SUMMARY:The Netherlands has become a global leader in implementing the tenets of a “circular economy,” a radical new approach to sustainable living that focuses on reducing consumption, minimizing waste and reusing nearly everything. As Jeffrey Brown reports, some Dutch companies are repurposing discarded materials into other marketable goods, but it can still be a challenge to convince investors.
The core problem is how Facebook makes money, its business model. Facebook gathers user information to sell to business marketing and others. This means Facebook makes more money by selling more information.
SUMMARY: Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, will face a grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The company has been in damage control mode since news broke about a major breach of Facebook users’ personal information. Hari Sreenivasan reports and William Branham talks with Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina about the privacy concerns and how the social media giant could change.
SUMMARY:Lawmakers pressed Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday to explain why Facebook waited years to tell users about the Cambridge Analytica breach, as well as whether the social media giant tracks users across devices and after they leave the platform. Amna Nawaz gets analysis from Franklin Foer of The Atlantic about what we learned about Facebook’s founder today, and what questions remain.
SUMMARY: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished his visit to Capitol Hill with another long hearing Wednesday. After two days, do we have a better understanding of how the social media giant gathers data? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins Amna Nawaz to round up of some of the key takeaways.
I am Retired U.S. Navy (22yrs) and a Vietnam Veteran. After my Navy retirement I was in the computer related industry, now retired. In 2000 I was a registered Republican and voted for George W. Bush. Six months of having Bush in the Whitehouse forced me to re-evaluate my political stance. I had always thought of myself as a Moderate Republican, but was a Republican by "default" NOT because of close examination of the GOP. Due to what has happened in America since 2000, I now consider myself a progressive, and registered as a Non-Affiliated voter.
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