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The Most Underappreciated Story in the Oil Market…

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The world is currently watching the growing tensions in the Middle East, and oil market analysts are guesstimating just how much Iranian oil supply the renewed U.S. sanctions could stifle. Yet, the biggest story in oil markets this year may well take place far from the much-publicized tensions in the Middle East – namely China’s […]

China’s Xi Jinping Holds Summit with NK’s Kim Jong Un to Promote Denuclearization and Peace on Korean Peninsula…

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The latest China-DPRK summit meeting will help promote denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Wednesday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, met Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the […]

The West Could Be Closer to China’s System of ‘Social Credit Scoring’ Than You Think…

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China has become the largest surveillance state on the planet. Taking a page out of the Netflix show Black Mirror, the People’s Republic of China has begun assigning scores that dictate its citizens’ ability to travel, their social mobility, educational opportunities, and where they can live. The totalitarian 1984 of the future is now 2018 […]

Military Exchanges Ordered to Pull Chinese Smartphones Over Security Risks…

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The three military exchange services pulled all smartphones made by Chinese electronics manufacturers Huawei and ZTE from stores around the world and banned their sale because of the security risks the devices pose, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The Defense Department’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness issued a ban of “all Huawei and ZTE cellphones, personal […]

The Politics of Machine-Learning Algorithms by Mark MacCarthy…

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As machine-learning algorithms come to dominate decision-making in business, politics, and society, the pressure to make more personal data available will steadily increase, and privacy protections will be eroded. If we do not take the reins of these new technologies, they could lead us toward a political system we did not choose…

Kim Jong-un Agrees to Meet Trump at ‘Peace Village’ in DMZ…

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An unidentified source told CNN on Tuesday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has tentatively agreed to meet with President Donald Trump, and there is a “strong possibility” the summit will be held in late May in Panmunjom – the same “peace village” on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where Kim met with South Korean President […]

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