Communiqué from Five Eyes nations tells tech industry to make accommodations on encryption, or legislative or enforcement actions may be taken for lawful access
Five Eyes to tech: We have ways of making you comply — The Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry …
BT, TalkTalk, BBC, Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks
The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …
British P2P lending startup Funding Circle announces plans to IPO on the London Stock Exchange and raise about $387.4M
- The peer-to-peer lender is looking to raise about £300 million ($387.4 million) from the initial public offering (IPO). — Heartland A/S, the private holding company …
JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu arrested in Minnesota on a sexual misconduct allegation, released without bail; police say investigation is ongoing
E-commerce company JD.com says CEO Liu Qiangdong was released after what it says was a false accusation; Minneapolis Police say the case remains open
Google releases Content Safety API, an AI-powered tool to identify online child sexual abuse material and reduce human reviewers' exposure to the content
Google has today announced new artificial intelligence (AI) technology designed to help identify online child sexual abuse material …
Sources: Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on content decisions at Twitter and overruled staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees
A week after pegging its money, pensions, and salaries to Petro cryptocurrency, Venezuela still fails to show proof that anyone is using Petro for transactions
ATAPIRIRE, Venezuela (Reuters) - To hear Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls …
Naked Labs' body scanner review: 3D body maps are great and circumference estimates are accurate, but body fat % differs greatly from hydrostatic test results
Naked Labs' body scanner does a great job creating a 3-D model of your nearly naked body, but just how far are you willing to let technology go? Tweets: @joannastern Tweets: Joanna Stern / @joannaster...
YC founder Paul Graham dispenses new advice in interview: why college-age founders are too young, how competition only killed 1 out of 1,900 YC startups, more
Yesterday, as part of some of its newest programming for startup founders, the startup incubator Y Combinator posted a new interview … Tweets: @aparanjape , @angeladuckw , and @garrytan Tweets: Amit P...
In lawsuits against Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group, which claims to not spy with its tools, court docs allegedly show it snooping on calls to close sales
The rulers of the United Arab Emirates had been using Israeli spyware for more than a year, secretly turning the smartphones …
Microsoft quietly ends its Surface Plus hardware subscription program that allowed trade-in upgrades after 18 months and no-interest financing for two years
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Used car site Vroom, which laid off ~30% staff and halted Dallas and Indiana operations in March, is raising $70M and has already secured $30M, SEC filing shows
Despite cutting a big portion of its staff in March, Vroom is back pitching investors. Yesterday, the site for buying …
Ad giant WPP taps company veteran Mark Read as new CEO and is expected to announce the news early this week, after Mr. Sorrell's resignation in April
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How Timehop, running out of money, ditched programmatic ad partners, built its own ad server, boosted CPMs from $2 to $14, and increased revenues 10x YoY
Timehop had three months of runway in the bank when it decided its current advertising solution wasn't going to cut it. Tweets: @isaackrasny , @digiday , @rickwebb , @bryce , @digiday , @digiday , @co...
Amazon says Alexa now comes integrated with over 20,000 devices from 3,500 brands, up from the 4,000 devices from 1,200 brands in January
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Bike-sharing startup Ofo is being sued by its Chinese bicycle supplier for $10M in unpaid bills; source says Ofo is burning through about $25M a month
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Google confirms its Titan Security Keys are made by a Chinese company, but says the firmware ensures security, as security experts call for more transparency
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Google starts purging ads by scammers masquerading as authorized service agents for companies like Apple after a WSJ inquiry
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Fiverr and other freelancing sites have broadened employment opportunities for workers, but endless competition has led to lower wages and little stability
My Research on Digital labour and the gig economy Tweets: @alanasemuels : I was surprised at the stellar quality of the $5 short story and $5 love letter I bought on Fiverr. But what happens when tale...
After five years, Google Express shows little progress as the number of partner stores dwindles and retailers like Walmart invest in their own infrastructure
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