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The Identity Economy™(we’ve moved to kairos.com/blog)

News and Views on the most compelling topic in technology today — Identity.

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  • Episode #15: Jibo is dead, and other tech products that probably made you 🙄

    Episode #15: Jibo is dead, and other tech products that probably made you 🙄

    First, some housekeeping: This is last time we’re posting to Medium. The next episode of the world-famous The Identity Economy™ column…
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    Kairos
    Mar 12, 2019
    Episode #14: Fakeness is the new realness. Pls send help.

    Episode #14: Fakeness is the new realness. Pls send help.

    “New adversarial machine learning algorithms allow people to rapidly generate synthetic ‘photographs’ of people who have never existed” 😟
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    Kairos
    Feb 22, 2019
    Episode #13: We’ve come a long way from the Tamagotchi.

    Episode #13: We’ve come a long way from the Tamagotchi.

    We’ll never forget the summer of 2005 when we ruined a family holiday in Venezuela by being inconsolable over the now-lifeless Tamagotchi…
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    Alessandra Szul
    Jan 30, 2019
    Episode #12: Is it 2019 yet?

    Episode #12: Is it 2019 yet?

    So, yeah, it’s been a busy 12 months at Kairos —  lots of growth, change, and learnings.
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    Kairos
    Dec 19, 2018
    Episode #11: *PSA* Cut off your fingers, now!

    Episode #11: *PSA* Cut off your fingers, now!

    Quick! Grab the nearest sharpest object and hack-off your digits — We can’t take any chances here, people! First they faked our voices…
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    Kairos
    Dec 4, 2018
    Episode #10: Giving Thanks 🦃

    Episode #10: Giving Thanks 🦃

    As we enter holiday season here in the US, there’s no shortage of identity news in tech.
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    Kairos
    Nov 16, 2018
    Episode #9: Amazon, Seriously?

    Episode #9: Amazon, Seriously?

    A disappointing day for the face recognition industry and ethics in tech.
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    Kairos
    Nov 8, 2018
    Episode #8: Facebook and Amazon’s Groundhog Day(s).

    Episode #8: Facebook and Amazon’s Groundhog Day(s).

    Is there a d̵a̵y̵ minute that goes by without a negative Facebook story?
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    Kairos
    Oct 18, 2018
    Episode #7: Sorry Nic

    Episode #7: Sorry Nic

    A few weeks ago Hollywood Megastar Nicolas Cage stated he didn’t like all the Internet memes about him.
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    Kairos
    Oct 7, 2018
    Episode #6: We’re spunky. We like our tech crunchy.

    Episode #6: We’re spunky. We like our tech crunchy.

    This episode, we’re showing love to TechCrunch — a supremely cool company and one of our favorite tech & startup news outlets 🙌🏾
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    Kairos
    Sep 26, 2018
    Episode #5: Block-Chainnnz❗️

    Episode #5: Block-Chainnnz❗️

    So… Blockchain 🌐 By now, everyone’s heard of it, and anyone in just about any business, knows someone using it. But what is it, and why is…
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    Kairos
    Aug 31, 2018
    Episode #4: More Blockchain, Baby 😄

    Episode #4: More Blockchain, Baby 😄

    This episode, I’m keeping the blockchain ball rolling, annnnd — introducing you to Kairos’ brand new blockchain baby — the Kairos Protocol…
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    Kairos
    Aug 17, 2018
    Episode #3: Are the kids alright?

    Episode #3: Are the kids alright?

    I usually begin the column with the first paragraph or two of my in-episode op-ed, but this week I decided to switch it up and lead with…
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    Kairos
    Jul 24, 2018
    Episode #2: Don’t believe your eyes 👀

    Episode #2: Don’t believe your eyes 👀

    Recent interventions by ACLU groups in the use of face recognition software by law enforcement, has signaled the era of ‘stop before you…
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    Kairos
    Jul 9, 2018
    Episode #1: I mean, what's an 'Identity Economy', anyway?

    Episode #1: I mean, what's an 'Identity Economy', anyway?

    Well, at Kairos, we define the Identity Economy™as the system by which our identities are commissioned.
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    Kairos
    Jul 2, 2018
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