This week: break-in-news, I spy with my data eye, and fashion out of fashion. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week.

 

The break-in-news:

China’s energy megaproject: the floating solar power station

Adidas pair of sneakers that doubles as a Berlin train pass

DNA testing can come with any surprise you want

Neutralising phones

 

The stories this week:

Strava fitness app can reveal military sites

No one wants your used clothes anymore

 

Other stories we bring up:

An Australian was the first to know Strava is revealing potentially sensitive information

Zeynep Tufekci’s Op Ed on the data privacy debacle

MIT Review comments on the Strava case

Our season 2 podcast discussing Strava

Fashion topics get a spot on the Davos agenda

George Soros comments on social media at Davos

It’s a Musk: Elon Musk’s flamethrower

 

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