What we're reading this week: Along with fighting Covid, Biden will need to restrain Big Tech, manage China, and expand internet access. Facebook’s Oversight Board will review the decision to suspend Trump. And QAnon followers fall into crisis. More
What to Expect from Gensler’s SEC: “Not Everyone Is Going to Be Happy”
Reports that President Biden will appoint former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler to head the SEC might seem destined to send panic waves through the financial community, but reality is a little more nuanced. More
Healthcare Innovation The Pandemic
Kinsa’s Thermometer Network: Crowdsourcing for Public Health
Kinsa Health makes a connected thermometer, now used in 2.5 million American homes. That innovation is more profoundly important than it initially appears, because the insights the network leads to offer a deep predictive view into public health. More
Healthcare Innovation The Pandemic
Health Tech’s Role in Return to Normalcy
During this painful transition to “normal,” we have a lot to be optimistic about. Digital health experts from Roche Diagnostics and Quantum Materials Corp. explain. More
Mastercard CMO’s Prescription to Fix the US Health Care System
In a candid keynote address to the W2O Digital Health Summit last week, Mastercard Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Raja Rajamannar attacked the “horrors” of the U.S. healthcare system, which he labeled “unparalleled in the world.” More
Net Giants Policy Techonomy Events
The Power of Big Tech: Where Does It Go From Here?
Twitter, Facebook, and a raft of digital platforms booted President Trump, his campaign, and many of his supporters in recent days. But should billionaire despots have such raw power? Three big tech experts gathered for a conversation on where we go from here. More
Dorsey’s Tweetstorm on the Failure to Police Online Discourse…and Other Stories
In a ‘tweetstorm’ Jack Dorsey said the Trump ban reflected ‘a failure’ to police online discourse. And that “over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open internet.” Meanwhile, WIRED says There’s No Excuse to Ignore Warnings of Domestic Terrorism. More
Innovation Tech & Society The Pandemic
Cleanliness is Next to Techieness at CES 2021
Walking through the all-digital CES proved there’s an awful lot of new tech that aims to keep us safer and more hygienic as we emerge from the pandemic. Here are just a few of the products showcasing tech-infused cleanliness. More
Artificial Intelligence CDX Innovation
Untapped Aptitude – How Tech Helps Drive Disability Inclusion
Voice technologies – and AI in particular – provide unique new opportunities for workers with disabilities. A group of disability empowerment leaders are mapping out where we stand and where we might go. More
Altered or Delayed Vaccine Dosing Could Create a Worse Pandemic
Political leaders have suggested giving half-doses or one dose instead of two to make COVID-19 vaccines stretch further. Here’s why scientists are freaking out. More
Can Business Lead the U.S. Back Towards Facts?
The country is split. Many don't even believe Biden was elected. But business can't function properly without truth. Why are so many business leaders speaking out about the election and the events of the week? More
Media & Marketing Tech & Society
In 2021 Digital Communities Will Deepen–and Even Blend
Discord, Substack, Patreon, and the metaverse are just the tip of the community iceberg. More
How COVID Did, and Didn’t, Change Fintech
The pandemic forced finance to pivot to contact-free customer acquisition and transactions. Breakneck growth followed for standalones like PayPal and many startups. COVID accelerated the entire sector. More
McNamee Says Platforms Must Pay for This Week…and Other Stories
Tech and the Capitol Riot, Communities Tackle the Digital Divide, AI Gets Surreal, and A Dose of Optimism for 2021. What we're reading this week. More
Analytics & Data Business Community Insights
How Should Businesses Use Data in a “Post-Truth” World?
Why would a CEO reject information that she needs to make critical business decisions? And how do those of us who value data get past such rejection? More
Government Tech & Society The Pandemic
Techonomy’s Topic of the Year: The Digital Divide. We’ve Got to Fix It.
The pandemic threw the digital divide into stark relief. In these sessions, you'll hear from leading experts on the many consequences of unequal access to broadband and strategies we can employ to fix this scandal. More
Vaccination Nation: Digital Health Passports Will Be the Rage in 2021
COVID is forcing us to reimagine a digital immunization records. How we approach it may change how we control the virus, reinvigorate the economy, and open the world after lockdown. More
Global Tech Tech & Society The Pandemic
The Year the World Finally Became Techonomic
Zooming from home, tech stock insanity, ceaseless digital transformation and even a new cyberwar–in 2020 tech finally landed decisively at the center of modern life. The world is forever altered. More
Healthcare’s Disruption in 2020 Means Opportunity for 2021
With its back against the wall, healthcare rose up with agility, rapid learning, adaptiveness and experimentation. We'll all be better off because of it. More
Five FINtech Predictions for 2021
Technology continues to overhaul how money changes hands around the world, and in many ways the COVID pandemic accelerated that development in 2020. What can the fintech world expect in 2021? More
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