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Biden issues executive order on crypto regulation, stablecoin proposal
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order outlining a host of new potential regulatory policies for cryptocurrency and digital goods. The order urges a centralization of regulatory enforcement, in an attempt to move away from the current patchwork approach, and lays out twin goals of protecting consumers and mitigating the fiscal and human costs…
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Why SWIFT is the nuclear option of Russian financial sanctions
The United States and its NATO allies have rolled out an unprecedented number of sanctions against Russia as punishment for its invasion last week of Ukraine, including banning exports of cutting-edge technology to Russia. One measure that Ukraine and some of its allies pleaded for is to cut Russia off from SWIFT, the world’s largest…
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Why workforce management faces a daunting post-COVID world
Over the past two years, COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the workforce in many ways. More people work from home or other remote locations, meaning when and how they do their jobs has changed dramatically. And temporary and “gig” workers have also become a larger part of the workforce, presenting challenges and opportunities for organizations. With…
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Apple Reality is getting real
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told us that, in the future, we’ll hold our business meetings in virtual spaces and be represented there by avatars. He was right about that. But it looks like Apple, rather than Meta, is building the more compelling vision for avatar-based virtual business meetings. New details have emerged about Apple’s augmented…
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Will Apple VR glasses be good for the enterprise?
Despite the hype, we don’t really know what affect VR/AR experiences will have on productivity once these immersive experiences scale out into the enterprise — but we should already recognize the risk of unintended consequences. Be careful when you follow the virtual path The optimism of good intention is one thing. But if we’ve learned…