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A German airline just flew 3 execs holding blockchain tickets
A German airline has claimed to be the first to allow passengers holding blockchain-based tickets to board a flight, Reuters ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange that went dark with $16M in user funds only has $45k, report
A cryptocurrency exchange that was shut down earlier this month for allegedly misappropriating CAD$16 million in user funds ...
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Swedish gold-for-cryptocurrency scammer finally extradited to US
A Swedish citizen has been extradited from Thailand to the US and is facing charges based on a cryptocurrency investment ...
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TNW's quest to discover Europe's best scale-up is back – sign up now
Tech5, annually hosted by TNW and Adyen, is back for the seventh time. Tech5 is the leading showcase for Europe’s fastest-growing ...
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4 simple things social media marketers can do to improve social responsibility
While large CSR initiatives are impressive, there are smaller efforts that all businesses can make to practice social responsibility ...
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3 crypto startups miss SEC deadlines to repay millions of dollars, report
Three cryptocurrency startups have missed deadlines to refund investors who participated in their illegal digital token sales, ...
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Here’s how you can prepare for hyper-personalization in marketing
Although hyper-personalization hasn’t become mainstream yet, you can’t afford to ignore this compelling technology — ...
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'Gold-backed' crypto firm ordered to cease operations amid pyramid scheme claims
A German cryptocurrency company has been told to desist its blockchain-based business amid claims that it was operating ...
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Apple launches the 16-inch MacBook Pro and, yes, it has a 'new' keyboard
Apple has launched its new MacBook: the 16-inch Pro. This has a range of updates, but the most interesting is the company ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey attends Bitcoin meetup in Ghana
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has attended a Bitcoin meetup in Ghana just weeks after he invested in a cryptocurrency ...
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Dutch blockchain game firm founder arrested after misleading backers with $86M investment
The founder of Dutch blockchain game company Komodore64 has been arrested after reportedly deceiving suppliers, investors, ...
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Why some accounts are getting banned for 'suspicious' group names on WhatsApp
Yesterday, GizChina reported some WhatsApp users are getting banned for 'suspicious' group names. According to a Reddit thread, ...
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Facebook must remove fake Bitcoin ads featuring Big Brother creator or pay $1.2M
The billionaire creator of the 'Big Brother' television format, John de Mol, has been successful in forcing Facebook to take ...
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Porcelain business raises suspicion amid China's blockchain renaissance
A porcelain and education business has attracted the suspicion of Chinese regulators after its stock recently boomed, CoinDesk ...
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Instagram influencer reportedly nabbed in Dubai for running alleged cryptocurrency investment scam
A Canadian man living in Dubai, has been arrested by authorities and accused of defrauding investors through a string of ...
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Uber used Bitcoin to pay $100K hacker ransom in 2017, court docs confirm
Uber used Bitcoin to pay hackers who held sensitive data for ransom, court documents have confirmed.
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Cryptocurrency exchange CEO 'loses' private key to user funds — claims it doesn’t really matter
The founder of a Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange has apparently lost the password to his company's wallet, losing user ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX doxes users in mass email blunder
BitMEX has inadvertently doxed its users after someone at the company forgot to use blind copy (bcc) on a mass email, revealing, ...
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Bitmain quietly filed for a US IPO with Deutsche Bank as its sponsor
After seeing its IPO dreams slashed earlier this year, Bitmain Technologies has reportedly re-submitted its US application ...
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WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets' phones through its app
WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into ...
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Apple's new AirPods Pro are exactly as I advised — I'll accept cash
Apple has just released its brand new AirPods Pro, but there's an issue: they've copied our advice from the past. And that ...
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You need a ‘zero-trust’ strategy to protect your business from cyberattacks
If your company has imbibed the culture of BYOD without a zero-trust strategy, then it’s a potential source of an attack. ...
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AT&T isn’t scared of latest cryptocurrency SIM-swap allegations, will fight in court
AT&T will dispute allegations that it was negligent after allegedly contributing to the loss of $1.7 million worth of digital ...
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Google accused of creating 'surveillance tool' to monitor employees' unionizing efforts
Google employees have accused the internet giant of creating an "internal surveillance tool" to monitor gatherings of more ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "hell no" to joining Facebook's Libra 'cryptocurrency'
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said the popular microblogging site will never join Facebook’s controversial ‘cryptocurrency’ ...
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When you Google your company’s name — do you like what you see?
While many invest heavily in SEO, the importance of branded search results is being overlooked… and that’s arguably the ...
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Amazon joins Facebook and Microsoft to fight deepfakes
Deepfakes have come across as serious problems this year and big companies are now paying attention. Amazon announced today ...
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Uber will let you book Delhi metro tickets on its app (at some point)
Uber India said today it's partnering with Delhi metro to let you plan your whole journey through a new transportation mode. The company said you will be able to book Metro tickets right from the app in the future. The transport mode, rolling out today for users in Delhi, will ...
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Former NBA player nets $825K from Ghanaian firm in alleged Bitcoin scam
A former American professional basketball player has allegedly swindled over $800,000 worth of Bitcoin from a company based ...
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Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ gets desperate as it considers stablecoins
Facebook's controversial 'cryptocurrency' Libra could be based on national currencies such as the dollar, the tech giant ...
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6 revelations I had during the Oppo Reno 2's European launch
We attended the Oppo Reno 2's launch in London and... had some inspiring thoughts about the state of the phone industry throughout. ...
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An overview of Facebook’s 'cryptocurrency' supporters — who’s in and who’s out
Finding it hard to keep track? We've put together a quick overview of every organization that's still involved with Facebook's ...
