WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on September 6, 2020 - Alert about mystery Amazon's seeds

Domingo Trassens

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#WR: Do you know about the "mystery" seeds that Amazon was importing from China? The "operation" shows that through e-commerce could import to the #US dangerous products including food with possible #viruses embedded. Alert!  @WSJ talks about it. #Amazon #ecommerce #China #USDA

 

 

 

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#WR: About the Amazon's seeds,  @WSJ wrote: "Amazon is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S. after thousands of suspicious packets, many postmarked from China, arrived at households around the world this summer." #Amazon #USDA #ecommerce #China #seeds

 

 

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#WR: About the Amazon's seeds. @WSJ wrote: "The move by Amazon comes as the mystery seeds led U.S. officials to raise alarms about the ease with which seed sales can occur on e-commerce sites, creating potential threats to U.S. agriculture." #Amazon #USDA #ecommerce #China #seeds

 

 

SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal

 

 

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on September 5, 2020 - New step in US-China tech war!

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#WR: Is this a new step in the tech war between US and China?  @WSJ says that US agencies are in discussions to determine if Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMICY) should be added to the list with same restrictions of #Huawei. #SMICY is top #Chinese #chip maker.

 

 

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#WR: New step of US-China tech war.  @WSJ: "The Trump administration is weighing whether to place export restrictions on China’s most advanced manufacturer of semiconductors, a move that could cut to the heart of China’s ambitions to become self-reliant on critical technologies."

 

 

SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal, my own tech think tank

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on September 4, 2020 - Can we believe in Facebook's word?

 

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#WR: Can we believe in Mark Zuckerberg? According to  @WSJ, Facebook will prohibit new political advertisements in the week before the US presidential election in Nov. and seek to flag premature claims of victory by candidates. Will Mark respects his own word? #Facebook #elections

 

 

 

 

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#WR: Can we believe in the Facebook's promise, or is only a commercial screen? "Facebook will ban new political ads in the week before the election and flag premature victory claims, as it seeks to limit the potential for unrest " https://wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-limit-political-ads-week-before-election-label-premature-calls-11599130800

via @WSJ

Facebook to Limit Political Ads Week Before Election, Label Premature Calls

Facebook will prohibit new political advertisements in the week before the U.S. presidential election in November and seek to flag premature claims of victory by candidates, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

wsj.com

 

 

SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal, Facebook, my own tech think tank

 

 

 

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  • The word "descamisados" comes from Eva and Juan Peron in Argentina.
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  • "Trojan Horses" carry negative surprises.
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  • Agitators enjoy unrest, chaos, killing and destruction. It is their business...
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  • Bad start of new online classes cycle, if ZOOM has outages.
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  • I don't like Bernie Sanders in the middle of the race...
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  • I agree with you. Today only a college graduation is not enough to make a strong professional career. You need additional skills, training and work discipline.
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  • Poisoning enemies is not a new technique to put them away the political world.
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  • Surely, this was the dream of Steve Jobs before he died.
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  • We need to return to a really objective journalism.
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  • Frequently, FED statements are “vague”.
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  • Bernie Sanders continues messing up the air.
  Aug 19, 2020 10:14 PM
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  • Apple didn't suffer COVID-19 negative effect.
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  • But, the company continues in a strong financial position.
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WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on September 2, 2020 - Russians interfering in American politics

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#WR: When Russians will stop to interfere in the American politics? According to @WSJ, Facebook took down recently created accounts and pages linked to a Russian group that U.S. authorities have accused of interfering in the 2016 presidential election. #Facebook #Russian #voting

 

 

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#WR: Russian continue interfering in American politics.  @WSJ said: "The detection of the operation ahead of November elections show that the Internet Research Agency, a “troll farm” indicted by federal authorities in 2018, remains a thorn in Facebook’s side. " #Russia #Facebook

 

 

 

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#WR: From @WSJ:  "Facebook revealed the takedown in a report Tuesday, the latest of several efforts to improve the quality of its platforms. Assisting in the effort was Graphika, an independent research firm that contracts with #Facebook on investigations..." #Russia #Americanvote

 

 

SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal, Facebook

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on September 1, 2020 - The secret of the Chinese TikTok

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#WR: TikTok Secrets! As @WSJ anticipated: “TikTok Deal Talks Are Snarled Over Fate of App’s Algorithms”. The key component of TikTok is not what you see. It is what you feel thanks a secret #AI #algorithm that #Beijing doesn't wan the ##Chinese owner of #TikTok sells to US buyer.

 

 

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#WR: TikTok Secret, 2! "Deal talks for TikTok’s US operations have hit a snag over the question of whether the app’s core algorithms can be included as part of a deal..." (To buy the app without the #algorithms is like to buy a fancy car with a cheap engine) #TikTok #Chinese #US

 

 

 

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#WR: TikTok is not another app, it is an innovative app! "TikTok’s algorithms are the app’s secret sauce. If U.S. buyers can’t get them as part of a deal, a sale is less likely." https://wsj.com/articles/tiktok-deal-talks-are-snarled-over-fate-of-apps-algorithms-11598995674

via @WSJ

TikTok Deal Talks Are Snarled Over Fate of App’s Algorithms

Deal talks for TikTok’s U.S. operations have been complicated by the key question of whether the app’s core algorithms can be included as part of a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

wsj.com

 

 

SOURCES: The story titled  “TikTok Deal Talks Are Snarled Over Fate of App’s Algorithms” will be published in The Wall Street Journal, newspaper edition of September 2, 2020. It was anticipated in @WSJ online during September 1st. The writers of this story are:  Liza Lin, Aaron Tilley and Georgia Wells, You can write a summary of the story if you click in the previous "wsj.com" of this analysis of the Wall Street Journal's story.