State of technology
Long read: “When you open the hood in the Epic system, it plays 'U.S.A, U.S.A, U.S.A'”: Denmark's disastrous import of US healthcare system Epic. Deeply depressing. Although some of the failures are put down to cultural differences and language, there are similar stories from the states.
It's Mary Meeker week 🥳. Slide on over to Recode for a summary of the trends on the internet we should be paying attention to. A stat that caught my eye in the China section: Alipay can be used to make a hospital appointment in 250+ cities, and for utility bills in 300+ cities. Just consider the scale of that.
Security researcher Troy Hunt is looking for a new owner for Have I Been Pwned. Currently run by Hunt alone it includes almost 8B records, used from commercial subscribers to individuals to governments.
If you haven't checked it yet, where have you been? Presumably entering in the same password everywhere you go.
👉https://haveibeenpwned.com/
🤦♂️Facepalm moment of the week: an odd looking photo featuring 15 male tech luminaries and two women turns out to be doctored, with the two women photoshopped in. An apt reflection of the tech industry.
You can train an AI to fake UN speeches in just 13 hours. There are some dark implications for this, but it does make me think we've lost the art of proper speechmaking if we're that predictable.
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