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North Korea-linked hackers revive cryptocurrency scam to hijack macOS
Security researchers uncovered another attack from Lazarus hacking group which seems to be nothing more than a rehash of ...
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French tobacconists to start selling shady Bitcoin coupons — again
French tobacconists are getting another chance to selling Bitcoin coupons after the scheme had to be suspended earlier this ...
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Class action lawsuit alleges Bitfinex' Tether cost crypto market $1.4T
A brand new lawsuit alleges that cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its sister company Tether manipulated the digital currency ...
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Google contractors reportedly used dubious methods to train Pixel 4's facial recognition (Updated)
Update (07/10/2019): Google told The New York Times it has suspended the research program and opened up an investigation. In ...
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ConsenSys acquires Infura, the centralizing tech powering Ethereum dapps
Ethereum-focused software firm ConsenSys has fully acquired Infura, the company that’s previously been described as the ...
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Has Apple changed its tack towards cryptocurrency?
Apple’s VP referred to cryptocurrency as “interesting” last month. But it seems the company might be changing its tact ...
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PayPal may be getting cold feet over Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra
Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra is reportedly on the verge of losing another one of its partners after Paypal pulled ...
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Fraudulent PlexCoin ICO's showrunners fined nearly $7M
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been busy dishing out enforcement actions over the past few weeks – and ...
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Cryptocurrency firm slapped with cease-and-desist after impersonating registered financial adviser
Missouri-based cryptocurrency company Mavixbtc Limited has been handed a cease-and-desist order for allegedly misleading ...
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Why GitHub is the gold standard for developer-focused companies
3 factors give GitHub its great potential to be the next great ecosystem: audience, freedom, and the continued evolution ...
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4-day workweeks are the future — and this is how you can make them happen
The transition process might be a bit bumpy, but scaling up can be done smoothly. Companies should start by shortening weeks ...
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Google's hyperlocal news app Bulletin makes headlines as it shuts down after just a year
Google is killing one of its products, again. This time it's the company's hyperlocal news app Bulletin. In a letter to users ...
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Court rules Bitfinex’ info on $850M Tether black hole unnecessary – for now
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex can now stop sharing documents about its use of Tether with the New York Attorney General ...
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Microsoft pledges to fight climate change with carbon neutral Xbox
Microsoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former's ...
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Apple will make its new Mac Pro in Texas to avoid tariffs
Apple announced last night it'll be manufacturing the newest Mac Pro in Austin, Texas to avoid import tariffs.
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ICE is on the hunt for a new DevOps company thanks to a software engineer's protest
Open-source technology company Chef has finally decided having a relationship with the US government isn't worth alienating ...
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Ripple Labs wants the US to forget it's being sued for selling Ripple (XRP) illegally
Ripple Labs has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit that claims it's been illegally selling its Ripple (XRP) ...
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Ethereum 'ICO architect' arrested over alleged $12M cryptocurrency extortion
Two people, including a former advisor to Ethereum, have been arrested for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency ...
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Canada's Revenue Agency is now curious about defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX's tax returns
Canada’s Revenue Agency is now looking into the corporate tax returns submitted by QuadrigaCX, the troubled cryptocurrency ...
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Chinese face-swapping app goes viral, invites criticism over privacy clause
Last week, a Chinese social app developer named Momo introduced a face-swapping app called Zao. The app, which lets you overlay ...
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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will reportedly go on sale for $3,500 next month (Update: later this year)
Update (30/08/2019): A Mircosoft spokesperson said in a statement the company plans to ship the HoloLens 2 by the end of ...
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Samsung allegedly removed a women's sexual health stall from a women in tech event (Update: Samsung apologizes, but not personally)
Liz Klinger, the co-founder and CEO of Lioness, was asked to remove her stall from the event, even though she was allegedly ...
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KFC launches test run of 'miracle' non-meat nuggets
Kentucky Fried Chicken is testing a new recipe at a restaurant in Atlanta -- essentially, it's going without the "C" of ...
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12 ways small businesses can protect their data this storm season
Without the proper precautions in place during storm season, businesses, especially smaller ones, that are hit by bad weather ...
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Twitter invests in ShareChat, an Indian social network for regional language users
Twitter just made its first investment in India with ShareChat, a social networking app that targets local languages instead ...
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Here's how anonymized personal data should be used to create better services
Ask anyone their opinion on companies using their data and the response will almost always be negative. It’s not surprising; ...
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Blockstream takes on Bitmain with new Bitcoin mining centers (and it’s already getting flak)
Blockstream, the blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space, has entered the cryptocurrency ...
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Texas regulator goes after cryptocurrency firm promising 900% returns in 2 weeks
Regulators in Texas have filed a cease and desist order against a New York-based cryptocurrency business promising a 900-percent ...
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Report: Rockstar offers contractors full-time work after crunch controversy
Rockstar Games is reportedly doing right by some of its workers most affected by crunch culture. Here's hoping its change ...
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Here's how gamification can help your business understand your users
Today’s operations require more comprehensive stores of information, most of which deals expressly in the human behavior ...
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Facebook, stop trying to make Libra happen
Data protection bosses from all over the world are concerned about Facebook Libra's potential privacy issues.
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SpaceX launches UberPool-style ridesharing for small satellites
SpaceX just announced a new ridesharing program for small satellites that'll allow companies to get a seat on the Falcon ...
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Facebook open-sources APIs to help fight child exploitation and terrorist propaganda
Facebook today announced it's open-sourcing two technologies that help it fight problems like child exploitation, terrorist ...
