The f t podcast explores how societies are navigating the new digital landscape. In this episode, John thornhill looks at how ti an used cutting edge personal tracking technology to contain the coronovirus outbreak. john thornhill: The lessons from this series really is that technology and the data revolution, ther are enormous possibilities to use this for good ends. But it does need enabling institutions. It does need a trusted mechanism so that people feel confident that their data is being used for the societal good, and not just for private gain.
The payments provider, Stripe, is now worth $95bn after its latest round of fundraising, and more than 4.4m Americans have created businesses during the pandemic. Plus, the FT’s innovation editor, John Thornhill, gives highlights from the latest episode of his Tech Tonic podcast, which looks at two countries where citizens have been comfortable with how their government used some of their private data during the pandemic.
Stripe valuation soars to $95bn after latest fundraising
https://www.ft.com/content/b9949a88-6c09-4de5-92e7-73994bb2b62f
The Covid entrepreneurs: Americans start millions of new businesses
https://www.ft.com/content/400ae372-0cb2-48bb-8767-7986848ed9a6
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