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Surveiled 93 — AI and the Management Singularity
June 4, 2025
My EV nightmare before Christmas
December 27, 2024
A bit late, but I nonetheless wish you all a happy festive season and all the best for 2025! My EV nightmare before Christmas ‘KER-Chunk’, went the car,...
Surveilled 92 — Apple Kremlinology and industrial policy
October 30, 2024
Can Apple Kremlinology help us design successful industrial policy? At the start of the year, the “state of the iPad” was a hot topic among Apple...
Surveilled 91 — How Physics and Geopolitics Collide: Chris Miller's "Chip War"
August 7, 2024
Greetings from a typical Belgian summer, propitious to spending time indoors and reading. Hence, no surprise that this month's edition is another book...
Surveilled 90 - The Power Behind the Works: Robert Caro’s “Working”
July 3, 2024
The Power Behind the Works: Robert Caro’s “Working” Working, Robert Caro, 2019 I first became aware of Robert Caro when we lived in the US and Master of the...
Surveilled 89 — How the World Really Works book review
February 14, 2024
Shocker! Good policies are based on facts How the World Really Works, Vaclav Smil, 2022 Over the last few years, climate change has come to dominate the...
Surveilled no. 88: Standard Chartered takeover; the limits of ML; managing a team on a creative project
February 6, 2023
Just a quick list of five interesting items that I came across this week. First Abu Dhabi bank is/was considering a takeover of Standard Chartered, in what...
Surveilled No. 87 - Enter the Fediverse
January 29, 2023
It seems there are two big overarching story arcs in tech right now. One of them is the Twitter saga. Blow-by-blow accounts of Musk’s careening takeover may...
Surveilled no. 86 - success factors for e-government
January 5, 2023
Happy new year, dear reader! I wish you all the best for 2023 and thank you for being a subscriber. Close-up: notes on e-government A couple of weeks ago, at...
Surveilled No. 85 – On Apple's App Tracking Transparency
August 21, 2022
With the summer holidays still in full swing, the tech industry seems to be in a holding pattern of sorts, although there are stirrings here and there. The...
Surveilled No. 84 – crypto sanctions, Ethereum's big merge, leaky 5G
August 15, 2022
Quite a few interesting things that popped up on our radar over the last week, so let’s get to it without further ado. The week in crypto Three thoughts on...
Surveilled #83 – (Late) Summer Reads
August 7, 2022
(Late) Summer Reads The summer holiday season is already more than halfway, but if you’re still looking for an easy, yet intelligent and thought-provoking...
Surveilled #82 – More on the crypto crash
July 18, 2022
This iteration of Surveilled is shorter and more of a link list. From now on I’m going to worry less about the format about the newsletter, and instead just...
Surveilled #81 – is the 2022 crypto crash an ending or a beginning?
July 10, 2022
Back in December of 2017, my fellow commuters on the bus to work were glued to their phones, looking at the balance of their crypto portfolios and excitedly...
Surveilled #80: the invisible arms race in our digital realm
March 8, 2022
Hi, Frederik here with *gasp* a new issue of Surveilled. The last one was eons ago, and I’m very grateful that you remained subscribed all this time. If this...
Surveilled #79 — A weekend project: test your phone NSO’s Pegasus tool
July 25, 2021
My archives tell me it’s slightly more than a month since the last issue of Surveilled, although it feels like it was decades ago to me. Pandemic fatigue...
Surveilled #78 – Police stings, Basel and crypto, and Apple's new privacy features
June 13, 2021
It was Apple’s WorldWide Developers’ Conference last week, so the rest of the tech world was pretty quiet. Hence, only five links instead of six this week....
Surveilled #77 – Bitcoin’s energy use, nuclear secrets flashcards and ZenBooths
May 30, 2021
The last few issues have seen somewhat more developed “Six Links” stories, and this issue is no exception. It allows for more context, but perhaps it’s also...
Surveilled #76–More ransomware, crypto, super apps and dystopia!
May 23, 2021
Issue 76 Very short issue today, since it seems that most of what happened this week was a continuation of previous stories. Recap in bullet form below....
Surveilled #75 – A ransomware pandemic, crypto volatility and Appucinos
May 16, 2021
Issue 75 Another issue without a column, although the first item in the Six Links section almost graduated to that level. As a result, there are way more...
Surveilled #74 – Facebook Oversight Board's long-awaited decision, YouTube, and 32-bit integers
May 9, 2021
Issue 74 Six Links Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to ban Trump from the platform–Calling this decision highly anticipated would be...
Surveilled #73 – Apple and antitrust, biometrics and unboxed AI algorithms
May 2, 2021
Issue 73 The tech news cycle was dominated mostly by earnings reports last week, which overall were very good for the industry. Others do a much better job...
