Regulators warn fintech apps over data collection practices
An investigation from a regulator task force released on Friday a list of 61 apps which infringe on user privacy through “problematic” data collection…
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Twitter and Microsoft show data privacy is moving from sticking point to…
Two battles are underway simultaneously in the area of user data privacy. One is a well-publicized regulatory battle. Through laws like 2018’s General Data…
The dangerous disregard driving the ‘hypergrowth’ ideal
On the doorstep of a new decade, humanity is simultaneously in the midst of history’s greatest technological transformation and in the throes of some of the…
TikTok’s national security scrutiny tightens as U.S. Navy
TikTok may be the fastest-growing social network in the history of the internet, but it is also quickly becoming the fastest-growing security threat and thorn…
Airbnb avoids tougher regulation in Europe as EU court rules it’s not an…
Airbnb has won a court battle in the EU affecting how the company is regulated in the future. The EU’s top court has ruled that Airbnb is not an estate agent…
IBM is using seawater to make its new batteries
IBM has revealed that it has created a new battery design that uses materials extracted from seawater as opposed to cobalt as the mineral is in now in high…
Flickr owner SmugMug emails subscribers with an urgent request
When in April of last year, the photo hosting service SmugMug acquired the photo-hosting service Flickr from Verizon’s digital media subsidiary, SmugMug CEO…
TikTok ranks fourth for non-game app downloads in 2019
Bytedance’s short-video app TikTok, along with its Chinese version Douyin, is projected to be the fourth most-downloaded non-gaming app in 2019, surpassing…
On-demand delivery startup Glovo raises $167 million at over $1 billion…
European on-demand delivery startup Glovo has raised €150 million ($167 million) in a series E round of funding led by UAE-based investment firm Mubadala, with…
Uber to pay $4.4 million for settlement in federal sex harassment…
Uber Technologies will establish a $4.4 million fund to settle a federal investigation into allegations that the San Francisco company allowed a rampant…