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SpankChain launches SpankPay so users can pay for porn with Bitcoin
Adult content platform SpankChain has launched SpankPay, a cryptocurrency payments platform.
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Moonday Mornings: The US is suing a cryptocurrency exchange owner to the tune of $100M
Good morning, and welcome to Moonday Mornings. Let's take a look at the cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over ...
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Popular genetic testing services can be misleading, inaccurate, and ethically questionable
Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited ...
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FBI suspects tea company that 'pivoted' to blockchain of insider trading
Long Island Tea Corp changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp in 2017. Now the FBI is investigating the company suspecting ...
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Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler leaks troves of unencrypted customer data
Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler has reportedly exposed troves of sensitive customer data including credit card information ...
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Executives are out of touch with the human effects of digital darwinism
Digital Darwinism: the evolution of technology and its impact on markets and society. I’m sure you’ve heard it before: ...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink is building tech to control computers with your mind
Elon Musk's ambitious brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, finally told us today what it's been up to. It's building ...
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Nintendo is facing a class-action lawsuit over 'Joy-Con drift'
As more and more reports of flaws in the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers surface, a New England law firm is championing ...
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No, you don't own your apps — here's why it feels like you do
Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that amorphous mass of people ...
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Moonday Morning: South Korea lost $2.3 billion to cryptocurrency crimes over last 2 years
Welcome to Monday, and welcome to another Moonday Mornings. Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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'Trust' was mentioned 69 times at Facebook’s Libra Senate hearing – nice
In the Facebook Libra Senate hearing the word trust was mentioned every two minutes on average, working out to 69 times in ...
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Companies need to evolve to survive — here's how you can manage that
I’ve often said the only constant in business is change. Your competition, keeping pace with emerging technologies, and ...
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Coinbase lets you copy its top cryptocurrency traders with new tool
Coinbase has today launched a tool that enables users to see information based on the activity of its top traders.
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Google officially ends its Chinese search engine project
Google's VP of public policy, Karan Bhatia, told the US Senate earlier this week that it has abandoned Project Dragonfly. ...
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How OnePlus uses robotic hands, mannequin heads, and a tiny carnival ride to test its phone cameras
As tech writers, we get to play with a lot of phones. But, it's not often that we get to peek behind the curtain to see how ...
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Why social media is key to keeping employees engaged at work
When it comes to social media and the workplace, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are typically viewed as distractions, ...
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Big businesses suffer from startup FOMO
Startups continue to push industries and technologies forward (and sideways) regardless of fluctuations in valuation and ...
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Here’s how you can truly understand your company’s metrics
“Big data” has reached a point that many companies are simply collecting without acting — measurement is a hot topic ...
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How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse
At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart ...
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You can now buy shares in this brewery using cryptocurrency
Paying for coffee with Bitcoin is a common trope in the cryptocurrency industry, but what about buying shares of a beer company ...
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South Africa targeted in $135,000-a-day Bitcoin 'Ponzi scheme,' thousands duped
Thousands of people in South Africa may have been duped in what's thought to be a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
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Google Walkout organizers publicly accuse Google of punishing them
Two of the women who helped organize last year’s global Google Walkout have accused the tech giant of retaliating against ...
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Apple's Tim Cook denies his disinterest in design led to Ive's departure
Now, Tim Cook has slammed the report saying the story is 'absurd' and it shows a lack of understanding about how the design ...
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Is Facebook really the corporate monster everyone wants it to be?
The ethics of Facebook, as a corporation, have come into question lately. Though criticisms of the platform have stretched ...
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Jony Ive is leaving Apple
Apple today announced that Jony Ive, its chief design officer, will soon depart for greener pastures. Ive, according to ...
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Apple’s buying a self-driving car AI startup (Update: confirmed)
According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple's set to buy Drive.ai – an American startup that works on AI that aids self-driving. ...
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Token hires don’t help diversity, making core changes does
Discussing diversity and inclusion (D&I) practices in the workplace can be a delicate subject -- but it shouldn’t be. ...
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Here's how digital forensics experts track down hackers
As society becomes increasingly data driven, the importance of ensuring this data’s security and fidelity grows exponentially. ...
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Alibaba is nudging users to be more ethical with its in-app minigames
Four years ago, in a move designed to explore the viability of new offline sales models, Alibaba ran a little experiment. ...
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Report: Google Maps hosts 'millions' of fake business listings
But not all the listings on the app are reliable. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google Maps have over ...
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Swede facing extradition to US over $11M Bitcoin investment scam
A Swedish citizen has been charged with securities, wire fraud, and money laundering in a scheme that saw him encourage victims ...
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How to pick the best approach to data science (fyi, there are three)
As companies place an increasing premium on data science, there is some debate about which approach is best to adopt — ...
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AIs should be legally liable for their mistakes soon
Assigning blame can often be a complex task. A person’s actions, intentions, and state of mind all come into consideration ...
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4 mistakes companies make when expanding overseas
You no longer need to be a Fortune 500 company to take your business global. A small startup can market and sell to customers ...
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CHEAP: EVERYTHING on ThinkGeek is half price, so move fast!
ThinkGeek is a great site filled with an array of nerdy gear. But you know what's even better? EVERYTHING IS 50% OFF OH MY ...
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Facebook signs major partners for its cryptocurrency network and it still sounds terrible
Facebook has begun assembling a who's who of big tech companies to back its soon to be unveiled cryptocurrency, GlobalCoin. ...
