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Facebook has done nothing but behave badly from inception, yet it has received only slaps on the wrist by authority figures, while being rewarded by the market — Facebook gets away with it again — Facebook's stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today.
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| Mark Dent / Wired: |
A look at Rockdale, Texas, where Bitmain planned to build the world's largest bitcoin mining facility, and how it all went wrong after bitcoin prices plunged — In 1952, The Saturday Evening Post christened Rockdale, Texas, “The Town Where It Rains Money.”| Josh Kaplan / Slate: |
A look at how surveillance is becoming more prevalent with almost nothing restricting how it is used, as automatic license plate reader software becomes cheaper — Cheap surveillance software is changing how landlords manage their tenants and what laws police can enforce.| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
China Internet Report 2019 shows the scale of 5G infrastructure plans across the country, huge untapped potential for e-commerce in lower-tiered cities, more — The China Internet Report 2019 offers insight into key China technology trends, with deep dives into 11 key sectors and expert commentary … | Eileen Brown / ZDNet: |
Report: ~54M data workers, a quarter of knowledge workers globally, waste 44% of their time each week because of lack of collaboration, knowledge gaps, and more — As data grows in complexity, data workers waste time searching for and preparing data instead of gaining insights according to a new report.
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| Karen Chiu / Abacus: |
Facial recognition software maker Megvii branches out into dog tracking, says its app can use a phone camera to identify dogs by their snouts, with 95% accuracy — Megvii says it can identify individual dogs by scanning their noses — If you're a dog lover, you probably don't need convincing that your furry friend is like no other.
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| Kalev Aasmae / ZDNet: |
A look at Estonia's four and half year old e-residency program, which now has 55,000 e-residents and is unlikely to attain its original goal of 10M by 2025 — Instead of the goal of gaining 10 million e-residents by 2025, Estonia is now focusing on security and usability.| Zachary Crockett / The Hustle: |
A look at a community of “sweepers” who mastered the art of winning online sweepstakes using tools like sweepstakes aggregators and automated form fillers — Winning online sweepstakes is supposedly an act of pure luck — but some contestants claim to have it down to a science.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Shopify's ecosystem, with its own fulfillment network, may become the first true Amazon competitor by enabling merchants to succeed or fail on their own terms — While I am (rightfully) teased about how often I discuss Aggregation Theory, there is a method to my madness, particularly over the last year …
Tweets: @juokaz
| AJ Dellinger / Engadget: |
Online education platform K12.com has left 7M records, including name, email, age, what school the student attends, and authentication keys, exposed online — K12.com, an online education platform, inadvertently exposed the personal information of nearly seven million students, according to security researchers at Comparitech.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Pipefy, which is developing a process pipeline management platform for enterprise clients like IBM, raises $45M Series B, bringing its total raised to $65M — Pipefy, a San Francisco firm developing a process pipeline management platform for enterprises, today revealed that it this month closed …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Staffbase, a mobile-first employee communication and experience platform, raises $23M Series C, bringing its total raised to $35M — Staffbase, a mobile-first platform that enables employees to communicate, access work-related services and stay updated with company information, has raised $23 million in Series C funding.Sponsor Posts
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