October 31, 2022
From Land Sales to Health Records Governments Embrace Blockchain

Blockchain real estate tech firm Propy is now recording property sales and recording title and escrow documents on NFTs and well as standard blockchain transactions. With its recently launched Title...

October 31, 2022
Digital Nudging: Potential and Pitfalls

Digital nudges — that is, significantly behavioral interventions that use software and its user-interface design elements — are an increasingly pervasive feature of online environments that can shape people’s behavior...

October 25, 2022
White House Recruits Uber, Walgreens in Anti-COVID Plan

Uber and Walgreens have launched a partnership with the White House to provide free deliveries of the prescription COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid straight to customers’ doorsteps. In an announcement published on...

October 18, 2022
Germany Fines Telegram Over Lack Of Complaint Options

Germany has fined messaging app Telegram €5 million for failing to set up channels for users to report illegal posts. “The internet is not a lawless space. Criminal content like...

October 04, 2022
Bank of America Adds $100M in Low-Cost Deposits to Minority-Led...

Bank of America is adding $100 million in low-cost deposits to minority depository institutions (MDIs), doubling its existing $100 million in deposits in MDIs. With these low-cost deposits, MDIs can...

October 04, 2022
EU Regulator Withdraws Antitrust COVID Temporary Framework

The European Commission has today adopted a revised Informal Guidance Notice that allows businesses to seek informal guidance on the application of EU competition rules to novel or unresolved questions. The revised...

September 28, 2022
Could an Internationalized Digital Euro Threaten the Dollar?

A digital euro isn’t going to replace the United States dollar as the world’s reserve currency and leading international payments currency anytime soon. But it could help weaken it, or...

September 22, 2022
Investindustrial’s Majority Stake in Eataly Tests Restaurant, Grocery Boundaries

The line between dining out and dining in is blurring as consumers increasingly expect to look to stores they shop in to meet all of their food needs — providing...

September 16, 2022
Frenemies: Global Approaches To Rebalance The Big Tech v Journalism...

By: Courtney C. Radsch (Tech Tank/Brookings) Big Tech has enabled unparalleled reach, engagement, and innovation in the news media even as the decoupling of advertising and journalism has threatened the...