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Why your workplace sucks at internal communication
Internal communication is a wide field that has the potential to solve many problems a company faces. And that is why people ...
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Sweetwater Studios began in a van, now it's the heart of a $725M enterprise
Some of the richest companies have the humblest beginnings. Google and Facebook started in dorms, Microsoft was launched ...
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Corporate innovation isn’t dead, it just needs an outside perspective
In-house innovation labs have gotten a bad rap as of late. Whether their primary area of focus is retail, consumer packaged ...
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Killed By Google is a digital graveyard of the company’s dead products
Killed By Google is an obituary for all those products including soon-to-be dead inbox. Google has killed many products in ...
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Shitcoin factory Cryptopia owes over $3M to creditors, staff, and hodlers
Liquidators of now defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have revealed that it owes investors, creditors, and staff a ...
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6 technology tips every flexible workplace should follow
Companies around the world are embracing flexible work to make employees happier and more productive. According to stats ...
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Beneath Tesla's delusional PR, there is a visionary car company
Elon Musk makes it easy to dismiss his grandiose — unhinged, even — descriptions of his product plans. But if ...
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Meet Karen Wickre, the editor who helped Twitter and Google find their voice
We often think of tech companies as faceless platforms; social networks where we imprint our personalities, empty documents ...
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The CEO of pogo stick-sharing startup Cangoroo insists his company isn't a hoax
Startups are weird, man.
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The roadblocks to European fintech expansion
“The US market is vast. There are a lot of consumers in the US that use outdated technologies, and from that perspective ...
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These 20 tech companies literally have the most valuable employees
If you've ever wondered how valuable a company is -- or in other words, its capacity to bring in revenue, as well as what ...
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Driverless cars are years away, but self-driving forklifts have arrived
For several years, executives of tech and automobile companies have been promising that fully autonomous vehicles will soon ...
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President Trump expected to sign executive order effectively barring Huawei from the United States
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that would ban US companies from using equipment from firms ...
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Bitfinex raised $1 billion in 10 days by selling a token redeemable for Tethers
According to Bitfinex' CTO, this is indicative of how much the industry trusts Bitfinex and Tether, despite intense legal ...
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Nura’s new ‘headphone subscription’ isn't as stupid as it sounds
You already subscribe to Netflix, Spotify, and iCloud – but time to add one more to your list: headphones? Yep, Nura's ...
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AI avatars could be the next generation's favorite entertainers
Media houses and companies are already looking towards the next solution for producing content to keep up with the trend: ...
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Dropbox Chief of Staff: Diversity and inclusion begin with hiring
Speaking at TNW 2019, Dropbox Chief of Staff Carmen Pop spoke at length about better hiring practices that encourage Silicon ...
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Slack: Why your company needs to find its hedgehog
Slack's VP of customer experience, Ali Rayl, took to the stage earlier today at TNW2019 to explore how technology is reshaping ...
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National Geographic's Executive VP: Brand authenticity is key for long-term survival
At TNW2019, National Geographic’s Executive Vice President Emanuele Madeddu spoke about the importance of brands being ...
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Cyber insurance is worth the hype — if you let hackers write your policy
I read Rami Sass’ recent piece here on Podium about how cyber insurance is overhyped. While he raised great questions about ...
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How to watch Google's I/O 2019 developer conference
Google io the company's developer conference is finally here and we have prepared a short guide for you to watch the event ...
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3 ways to select smart investors and avoid toxic partnerships
I recently came to the rescue of a startup in crisis. The idea was solid: The company wanted to develop heavy-duty drones ...
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Is there a sustainable future for the veggie burger?
Whole grains, legumes, and vegetables enjoyed one year at the top of the burger heap. In 2015, “the best burger of the ...
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Here are the 7 requirements for building ethical AI, according to the EU commission
In October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system ...
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Controversial stablecoin Tether is only 74 percent backed by cash (and other assets)
Tether’s lawyer has now admitted that the stablecoin is only 74 percent backed by cash and equivalents, according to an ...
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Use these Fortune 500 lessons on data governance for your small business
It’s easy to aspire to be just like a Fortune 500 company - killer quarterly earnings, adulation from the press, respect ...
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Nike’s ‘cryptokicks’ trademark application hints at its new blockchain ambitions
Nike Inc has submitted a trademark application for the word ‘cryptokicks’, signalling it may be gearing up to launch ...
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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers
Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily ...
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The top-selling game consoles of all time, magnificently animated
Video game consoles have been an integral part of culture for over 40 years, but... which one has sold the most? We've got ...
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Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle's friend's fashion company
Meghan Markle’s designer friend's Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker.
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Volkswagen bets on blockchain to electrify its battery supply tracking
German car manufacturer Volkswagen is launching a blockchain pilot to track its battery supply chain.
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Despite damaging reports, Samsung is hell-bent on releasing its Galaxy Fold this month
Last night, major drama unfolded as several gadget reviewers who got their hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fold reported that ...
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Here's why the crashed Israeli moon mission was still a tremendous contribution to science
It came so close. It even took a selfie. But with only a few kilometers left to descend, something went wrong and the spacecraft ...
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How tech giants can strangle transformative tech at birth — and how to stop them
Google is digesting its third whopping antitrust penalty from the European Commission, having been fined €1.5 billion (£1.3 ...
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Why corporate acquisitions could be good for the open source community
Open source is all over the media, IBM announced its acquisition of Red Hat, one of the largest in tech history, for $34 ...
