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The book Politico calls “Moneyball for politics” shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign. Renegade thinkers are crashing the gates of a venerable American institution, shoving aside its so-called wise men and replacing them with a...

Luis Roberto Barroso se tornou conhecido dos brasileiros por sua atuação corajosa, lúcida e invariavelmente comprometida com o interesse público como Ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Mas os horizontes intelectuais de Barroso transcendem suas responsabilidades como juiz. Ele é, há décadas, um estudioso das grandes questões da vida brasileira e mundial.

We live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders, and globalized data networks and e-commerce platforms are reshaping the world economy. This means that states' jurisdictions and rule systems clash. How have they negotiated their differences over freedom and security? Of Privacy and Power investigates how the European Union and United States, the two major regulatory systems in world politics, have regulated privacy and security, and how their agreements and disputes have reshaped the transatlantic relationship.

In this bracing book, Michael Chertoff makes clear that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be completely overhauled in the Internet era. In offering his compelling call for action, Chertoff argues that what is at stake is not so much the simple loss of privacy, which is almost impossible to protect, but of individual autonomy - the ability to make personal choices free of manipulation or coercion.

On les appelle les Big Datas. Google, Apple, Facebook ou Amazon, ces géants du numérique, qui aspirent à travers Internet, smartphones et objets connectés, des milliards de données sur nos vies.Derrière cet espionnage, dont on mesure chaque jour l'ampleur, on découvre qu'il existe un pacte secret scellé par les Big Datas avec l'appareil de renseignement le plus puissant de la planète. Cet accouplement entre les agences américaines et les conglomérats du numérique, est en train d'enfanter une entité d'un genre nouveau.

In Trafficking Data, Aynne Kokas looks at how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have exploited government policy (and the lack thereof) to gather information on citizens, putting US national security at risk. Kokas argues that US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley's disruption fetish, and Wall Street's addiction to growth have fueled China's technological goldrush.

In November 2020, data specialist Ken Block received a phone call from the Trump Campaign. They wanted to hire him to find evidence of election fraud. What followed were late-night and early-morning requests to assess fraud claims at a blistering pace and ultimately find definitive evidence about the role voter fraud played in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Multiple subpoenas later, Block reveals the truth about being one of the few professionals hired to prove the Trump Campaign’s allegation that voter fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 presidential election.

You'd think we were living in the golden age of science and reason. But the truth is far more sinister, says Austin Ruse. We're actually living in the age of the low information voter, easily misled by all-too-convincing false statistics and studies. In Fake Science, Ruse debunks so-called "facts" used to advance political causes one after the other, revealing how poorly they stand up to actual science.

"IBM Buys Truven, Adding to Growing Trove of Patient Data at Watson Health" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Steve Lohr and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data" is from the October 27, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Cecilia Kang and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"U.S. Tech Giants Face Fight in Europe Over Encrypted Data" is from the March 27, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Scott and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Startup Plans 3-D Visualizations of Pot Strains, Using Genetic Data" is from the April 19, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by John Markoff and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Why It's So Hard to See Politicians' Financial Data" is from the October 04, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by John Wihbey and Mike Beaudet and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Buffett Calls Trump's Bluff and Releases His Tax Data" is from the October 10, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Cohen and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Europe, in Wake of Attacks, Votes to Collect Air Passenger Data" is from the April 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by James Kanter and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"No Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data" is from the September 04, 2016, Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by John Markoff and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Energy Firms Drill for Data via Drones and Sensors" is from the November 07, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Scott and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"A Cleaning Startup Wielding Mops, Buckets and 700 Data Points" is from the September 07, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Eilene Zimmerman and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"As Vote on EU Membership Nears, British Data Shows Increase in Immigration" is from the May 26, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Relaxing Privacy Vow, WhatsApp to Share Some Data with Facebook" is from the August 25, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Isaac and Mark Scott and narrated by Fleet Cooper.