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While we know plastic is terrible for marine life, detecting plastic pollution in the ocean is notoriously challenging. Plastics come in many colors, break down to microscopic sizes, and are made of a variety of chemicals. Adding to the problem is the vast size of the ocean, to which millions of tons of plastic are added each year. It is essential to identify which parts of the ocean collect the most plastic to effectively target cleanup and pollution prevention efforts. Might satellites bolstered with machine learning be up for the oceanic task of tracking plastic pollution? According to research recently published in Nature Communications, yes.

Blockchain forensics enables unprecedented surveillance into people’s financial lives, with profound implications for privacy rights. Sophisticated chain analysis tools can de-anonymize users and map entire transaction histories, often without accountability, transparency, or contestability. This level of invasive tracking should deeply concern those who care about privacy. However, it is unclear how accurate many of these tools are.

Blockchain forensics enables unprecedented surveillance into people’s financial lives, with profound implications for privacy rights. Sophisticated chain analysis tools can de-anonymize users and map entire transaction histories, often without accountability, transparency, or contestability. This level of invasive tracking should deeply concern those who care about privacy. However, it is unclear how accurate many of these tools are.

Efforts in the United States and abroad could significantly loosen Apple’s grip over one of its most important lines of business and fundamentally change how iPhone and iPad users get and pay for their apps. It could make many more apps available. It could make them less safe. And it could make them cheaper.

The iPhone maker isn’t the only company under the antitrust microscope. Once lauded as shining beacons of innovation and ingenuity that would guide the world into the 21st century, Apple is just one of several Big Tech companies now accused of amassing too much power over parts of the economy that have become as essential as steel, oil, and the telephone were in centuries past.