per hour

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That lawyers among other professionals can charge exorbitant hourly rates for their work is nothing new. But what the three law firms representing Richard Tornetta, the Tesla-investor who while holding 9 shares only in 2018 successfully sued the company over Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package now claim is nothing short of outrageous! In total […]

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