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Activision knows when its employees are having sex
The Washington Post this week reported Activision Blizzard has been using various apps to track its employees' health data -- including their pregnancies and sexual activity -- by receiving anonymized data from health apps the employees are in no way, absolutely not compelled to ...
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YouTube's plan to reward 'quality' content has some problems
After a turbulent year, YouTube is allegedly doing some damage control with its advertisers. According to a report from Bloomberg, the company is looking for a way to reward constructive and quality content. The problem is that's not something that can be done by algorithms. That's ...
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Why diverse teams make better business decisions
And we're not just talking about diversity in gender, race, ethnicity and cultural background.
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Bittrex: New York’s denial of our BitLicense application contained 'factual inaccuracies'
Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is “saddened and disappointed” by the New York Department of Financial ...
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Adult site CamSoda will now let you pay for porn with Bitcoin
CamSoda has integrated cryptocurrency payments, enabling users to purchase tokens on the platform using seven different ...
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KPMG survey: 67% of corporates are not using blockchain technology
If a recent poll conducted by KPMG is anything to go by, blockchain technology still has a way to go in terms of corporate ...
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QuadrigaCX saga continues as cryptocurrency exchange moves to bankruptcy
QuadrigaCX, the cryptocurrency exchange which owes its customers $134 million in cryptocurrency following the unexpected ...
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Xiaomi's chipset division shifts focus from smartphones to IoT gadgets
Chinese hardware giant Xiaomi is spinning off a part of its China-based Pinecone chipset division into a new company called ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX should declare bankruptcy, EY says
Defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX’s should enter bankruptcy proceedings, according to a report by Ernst & Young ...
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Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are among the first 197 regulated blockchain firms in China
China's Cyberspace Administration has released the first list of companies approved to conduct business with blockchain tech. ...
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CabbageTech owner charged with running $200K cryptocurrency and cash swindle
The operator of New York-based company CabaggeTech has been accused of defrauding investors out of more than $200,000 in ...
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PAX wants to be the Apple of weed vapes – and CBD might be the key
The PAX 3 is one of the best weed vapes in the world, and we sat down with the company's VP of strategy, JJ O'Brien, to find ...
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Bitcoin exchange DragonEx ‘hacked for undisclosed amount’
Cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx says it has been hacked, although it is not yet known how much has been lost in the alleged ...
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13 ways entrepreneurs can help their company guard against hacking
As technology evolves, so do hackers' techniques, something which puts tremendous pressure on organizations to constantly ...
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Facebook is hiring a lead for its blockchain counsel
It seems Facebook isn't content with its team dedicated to building its cryptocurreny, it's now looking for someone to lead ...
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How to be a better boss, according to Google
Being a great leader is important for many reasons: your team gets more work done, your staff are engaged and enthusiastic, ...
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We shouldn’t care about companies accepting Bitcoin in 2019
Bitcoin – the original cryptocurrency – has been around for a decade, but it’s still struggling to achieve mainstream ...
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Visa is looking for someone to spearhead permissionless blockchain
Global payment services provider and Fortune 500 company, Visa, is showing signs that cryptocurrency and blockchain will ...
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How Facebook plans to use machine learning to wipe out revenge porn
Facebook is going to use machine learning to weed out non consensual intimate photos of users even before any of them reports ...
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'Blockchain' won't save your bad business from going bust
Blockchain name-dropping seems to be dying as one Hong Kong tea maker tried and failed to perk up its stock price just by ...
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Israel regulators support ‘heavily regulated’ cryptocurrency trading platform
An Israeli financial market regulator has given its recommendation for the creation of a heavily regulated cryptocurrency ...
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Bulgarian cryptocurrency scam lures UK investors with fake FCA accreditation
The UK FCA is warning consumers to be extra vigilant as cryptocurrency scammers are falsely claiming to have FCA accreditation. ...
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If properly enforced, GDPR can solve social media's biggest problems
From concerns about data sharing to the hosting of harmful content, every week seems to bring more clamour for new laws to ...
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Moonday Mornings: 30% of cryptocurreny startups failed in 2018
Another weekend has come and gone, meaning there's blockchain and cryptocurrency news to catch up on, thankfully Monday Mornings ...
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Don’t fail fast — get product right the first time
We live in an age where customers have more power over their lives than ever before. Users can tap their phone to summon ...
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Carrefour will use blockchain to let curious mammals know where their milk came from
French supermarket giant Carrefour is pouring milk all over its blockchain, allowing its customers to see the whole thing ...
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QuadrigaCX granted another extension to find lost $134M in cryptocurrency
With $134 million of customers' funds missing, QuadrigaCX has been granted an extension on its 30-day order for creditor ...
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Analog synths are the perfect instrument for people who took all their toys apart
The analog synth is experiencing a second golden age as more and more musicians return to the hardware that once threatened ...
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Unicorn visas might ease Brexit tech woes - but they're horribly unfair
The tech sector needs a full-throated defence of freedom of movement, and not a self-serving lame duck like this.
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Circle completes latest acquisition amid claims it's raising an extra $250M
Goldman Sachs-backed payments startup Circle has acquired equity crowdfunding firm SeedInvest amid rumours it's looking ...
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Report: Anonymity could be the answer to feeling happier online
Social media usage has been proven to have negative effects on our mental health but a recent study has revealed that the ...
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This is how I started a successful B2B tech company
Less than a decade ago, I left a high-paying tech job in New York City to found my own SEO-optimization company. It was a ...
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Q4 2018 internet report: Almost 4.2 billion humans are online
The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast ...
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Facebook’s ad interactions drop 20% — here’s everything you need to know
As I mentioned in my last post, the data in my new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot – produced in partnership with We Are ...
