Topics to impress this week. 1. Shrinkflation trend A US company is about to install rice-sized microchips into the hands of its employees. Along with enabling the purchase of items at the cafeteria of Wisconsin-based Three Square Market, employees will use the chip to gain access to company headquarters, log onto computers, use copy machines and even access medical information. Employees are not required to get the microchips, and the company say it does not enable GPS tracking. But that’s little consolation in the face of the slow death of privacy rights of workers. 3. Presidential no-show Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga this week set out his vision for Kenya alone after his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, failed to show up to a televised debate. Opinion polls show Raila has begun to close the gap with Kenyatta in the presidential race. Meanwhile, only one vice-presidential candidate of Kenya’s six minority parties attended a separate debate. Surrounded by f...
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