RoozCast

Trump's firing his national security advisor John Bolton is big news in Washington.  What does it really mean for US Foreign Policy and Donald Trump's election campaign for November of 2020?

Following  Trump's last-minute decision to leave Afghanistan peace talks between the US and the Taliban at Camp David, the country's political future is more hopeless than ever. The US-backed government in Kabul controls less than half of the country. The rest are controlled or actively attacked by Taliban fighters or warlords that are gaining more power.

Facial Recognition is being used by governments and companies around the world.  And people are freaking out!  What is happening and where we are headed?

Welcome to the first episode of Season 9 of RoozCast.  

In this episode let's  look at what Boris Johnson has done to suspend British Parliament in Sept and October.  What does this mean for Britain and EU? 

Three small numbers are making big waves in China. The digits 9-9-6, a shorthand for 9am to 9pm, six days a week, have become a rallying cry for tech workers disappointed and frustrated with their bruising work schedules. In recent weeks, what began as a discussion among a few programmers has morphed into a broader debate about working conditions in China's most important industry.

When it comes to artificial intelligence there's good news and bad news. On the plus side, AI could save millions of lives a year by putting robots behind the wheels of cars or helping scientists discover new medicines. On the other hand, it could put us under surveillance, because a computer thinks our recent behavior patterns suggest we might be about to commit a crime.

How do you hold an election with 900 million voters? India's about to do just that starting tomorrow, with the opening of its 2019 national election.

In a vote that could change the internet as we know it, the European Parliament yesterday approved a sweeping reform of the EU's digital copyright policy. The law would make big websites liable when their users post copyrighted material without permission.

After 22 months, 34 indictments, and half a billion articles about Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's III's investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia, the headline judgment came down to just four pages this past  Sunday afternoon.

Elizabeth Warren is ready to take on Silicon Valley. The Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, a 2020 presidential contender, says companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook are so powerful that they hurt small businesses and choke innovation. Her solution: break them up the old fashion way. Given the growing backlash against Silicon Valley, her idea is likely to get a lot of attention.