Peloton finally slams on the brakes

Crypto and tech futures climb as investor focus turns to the labor market

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Expanded robocall blocking has begun—but there are still “too many loopholes”

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | RobertAx) In a new milestone for the US government’s anti-robocall efforts, phone companies are now prohibited from accepting calls from providers that did not comply with a Federal Communications Commission deadline that passed this week. “Beginning today, if a voice service provider’s certification and other required information does not appear in […]

Marketers can’t predict what you’ll buy—even if they use A.I.

Popular media has been warning us about the ability of unsavory marketers and other bad actors to predict and even control our choices using the latest in tracking and artificial intelligence technologies.   In the 2019 Netflix documentary The Great Hack, for instance, the case is made that the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica scraped social media […]