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Report: Facebook ad clicks tumble, but the internet keeps on growing
The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in ...
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Why it’s a no-brainer to have women in your startup’s exec team
While women have made strides toward better representation in leadership roles over the last decade, the progress has been ...
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Don’t call it an ‘exit’ — An entrepreneur’s guide to selling your startup
Every startup is a seed about to grow into something bigger, whether as an independent company or as a perfect fit for an ...
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Why 'right to erasure' is stopping companies from complying with GDPR
Time may be relative, but most people will agree that whether you’re launching a business or planning a wedding, two years ...
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Google, Facebook, and Amazon’s not-so-secret weapon for success: M&A
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an established CEO, growing your business is always job number one. It’s how you’ll ...
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Here’s how you can properly vet overseas manufacturers for your ecommerce business
Of all the questions my consulting clients ask, there is one that comes up more often than all the others combined. It goes ...
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Just like the Kindle, our AI and AR future will be here sooner than we think
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur — from managing ...
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12 optimization tips for businesses looking to tap into wearable tech
From the Apple Watch Series 3 to the Fitbit Versa and all the new tech in-between, wearable tech has been taking over for ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Hungary
By Gianluca Bellan and Andrea Hak Hungary is a startup hub on the rise. You’ve no doubt already heard of Prezi, the ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Switzerland
By Daniel van Heusden and Andrea Hak For centuries, Switzerland has been known as a serene peaceful paradise with beautiful ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Austria
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak Ahhh Austria. The birthplace of Mozart, ski resorts, schnitzel, and Schwarzenegger. But ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Germany
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak When you hear underground techno clubs with permissive raves and more museums than rainy ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Israel
Israel is a nation full of booming tech startups. In fact, according to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Tel Aviv ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in the UK
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak In recent months when you heard about the UK there’s a 99 percent chance it was about ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Poland
You may know Poland for its unpronounceable surnames and sour cabbage in absolutely every meal possible, however, this Central ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Finland
Although Finland has one of the lowest population densities in the EU, it’s responsible for 10 percent of global startup ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Estonia
I bet you didn’t know that Estonia has the third highest amount of startups per capita than any other country in the world. ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Sweden
Dubbed a ‘unicorn factory’ Sweden has become a powerhouse incubator for some of the most innovative startups. It’s ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Denmark
What more could you want from a country where fairy tales, Lego, and the idea of the chill ‘hygge’ vibe originate? Now ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Norway
A country of never-ending sunsets, northern lights, and home to over 50 thousand islands and fjords, Norway has always been ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Ireland
With one of the lowest corporate taxes in Europe (only 12.5 percent compared to Britain’s 23 percent and France’s 33.3 ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in France
Immense over competition in Silicon Valley (plus Donald Trump), have been causing many top engineers and VCs to look to Europe. ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Italy
Italy may be a latecomer to the booming startup scene but it’s fast becoming a hotbed of new tech talent. Red tape and ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal
It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Spain
In the past decade, Spain suffered a significant economic setback with a crippling recession, the bankruptcy of a number ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Belgium
With the best classic comics, specialty beer, gourmet chocolate, and golden brown fries, Belgium has enough local remedies ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in the Netherlands
When the Netherlands is mentioned the conversation often goes through a set cycle of topics. Yes, they go everywhere on their ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in… the rest of Europe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak Together with payments tech company Adyen, we set out in search of the most promising ...
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Why French unicorn BlaBlaCar still believes in ‘done is better than perfect’
For our ongoing series Fundamentals, we’re looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were ...
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Your company is losing mobile customers - here are three ways to optimize mobile experiences right now
When’s the last time you booked a Lyft or Uber or ordered a meal on DoorDash using your laptop? Many popular apps and services ...
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A primer on QuadrigaCX, the curious $134M cryptocurrency mystery
Hard Fork has taken a deep-dive into the QuadrigaCX's history, its founder, and recent issues in a bid to decipher the ongoing ...
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Apple temporarily disables group FaceTime to fix a bug that lets you eavesdrop on your contacts (Updated)
Update (February 8, 2019): Apple just released a fix (iOS 12.1.4) for this FaceTime bug. The company had said it’ll release ...
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How WhatsApp fights spam without ever reading your messages
There are more than 1.5 billion people using WhatsApp, and sadly, some of them are your relatives spamming you with bad jokes ...
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This company introduced 5-hour working days and magical things happened
For our ongoing series Fundamentals, we’re looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were ...
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If tech companies are hurting journalism, can they also help save it?
As professions go, journalism isn’t exactly known for its stability. The last half of January only served to highlight ...
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Here's how male (and white) VC firms are
CB Insights released its top 100 VC influencers, and guess what? There are only 9 women on the whole list. This isn't how ...
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Venture capital is really male and really really white — Arlan Hamilton wants to fix it
Arlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on ...
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Nasdaq goes $20M deep in support of enterprise blockchain startup
Blockchain startup Symbiont has raised a $20m Series B as traditional exchanges from across the world look to capitalize ...
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You'd be surprised how many VPNs are owned by the same company
The VPN market is consolidating
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WhatsApp to roll out forwarding limit globally
In order to curb fake news, WhatsApp tested limits on forwards in India including containing forwarding a message to only ...
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10 ways to prepare for the AI and automation revolution
Artificial intelligence and automation are no longer the stuff of science fiction; they're a very real and growing ...
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Blockchain startup Zwoop collapses following cancellation of ICO
VC-backed cryptocurrency startup Zwoop has gone into administration. According to an exclusive report by The Telegraph’s ...
