MWC bans visitors from China's Hubei province and will require those who have been to China prove they were outside the country for 14 days before the event
A couple of weeks out, Mobile World Congress organizer, the GSMA, has issued some fairly sweeping safeguards over growing concerns around the coronavirus.
Samsung shows off the unannounced Galaxy Z Flip in an Oscars ad, ahead of its Unpacked keynote, with small print that says a crease on the main screen is normal
It's not just leaks that let us know what big tech companies plan to announce at their keynotes, increasingly it's the companies themselves.
US DOJ charges four Chinese intelligence officers with hacking Equifax; the breach was disclosed in 2017 and exposed financial records of 150M Americans
Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against four Chinese intelligence officers for hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax …
Sources: over 300 Chinese companies, including Xiaomi, Megvii, and Didi Chuxing, are seeking bank loans totaling $8.2B to soften coronavirus' impact
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 300 Chinese firms including Meituan Dianping (3690.HK), China's largest food delivery company …
Inside Netflix's aggressive Oscars campaign, spending an estimated $100M+ mainly to promote two films, while other studios usually spend $5M-$20M per film
With lavish parties, huge billboards, and screenings around the world, awards campaigning may never be the same
Amazon's AWS says it wants to depose Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and former Defense Secretary James Mattis after losing Pentagon's $10B JEDI contract
- Amazon's cloud-computing arm wants to depose President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Defense Secretary James Mattis …
Research: North Korea's internet use has surged ~300% since 2017 despite US sanctions, with ~50% of its traffic flowing through a new connection in Russia
The North has evaded America's “maximum pressure” campaign with a 300 percent increase in internet use that has opened up new opportunities for cybercrime.
Arm announces Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55, aimed at bringing edge AI capabilities to IoT devices, arriving in 2021 at the earliest
The smart devices of the future might not need servers to enable AI — Edge AI is one of the biggest trends in chip technology.
A look at how QAnon, the far-right conspiracy, has seeped from the web to the offline world, appearing in political campaigns, criminal cases, and more
A city council member in California took the dais and quoted from QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory about “deep state” … Tweets: @kevinroose , @kevinroose , @owillis , @nytimes , @brandyzadrozny , ...
Profile of Ben Nimmo, a founder of Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, who helped pioneer investigations into online disinformation
Ben Nimmo helped pioneer disinformation investigations. His work is now more urgent as misleading internet tactics spread. Tweets: @alexstamos , @satariano , @stewartmcdonald , and @benimmo Tweets: A...
Homepage source code of an app used by Israel's Likud party exposed admin passwords, letting anyone access info on 6M+ voters in the country's voter registry
UK mobile banking startup Starling Bank raises €70.7M from its existing investors, Merian Global Investors and JTC, bringing its total raised to €380.6M
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Court docs: Facebook employees discussed security issues with long-lasting access tokens, one of the reasons behind Sept. 2018 breach, at least since Dec. 2017
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Profile of YouTube's top kids channel Cocomelon, which has about 2.5B monthly views and an estimated $11.3M in ad revenue, as it expands into merchandise
Jay Jeon is an unassuming mogul. No one takes notice of him as he slips into the corner booth at the Italian steakhouse steps from his Orange County office on a sunny Friday.
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent disclosed 12 investments in US startups totaling less than $560M last year, down from a peak of ~$4.7B in 2015
China's biggest tech company did not make any publicly disclosed investments in the US last year, as the increasing hostility between Washington …
Dallas-based Tricolor, which uses an AI-powered system to provide auto financing for low-income subprime customers, raises $30M
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Checkr, a background check engine for Uber, Lyft, and others, has faced ~80 lawsuits since 2015 for erroneous checks that severely disrupted gig worker incomes
Issie Lapowsky / protocol : Tweets: @issielapowsky , @justinbrookman , @issielapowsky , @demianbulwa , @gbrotman , @gigworkersrise , @issielapowsky , and @issielapowsky Tweets: Issie Lapowsky / @issi...
Critics say the claim that the medical data sold by UK's Department of Health of millions of NHS patients to American drug companies is anonymized is misleading
Toby Helm / The Guardian : Tweets: @jonashworth Tweets: Jonathan Ashworth / @jonashworth : Shocking & needs urgent investigation from ministers. Patient data must be absolutely confidential between d...
How power companies are turning to AI, drones, battery systems, and sensors to shorten outages, save money, and help run an increasingly complex power grid
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj Tweets: @wsj : The old model of power plants that feed electrical lines on one-way trips to people's homes is crumbling. Here's what might come next. ht...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.