Financial ServicesThe Next Generation of Data-Sharing in Financial Services: Using Privacy Enhancing Techniques to Unlock New Value | Worldweforum.org This report explores an emerging set of technologies known as "privacy enhancing techniques" (PETs), and their ability to unlock new value in the …
Mobile Technology SIM-based attack has been used to spy on people for two yearsEngadget - Jon FingasIn a few cases,your SIM card may pose more of a security risk than your phone's software. AdaptiveMobile Security researchers say they've discovered a new vulnerability, nicknamed Simjacker, that's being
Addiction The Danger of Thinking We’re All ‘Addicted’ to TechWIRED - Condé Nast Does repeating a falsehood make it true? It seems so, at least when it comes to the myth that technology is addicting us all. While a reassessment of …
Cryptocurrency Trump Executive Order Banning A Cryptocurrency Could Mutate Into Far-Reaching LawForbes - Michael del CastilloThere are at least 20 bills related to blockchain in various stages of being considered by the United States Congress, but only one is of imminent, potentially urgent concern to cryptocurrency users, to
Technology China is about to launch its own digital currency. Here’s what we know so far.MIT Technology Review - Mike Orcutt Officials from the People’s Bank of China have hinted in recent weeks that the nation is almost ready to launch a digital version of its currency, …
Softbank Softbank to open a cafe run by Pepper robotsZDNet - Campbell Kwan Softbank Robotics has announced it is working on a Tokyo cafe that will be run by its humanoid robot Pepper. The cafe, called Pepper Parlor, will …
Technology Walmart Grocery is expanding its $98 per year ‘Delivery Unlimited’ subscription across the U.S.TechCrunch - Sarah PerezWalmart is expanding its brand-new “Delivery Unlimited” grocery delivery membership program to more stores across the U.S., with plans to reach over 50% of the country by year-end. The new program allows
Now Google collects face data. Here's what it means and how to opt outCNET - by Dale Smith The new Face Match technology isn't everywhere yet, but it's always looking. Find out what's happening with your face data and what you can do to stop it.
WeWork SoftBank and WeWork Are as Bad as Each OtherBloomberg - Chris Bryant SoftBank Group Corp. is having second thoughts about whether WeWork Cos Inc. should go public just yet. Having valued the heavily loss-making office …
Money Exclusive: Paytm Money spent around Rs 50 to earn a single rupee in FY19entrackr.com - Gaurav Tyagi According to One97 Communication’s annual report shared with its investors (Entrackr has a copy of the same), Paytm Money incurred losses of Rs 36.85 …
Europe A $100 billion tech company you've never heard of just listed in EuropeCNBC - Elizabeth Schulze Europe has lamented its lack of big internet technology companies capable of competing with U.S. and Chinese giants like Google, Facebook, Alibaba …
Long-form Journalism Inside Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd’s mission to build the “female internet”Fast Company - Nicole LaPorteThe serial dating entrepreneur wants nothing less than to “change thousands of years of behavior” between men and women. But first, she has to get a lot more women (and men) to see things her way. “We’re
Technology Target’s personalized loyalty program launches nationwide next monthTechCrunch - Sarah PerezTarget today announced its new, data-driven loyalty program, Target Circle, will launch nationwide on October, 6th, following a year and a half of beta testing in select markets. The program combines variety
Huawei Trump Gets Shocking New Huawei Warning—From MicrosoftForbes - Zak DoffmanMore Huawei defiance was aimed at U.S. President Trump on Sunday [September 8], but this time it wasn't coming from Shenzhen, it was coming from much closer to home. Brad Smith, the President
YouTube Kids Complaint filed against a popular toy channel on YouTube could lead to big ad changesThe Verge - Julia AlexanderThe line between an advertisement and entertaining content is blurry on YouTube, and a children’s rights watchdog group is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to step in. The group Truth in Advertising
Siri Apple made Siri deflect questions on feminism, leaked papers revealThe Guardian - Alex HernAn internal project to rewrite how Apple’s Siri voice assistant handles “sensitive topics” such as feminism and the #MeToo movement advised developers to respond in one of three ways: “don’t engage”, and
Startups APIs are the next big SaaS waveTechCrunch - Daniel LevineWhile the software revolution started out slowly, over the past few years it’s exploded and the fastest-growing segment to-date has been the shift towards software as a service or SaaS. SaaS has dramatically
Advertising Industry Explainer: How retail brands are building fractional attribution modelsDigiday - Anna Hensel Attribution has been a sore spot for brands, especially those that are diversifying their marketing mixes, for years. There are many different …
Entrepreneurship (India) Here’s How Consumerization of Artificial Intelligence for the HR Industry will do wondersEntrepreneur - Pallavi JhaTraditionally, tech was employed in automating HR processes and functions, often overlooking its end user – the employee. Things are set to change... You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international
Insurance How a stealthy insurance tech startup bootstrapped its way to a $2.35B acquisition in less than 4 yearsgeekwire.com - Monica Nickelsburg It started as conversations between two friends about how to improve the insurance and financial services industries for consumers. That idea turned …
Technology Privacy Fundamentalismstratechery.com - Ben Thompson Farhad Manjoo, in the New York Times, ran an experiment on themself: Earlier this year, an editor working on The Times’s Privacy Project asked me …
Robotics Walmart's Scanning Robots Are Taking Over Store AislesHYPEBEAST - Emily Engle The automated army is making customers and employees a bit uncomfortable. In addition to Walmart‘s highly automated warehouses, the retail …
Politics Meet the Democrats' Most Dangerous Digital StrategistOZY - Nick Fouriezos It’s June 26, the first night of the Democratic debates. But at a watch party at the Brixton bar, in Washington’s trendy U Street neighborhood, none …
Google Chrome Brave browser catches Google tracking users with hidden web pagesTNW - David CanellisBrave, the budding privacy-focused browser with its own native cryptocurrency, has alleged that Google is using hidden web pages to feed personal data of its users to advertisers, reports Financial Times.
Technology Wells Fargo: Artificial intelligence and machine learning a 'double-edged sword'ZDNet - Asha Barbaschow The bank's executive vice president and head of enterprise architecture detailed Wells Fargo's approach to emerging technologies such as artificial …
Machine Learning Evaluating Machine Learning Modelsoreilly.com Cross-validation, RMSE, and grid search walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “Who the heck are you?” That was my attempt at a joke. If …
Technology 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 in the US every day – can Silicon Valley help with 'happier ageing'?The Guardian - Tom McNicholSeniors are just as thirsty to stay engaged as any age group. If you expose them to things that are meaningful to them, you get better behaviours, they're more engaged Jack York Silicon Valley has long
Big Data Consent removed from Australia's proposed data-sharing legislationZDNet - Asha Barbaschow The National Data Commissioner won't be able to prevent data from being shared, rather they are tasked with capabilities to 'encourage' data …
Tech Industry Tiny Japan Firm Helps to Crack Code for Next-Gen Computer ChipsBloomberg - Pavel Alpeyev Chipmakers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto …