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The last resort of failing tech companies is UX design - it won't save them
As designers in 2019, we have to take a stand on what we believe in and what we want for the world. The time to start fixing ...
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Asus Zenfone 6 leak reveals it has an itty-bitty, freaky notch
Asus' new device, the Zenfone 6 has leaked. That's not too unusual in today's tech world. What is strange though is the notch. ...
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On our obsession with design methods — and how to avoid it
A design method is simply a set of steps you can refer to, so that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time ...
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2018: The year Congress and social media collided
One of the biggest, and most unwelcome revelations of the past few years is just how much social media platforms can be -- ...
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Why the CEO is actually the CMO
Scrappy business people are fantastic people to work with — lean, mean, execution machines. But there comes a point where ...
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7 industry leaders explain how to punch failure in the throat
You’re not special — everybody fails. The importance lies in how you react to failure, and learning to bounce back ...
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Female-founded companies are making better sex toys and confronting taboos
In an industry traditionally dominated by men, women are now making more sex toys than ever before The lack of female ...
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The free internet makes us the product — we need to stop it
The bad headlines continue to stack up for Facebook this year: from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the New York Times ...
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Let’s face it, users should never be the last line of defense in cybersecurity
Users have walked a very insecure tightrope for decades, clicking on links and opening untrusted attachments. It's time we ...
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This sex-positive dating app connects people through their fantasies
As with, well, everything really, the internet has changed the dating game. Just think how ubiquitous the phrase “swipe ...
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Sales processes need a tech upgrade, and these technologies will provide it in 2019
Sales robots will replace salespeople. Machines will sell machines to other machines. Efficiency will peak, and humans will ...
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5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Happy Universal Human Rights Day! We came up with five ways we think AI will help us in the fight for all of humanity over ...
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What we know about the ConsenSys layoffs, as told by a 'fired' employee
An anonymous ex-employee of ConsenSys has taken to Reddit to detail life inside the walls of one of blockchain's most powerful ...
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Switzerland says its national blockchain will be more secure than Bitcoin – it won’t be
Swiss Post and Swisscom are building a completely private Swiss blockchain for launching locally operated "decentralized" ...
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Blockchain startups forced to lay off staff to survive the bear market
A litany of blockchain businesses have been crippled by this years sustained cryptocurrency market downturn, and many are ...
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250-page document dump is another nail in Facebook’s coffin
A member of British Parliament just released a massive cache of Facebook's internal documents, blowing the lid off some pretty ...
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November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife
Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...
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Marvellous Cyber Monday deals to splurge your wages on
It's here. It's back again. And it'll never stop. Welcome everyone to Cyber Monday. While a lot of people loathe the event, ...
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Swiss blockchain startups can now handle up to $100M – just like banks
Swiss cryptocurrency startups can now apply for a new license, allowing them to handle deposits of up to $100 million, a ...
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What GoDaddy is doing wrong about privacy — here’s what it should do
GoDaddy asks users to pay for privacy protection. It's distasteful that a large domain registrar would charge a fee for a ...
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Spotify unveils this year's hilarious Wrapped billboards
Spotify started rolling out its Wrapped year-end billboards, where it blasts out trivia about its users and occasionally ...
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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users
Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...
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How to perfect your digital copywriting
Does anyone actually know what it means to be a copywriter in the digital age? Each and every day, a wave of ecommerce shoppers, ...
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Here's how we take back control over our digital identities
The data reckoning has arrived. We’re already too familiar with the breach headlines: Equifax, Under Armour, Target. But ...
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Microchip implants are threatening workers’ rights
It’s not often trades unions and employers are equally worried about an issue threatening workers’ rights. But recently, ...
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Develop your innovation partnerships the same way you build your products
The best innovation teams don’t work solo. They bring in partners from different backgrounds, countries, and even industries. ...
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International Bitcoin miners vanish after stacking up $1.5M debt in Sweden
Sweden is playing host to a cryptocurrency mining mystery. Two mining operations have shut up shop and disappeared, leaving ...
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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks
One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear ...
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Don’t post your kid online
As we set out on a two-hour drive, my pregnant girlfriend told me she didn’t want anyone, including ourselves, to share ...
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Why digital tools you use in your personal life should be on your CV
I entered the workforce in 1998 during the midst of the dotcom bubble. To stay relevant in a highly competitive and unpredictable ...
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Our lack of interest in data ethics will come back to haunt us
When was the last time you saw a creepy ad on Facebook, which seemed to know about a product you were discussing with a coworker? ...
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I wish Moshi's Avanti Air headphones sounded as good as they look
Moshi aren't well known in the audio space, but have released a pair of premium on-ear headphones, the Avanti Air. Find out ...
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Thousands of Google employees walk out to protest harassment, inequality
Google employees today took to the streets in a massive protest. At 11:10 a.m., in every time zone in which the staged walkout ...
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October in Africa: Egypt stifles tech innovation, Google gets busy
The Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and enforcing ...
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Is Tim Cook the champion of privacy?
Today’s ceaseless data scandals have everyone talking about privacy, especially insofar as our favorite digital devices ...
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London is making life way too hard for mobility tech companies
The urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five ...
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Here’s how face recognition tech can be GDPR compliant
Ah, face recognition, that nifty little feature that's already making the still new fingerprint scanners (kind of) obsolete. ...
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Facebook can simply say ‘no’ to EU’s proposed audit
EU Parliament has called for an audit on Facebook as it believes the company's handling of data has breached EU law -- but ...
