Published inEnrique Dans·1 day agoMember-onlyWant to hold on to your job? Get to grips with generative algorithmsThe number of people who have been laid off in the first five months of this year in the United States is the highest since the 2009 crisis: more than 417,500 redundancies between January and May, and a significant proportion of them white-collar, administrative and managerial jobs, especially in the…Work3 min readWork3 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·2 days agoMember-onlyThe interesting evolution of EthereumIt is fascinating to follow the evolution of the second most important cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, Ethereum. …Ethereum2 min readEthereum2 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·2 days agoMember-onlyGermany shows that nuclear energy is a blast from the pastThe data can’t be denied: a country can abandon nuclear power without increasing the consumption of fossil fuels such as coal or gas, and instead rely on renewables. …Nucle2 min readNucle2 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·4 days agoMember-onlyWhen it comes to the climate emergency, insurers take a no-nonsense approachState Farm, the largest insurance company in the United States, has just announced that it will no longer accept new home insurance policies in California, mainly due to the high incidence of fires resulting from the increase in temperatures created by the climate emergency. The company says that the exposure…Insurance2 min readInsurance2 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·5 days agoMember-onlyNvidia, the kind of company that makes others invidious…Nvidia Corporation was founded 30 Years ago, in April 1993, in Sunnyvale, California, and went public in 1999. One of its founders, Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang, a Taiwanese immigrant who came to the United States at the age of nine, is the company’s CEO and president, and owns 3.6% …Nvidia3 min readNvidia3 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·6 days agoMember-onlyThis is what happens when you trust a machine designed to say what you want to hear…Avianca passenger Roberto Mata’s knee was injured by a blow from the food trolley. He then sought damages through an attorney, Steven A. Schwartz of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, and when Avianca asked the judge to dismiss the case, that attorney came forward with a ten-page brief citing a half-dozen…Law3 min readLaw3 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·May 28Member-onlyLet’s hope the UK’s call for Meta to unwind Giphy deal marks the beginning of a new regulatory landscapeGiphy was founded in February 2013 by two friends after a breakfast conversation about creating a search engine for GIFs that would make conversations on the web more entertaining. To their surprise, it was an overnight success, attracting more than one million users in the first week after its launch. …Acquisition3 min readAcquisition3 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·May 27Member-onlyThe facts speak for themselves: the energy transition is underwayTwo very interesting pieces of data were reported on Friday that give an an idea about the ongoing energy transformation: according to the International Energy Agency’s forecasts, 2023 will be the first year that will see more investment in solar energy than in oil production, a change that, seen from…Electric Car3 min readElectric Car3 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·May 26Member-onlyIs Spain an anti-tech country?The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) asked me to write an article after Spain took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union. I decided to explore whether Spain had become one of the most anti-technology countries in the 26-member bloc. The article is entitled “Should We Expect…Spain2 min readSpain2 min read
Published inEnrique Dans·May 25Member-onlyWhy are our politicians so determined to ban us from using encrypted messaging?The right to privacy is a cornerstone of any democracy worth the name. Intercepting telephone conversations requires a court order, and involves the use of relatively sophisticated technology. End-to-end encryption, or E2EE, is a system whereby only direct recipients can read messages. I emphasize the word only because the technology…Spain4 min readSpain4 min read
