Sources: in a 3-2 vote, FTC commissioners have approved a record $5B settlement with Facebook over the company's privacy violations
or one month's worth of revenue Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation Howard Lindzon : Why Facebook Needs Libra Mark Wyciślik-Wilson ...
Facebook has done nothing but behave badly from inception, yet it has received only slaps on the wrist by authority figures, while being rewarded by the market
Facebook gets away with it again — Facebook's stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today.
A look at Rockdale, Texas, where Bitmain planned to build the world's largest bitcoin mining facility, and how it all went wrong after bitcoin prices plunged
In 1952, The Saturday Evening Post christened Rockdale, Texas, “The Town Where It Rains Money.”
Online education platform K12.com has left 7M records, including name, email, age, what school the student attends, and authentication keys, exposed online
K12.com, an online education platform, inadvertently exposed the personal information of nearly seven million students, according to security researchers at Comparitech.
A look at how surveillance is becoming more prevalent with almost nothing restricting how it is used, as automatic license plate reader software becomes cheaper
Cheap surveillance software is changing how landlords manage their tenants and what laws police can enforce.
China Internet Report 2019 shows the scale of 5G infrastructure plans across the country, huge untapped potential for e-commerce in lower-tiered cities, more
The China Internet Report 2019 offers insight into key China technology trends, with deep dives into 11 key sectors and expert commentary …
Pipefy, which is developing a process pipeline management platform for enterprise clients like IBM, raises $45M Series B, bringing its total raised to $65M
Pipefy, a San Francisco firm developing a process pipeline management platform for enterprises, today revealed that it this month closed …
A look at Estonia's four and half year old e-residency program, which now has 55,000 e-residents and is unlikely to attain its original goal of 10M by 2025
Instead of the goal of gaining 10 million e-residents by 2025, Estonia is now focusing on security and usability.
Facial recognition software maker Megvii branches out into dog tracking, says its app can use a phone camera to identify dogs by their snouts, with 95% accuracy
Megvii says it can identify individual dogs by scanning their noses — If you're a dog lover, you probably don't need convincing that your furry friend is like no other.
Report: ~54M data workers, a quarter of knowledge workers globally, waste 44% of their time each week because of lack of collaboration, knowledge gaps, and more
As data grows in complexity, data workers waste time searching for and preparing data instead of gaining insights according to a new report. Tweets: @alteryx Tweets: @alteryx : As data grows in comple...
A look at a community of “sweepers” who mastered the art of winning online sweepstakes using tools like sweepstakes aggregators and automated form fillers
Winning online sweepstakes is supposedly an act of pure luck — but some contestants claim to have it down to a science. Tweets: @contestqueen Tweets: Carolyn Wilman / @contestqueen : Guess who was fea...
Accenture names its North America head Julie Sweet as CEO as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation
becoming the first female leader of the consulting giant as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation. https://www.ft.com/...
Shopify's ecosystem, with its own fulfillment network, may become the first true Amazon competitor by enabling merchants to succeed or fail on their own terms
While I am (rightfully) teased about how often I discuss Aggregation Theory, there is a method to my madness, particularly over the last year … Tweets: @juokaz Tweets: @juokaz : “That is the beauty of...
Germany-based Staffbase, a mobile-first employee communication and experience platform, raises $23M Series C, bringing its total raised to $35M
Staffbase, a mobile-first platform that enables employees to communicate, access work-related services and stay updated with company information, has raised $23 million in Series C funding.
Amazon's plan to spend $700M to retrain 100,000 employees by 2025 translates to $1,077 per person per year; the average organization spends an estimated $1,296
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg : Tweets: @laszlobock Tweets: Laszlo Bock / @laszlobock : “Amazon said it'll spend $700M on development for 100,000 employees by 2025. That's $1,077 a person annually. The a...
A look at Life360, a location-sharing app aimed at families, and conversations with teens who installed the app and their concerns about privacy and autonomy
@lmatsakis in @Wired https://www.wired.com/... Ted / @tedonprivacy : 1. This is child abuse 2. If you feel the need to do this to your *16 year old*, you seriously failed at parenting https://twitter....
Bird CEO says the company makes $1.27/ride on its new Bird Zero scooters, which make up 75% of the fleet, says $100M loss was a one-time accounting write-off
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Profile of Meiya Pico, which claims a 40% share of the digital forensics market in China and which is believed to be linked to a spy app used by Chinese police
South China Morning Post :
Less than a year after TikTok's US launch, the popularity of its stars at VidCon shows that it's poised to dominate the American social media landscape
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Profile of businesswoman Hanzade Dogan-Boyner, founder of Turkey's largest e-commerce site Hepsiburada, with $786M in 2018 revenue, as it tries to expand abroad
Nathan Vardi / Forbes : Tweets: @es_entrepreneur , @forbes , and @forbes Tweets: Emma Sinclair Mbe / @es_entrepreneur : We should all know Hanzade's name @hanzadedogan. Founder of a multi billion dol...
A look at how many founders and early-startup executives wrestle with issues like anxiety, drug addiction, insomnia, depression, and binge eating
nor that young entrepreneurs are bombarded by what some call “hustle porn,” the notion that working nonstop is a badge of honor. @shalini and @RolfeWinkler on the dark side of entrepreneurship https:/...
How companies like Kenworth, ZF, and Team Inc., are using HoloLens and Microsoft Teams for employee training, and communication with frontline workers
Karen Weise / New York Times : Tweets: @shiraovide , @sub8u , and @shiraovide Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Maybe Google Glass or other consumer AR will eventually be a bigger deal for technolo...
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