Marketplace Tech for Thursday, February 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, February 26, 2015

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Airing on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015: Today, the FCC will vote on net neutrality. We speak with Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University, who coined the term “network neutrality,” ahead of the vote this evening. And, for this week's edition of Back to Back to the Future Part II, we are joined by  Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology -  he talks with Ben about fingerprint scanning technology. 

 

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As easy as scanning a fingerprint

Feb 26, 2015
Back to the Future Part II promised biometrics. How close are we to having it?

A big win for net neutrality

Feb 26, 2015
Tim Wu, who coined the term "net neutrality," speaks about today's vote.

Airing on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015: Today, the FCC will vote on net neutrality. We speak with Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University, who coined the term “network neutrality,” ahead of the vote this evening. And, for this week’s edition of Back to Back to the Future Part II, we are joined by  Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology –  he talks with Ben about fingerprint scanning technology. 

 

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