The incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch is a hot topic at the moment, and that’s not surprising. After all, it’s the most significant change to data protection laws in several years, and it also includes the deployment of… Continue Reading
Video: Learn how to install Linux Mint Soon, Ubuntu 18.04, aka the Bionic Beaver, and Canonical‘s next long-term support version of its popular Linux distribution will be out. That means it’s about time to consider how to upgrade to the… Continue Reading
Angry mobs of Buddhists in Sri Lanka last month attacked minority Muslims, burning mosques and killing at least one. Those riots appear to have been triggered in part by false stories spread on Facebook and WhatsApp. And despite efforts by… Continue Reading
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia’s competition regulator said on Monday it will scrutinize contracts between Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and restaurants that use its food delivery app Uber Eats. FILE PHOTO – A bag of donuts destined for… Continue Reading
We went wandering down the back alleyways of MLP land this week and came across another very interesting buyout deal. Southcross Energy Partners LP (SXE), a smaller midstream LP, is being acquired by American Midstream Partners LP (AMID). The deal… Continue Reading
Happy Saturday, dear readers. Earlier this year I noted that Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, would be a big topic of conversation at this year’s RSA Conference, the biggest hobnobbing affair in the cybersecurity industry. I could not… Continue Reading
Friends, humans, rapidly-evolving robots, the time has finally come: Westworld Season 2 is here. After nearly 17 months, HBO’s futuristic thriller about a theme park where the rich can live out their Wild West fantasies with android “hosts” finally returns… Continue Reading
It’s all the rage these days: moving on-premises data to the cloud. But should you use cloud-native databases or databases that run both in the cloud and on-premises? There are trade-offs between the cloud-native (meaning “cloud-only”) and dual cloud/on-premises options,… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Shares in Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and its suppliers fell on Thursday after a raft of analysts read a prediction of softer smartphone sales from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) as driven chiefly by concern about demand for… Continue Reading
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers will question a senior Facebook Inc manager about data privacy in the wake of revelations that the personal information of millions of users wrongly ended up in the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. FILE… Continue Reading
The bitter browser war between Microsoft and Google is still in full swing. Microsoft recently launched an extension designed for Google Chrome called Windows Defender Browser Protection. The extension, which is available for free, claims to protect users “against online… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Time Warner (TWX.N) Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes on Wednesday defended his company’s planned merger with AT&T (T.N) as necessary to compete effectively for advertising with internet giants like Google and Facebook. FILE PHOTO: Time Warner CEO Jeff… Continue Reading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cambridge Analytica was planning to raise money by issuing a new type of digital currency before it became embroiled in a scandal surrounding the misuse of Facebook Inc (FB.O) personal data, sources familiar with the matter… Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers on Monday published evidence that Brexit campaign group Leave.EU benefited from work by Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy at the center of a recent storm over use of Facebook data. FILE PHOTO: A person is… Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Concern about Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world’s largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts… Continue Reading
By Pater Tenebrarum A “Typical” Correction? A Narrative Fail May Be in Store Obviously, assorted crash analogs have by now gone out of the window – we already noted that the market was late if it was to continue to… Continue Reading
The Canadian Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project has been put on hold. That was the gleeful projection of the opponents of this project run by the Canadian subsidiary of Kinder Morgan (KMI). Investors hope that this is an effective bargaining… Continue Reading
Self-driving cars are nearly ready for primetime, and so are the laser sensors that help them see the world. Lidar, which builds a 3-D map of a car’s surroundings by firing millions of laser points a second and measuring how… Continue Reading
Originally published April 10, 2018 In my last post, I noted that the FANG stocks have been in the spotlight, as tech has taken a beating in the market, but it is Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) that is at the center of… Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s data protection body said on Monday it had opened an investigation into whether companies possibly linked to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica broke the country’s data protection laws. The nameplate of political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, is… Continue Reading
A coalition of more than 20 child-health, privacy, and consumer groups is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube is violating a federal law designed to protect children on the internet. The groups are expected to file a… Continue Reading
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Charles Li, chief executive of the Hong Kong Exchange, last year announced plans to help the next wave of Chinese tech giants go public in the city, bankers celebrated. FILE PHOTO: The name of Hong… Continue Reading
On April 4th, Bloomberg reported that HSBC (HSBC) is considering an exit or sale from smaller consumer operations such as Bermuda, Malta, and Uruguay. In addition, the bank plans to expand its asset management division and is currently looking at… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Friday that it had suspended Canadian political consultancy AggregateIQ from its platform after reports that the data firm may have improperly had access to the personal data of Facebook users. FILE PHOTO –… Continue Reading
Federal and state authorities Friday seized Backpage.com, an online classifieds site frequently accused of facilitating sex trafficking, and reportedly indicted seven people. A notice on Backpage’s website said the site had been seized by the FBI and other agencies. Nicole… Continue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) tipped a surprise record first-quarter profit on Friday as analysts said strong chip margins and the early launch of its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone likely masked broader weakness in the mobile market.… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Swiss-Israeli technology firm Sirin Labs said that FIH Mobile Ltd, a subsidiary of world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn, will manufacture its Finney blockchain smartphone, which is designed to securely store and use digital currencies such as bitcoin… Continue Reading
BERLIN (Reuters) – Over 50 top Artificial Intelligence researchers on Wednesday announced a boycott of KAIST, South Korea’s top university, after it opened what they called an AI weapons lab with one of South Korea’s largest companies. The researchers, based… Continue Reading
At least one person was killed and four others wounded following a shooting at YouTube’s headquarters Tuesday afternoon. Four victims were being transported to local hospitals, though the extent of their injuries was unknown. San Bruno police say one woman… Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the… Continue Reading