Issue #1

Welcome to Global Affairs, Inc., a weekly newsletter at the intersection of business and global affairs. Here are the most interesting, informative, and excellent stories and insights I discovered last week.

The business of businesses is climate-change adaptation

A Saudi oil giant's robo-dog, London's soon-coming super-sewer system, and Unilever's quick-rinse shampoo all feature in this special report on how big business is adapting to climate change.

THE ECONOMIST | 1,167 WORDS

The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence

A former Amazon delivery driver and computer science researchers place the people whose work is often unseen, yet is essential to making AI and machine learning work, at the centre of the conversation around AI ethics.

NOEMA MAGAZINE | 2,871 WORDS

Twitter, Elon, Ye, and the “Lex Platformia” – Emergent Rules for Governing Social Media

Could the fog finally be clearing around how content is moderated on platforms from Twitter to the App store? For the sake of democracy, we should hope so.

JUST SECURITY | 1,085 WORDS

How Microsoft beat Amazon to build the US Military's cloud

TECHALTAR | 09:57