Surveilled #72–Apple as bellwether, Google's FLoC, lessons from The Wire
April 25, 2021
Issue 72 The trend is to keep it short and crisp lately, so here is another attempt to give a comprehensive overview of what happened during the week in six...
Surveilled #71 – WhatsApp attacks, Big Tech vs antitrust worldwide and Zwift pros
April 18, 2021
Surveilled Issue 71 Another “links only” issue this week, due to feverish activity on a professional project. Hopefully more time for Surveilled next week....
Surveilled #70–Another Facebook leak, AI bias and dark patterns
April 11, 2021
Issue 70 Another shorter issue this week, I didn’t come across anything that seemed to warrant the “one big story” treatment, although there are a couple of...
Surveilled #69–what happened to contact tracing?
April 4, 2021
One Big Story: what happened to contact tracing? Nearly a year ago, I wrote an opinion piece with the title “Does Big Tech hold a key to restarting the...
Surveilled #68–Cybersecurity and semiconductor geopolitics, risky default domains and remote working
March 28, 2021
Surveilled Issue 68 A shorter issue this week, I didn’t come across anything that seemed to warrant the “One Big Story” treatment, but still six interesting...
Surveilled – Issue 67: GFC flashbacks, Chinese ad tracking, SMS hacking
March 21, 2021
Surveilled Issue 67 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. One Big Story The last couple...
Issue 66–NFT’s, Microsoft Exchange hack, deepfake Tom Cruise
March 14, 2021
Issue 61 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Hey friends, after a couple of months...
Surveilled — Goodbye for now 👋
December 28, 2020
Surveilled is taking a break It’s an understatement to say that 2020 has been a challenging year. Apart from the pandemic that has affected everyone, my...
Surveilled — Issue 64: a "middleware" solution?
December 6, 2020
Surveilled Issue 64 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Big Stories Facebook and...
Surveilled—Issue 63: US elections, Bitcoin and AI bias
November 26, 2020
Surveilled Issue 63 A weekly irregular summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Apologies for the...
Surveilled — Issue 62: Bitcoin lives on, GDPR's effects and all Covid-19 apps analysed
October 30, 2020
Surveilled Issue 62 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. From Elsewhere I spoke to...
Surveilled — Issue 61: Section 230, App Store Wars, and Excel Bugs
October 16, 2020
Surveilled Issue 61 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Big Stories Politics vs...
Surveilled — Issue 60 - Big Tech monopolies, Uber for evictions, and GPT-3 bots in the wild
October 8, 2020
Surveilled Issue 60 A weekly(-ish!) summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Big Stories Big Tech...
Surveilled — Issue 59
October 2, 2020
Surveilled Issue 59 A weekly(-ish!) summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Big Stories...
Surveilled #58—TikTok, Apple, Facebook vs Politics, and a history of custom ringtones
September 16, 2020
Surveilled Issue 58 A weekly(-ish!) summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Big Stories By design,...
Surveilled #57 — Exposure notifications, Amazon’s labour relations, and circumventing internet censorship
September 3, 2020
Surveilled Issue 57 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Apologies for the irregular...
Surveilled #56 — US WeChat ban, return of contextual advertising and a cold-war bunker
August 18, 2020
Surveilled Issue 56 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Shorter edition this week as...
Surveilled #55 - GPT-3, unpredictable complexity and an animated GIF botnet
August 6, 2020
Surveilled Issue 55 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. A shorter edition this week, as...
Surveilled #54 — My First-Hand Contact Tracing Experience
July 28, 2020
Surveilled Issue 54 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Surveilled has been on an...
Surveilled — Issue 53
July 3, 2020
Surveilled Issue 53 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines The EU Estimates GDPR...
Surveilled — Issue 52
June 24, 2020
Issue 52 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines Apple’s App Store Rules Suddenly...
Surveilled — Issue 51
June 16, 2020
Surveilled Issue 51 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines Norway Pulls Its...
Surveilled — Issue 50
June 11, 2020
Surveilled Issue 50 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines Citizen Lab Offers a...
Surveilled — Issue 49
June 4, 2020
Surveilled Issue 49 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines The American Civil...
Surveilled — Issue 48
May 28, 2020
Surveilled Issue 48 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines Contact Tracing and...
Surveilled — Issue 47
May 20, 2020
Surveilled Issue 47 A weekly summary of what I've found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Our Covid-19 contact tracing...
Surveilled — Issue 46
May 14, 2020
Surveilled Issue 46 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines The UK’s NHS Started...
Surveilled — Issue 45
May 6, 2020
Surveilled Issue 45 A weekly summary of what I’ve found interesting at the intersection of economics, finance and technology. Headlines Covid-19 Contact...
 
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