How Dutch privacy negotiators, empowered by GDPR, have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft, Zoom, and others, as the Netherlands punches above its weight
Natasha Singer / New York Times : Tweets: @avilarenata , @coolshannes , @juliesbrill , and @jason_kint Tweets: Renata Avila / @avilarenata : Europe could/must build its own sovereign, decentralised, ...
China opened corruption probes in July 2022 into some top executives in its semiconductor industry, as it rethinks its gold rush approach to chip self-reliance
Wearing a laboratory coat, China's top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan. Tweets: @brianmannadk , @liyu...
Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency tools to lessen the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
or Russia Allison Morrow / CNN : Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin Jessica Sier / Australian Financial Review : Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions B...
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs
Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity … Tweets: @liamspradlin , @nytimes , and @joebotxyz Tweets: Liam / @liamspradli...
Governments around the world are moving to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced before
Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry. Tweets: @satariano , @davidakaye , @nytimes , @ron_fournier , @kat...
UK ICO publishes three-year investigation into Cambridge Analytica, finding no evidence that CA or associate company SCL misused data to influence Brexit vote
and even within the company, staff worried that Nix & Co. were exaggerating CA's “impact and influence.” This jibes with reporting by @nytimes, @BuzzFeed, and others in 2017. Benedict Evans / @benedic...