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These 5 startups prove being a DJ has never been easier
You need to wear many hats if you want to succeed in the music industry. Here are five startups that prove it has never been ...
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Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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Tim Cook supports EU’s strict privacy laws — but thinks taxes are 'crap'
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, gave a keynote at ICDPPC where he called for better data policies in tech and lauded EU's GDPR. Unfortunately, ...
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6 reasons why you should make your ‘digital consultants’ work on-site
In the future, all companies will be tech companies. Traditional firms must upgrade their technological capabilities to match ...
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Why CEOs that say ‘no’ are good for growth
It’s no surprise that life as a startup CEO can be brutally exhausting, with long, grueling workweeks, constant stress, ...
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Bill Gates and the EU announce a €100M investment fund to combat climate change
Bill Gates has signed an agreement with the EU, on behalf of his billionaire investment coaltion, to launch a joint €100M ...
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Tesla’s woes unlikely to end soon, but startups can take a cue
“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a ...
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Your business needs a style guide — here’s why
Companies are interesting creatures. In a legal sense, a company is a person, as it has all the rights that you and I do. ...
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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, ...
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Facebook is using your personal data, here’s why it’s fine
When the Cambridge Analytica scandal came out, it did more than just shake up Facebook, it stirred the conversation about ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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Tattoodo wants to be the Booking.com of getting inked
Tattoodo has launched a platform that will allow people from across the world to find and book their next tattoo online.
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Why Silicon Valley is no longer the place to be for your startup
By this point, everyone knows the legends and stories surrounding Silicon Valley. The origins of the biggest and most famous ...
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Without coaching our privacy, does Google even have a business?
Google is on a seemingly-ceaseless crusade to turn every one of its users into an open book that it can exploit for valuable ...
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Apple acquires Shazam and announces it'll now be ad-free
Apple has officially acquired the musical identification app, Shazam. The hardware giant has also stated that the app will ...
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Animation reveals what could be Google's new 'Pixel Stand'
A new accessory for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL could give Alexa devices a run for their money. The Pixel Stand, as its reportedly ...
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Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn't a secret. We know that women make $0.82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It's ...
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The Bluenero is a smart aquarium that lets you spy on your fish
The Bluenero is a smart and internet-connected fish tank. It includes a HD camera, a filtration system, an oxygen pump, an ...
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Xiaomi's Mi Mix 3 might just be the first phone released with 5G
The new phone from Xiaomi, the Mi Mix 3, might be the first model to hit the market 5G-ready. And that's great, because 5G ...
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Google and Mastercard are secretly tracking your offline purchases
Google has quietly been providing select advertisers a "stockpile" of offline credit card transaction data. After a four ...
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The Foobot monitors air quality, but can't help you fix it
We review the Foobot – a device that measures the air quality in a room. Unfortunately though, it can tell you the air ...
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UK bans ‘misleading’ Facebook ads for a popular contraceptive app
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned Natural Cycle's advert on Facebook after claims that ads were ...
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Farmers blame Volkswagen's 'weather cannons' for recent drought
Facing ominous skies, Volkswagen was prepared. It wasn't sweating the forecast, which included calls for rain and, perhaps, ...
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3 simple ways to nurture your culture when you start to scale
As you start to scale, the risk of diluting your culture becomes so much more real. Here's how to nurture your culture, no ...
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Nintendo wants you to play with your friends
With the upcoming releases of 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' and 'Super Mario Party,' Nintendo is making a big play for the ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Verizon throttled fire department's 'unlimited' plan during deadly blaze
As wildfires raged out of control in Northern California this summer, the firefighters responsible for managing them learned ...
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Steve Wozniak seems to have terrible taste in cryptocurrency
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has apparently revealed that he is finally working closely with a cryptocurrency - and oh ...
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The Devialet Gold Phantom speaker is sexy, ugly, and loud af
We review the Devialet Gold Phantom – a weird looking, almost $3000 dollar bluetooth speaker that's literally as loud as ...
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Censorship machines removed my article warning people about censorship machines
A few days ago, about a dozen articles and campaign sites criticizing EU plans for copyright censorship machines silently ...
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Over 50k people have blocked Twitter's biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)
Alex Jones can't win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones -- the man who answers ...
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Tesla whistleblower alleges drug trafficking, illegal surveillance at Nevada Gigafactory
A former Tesla employee today filed a formal complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the automaker ...
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Dating app Bumble launches fund to invest in women-led startups
Popular dating app, Bumble, has launched a fund which will be invested into female-led startups as they received only 2% ...
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Blockchain can’t fix everything, consulting giant BCG reports
A new report has issued a sobering call: be aware that blockchain technology is not suitable for every industry, especially ...
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Report: Apple may launch a new MacBook Air in September or October
A report out of Taiwan indicates that Apple could be gearing up to ship a new MacBook Air in either September or October. ...
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SEC ruling suggests cryptocurrency airdrops violate securities law
Recent SEC documents suggest that popular cryptocurrency airdrops and marketing bounty programs might be violating securities ...
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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots
Despite constant pressure to ban them, Twitter has been recommending users follow obvious cryptocurrency scambots impersonating ...
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How a Finnish millionaire lost $35M worth of Bitcoin in a gambling scam
A Finnish Bitcoin millionaire has lost his cryptocurrency fortune after falling victim to an international investment scam. ...
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Apple runs into another embarrassing issue with the new MacBook Pro
A series of embarrassing gaffes in Cupertino are leading many to question whether Apple has lost its eye for detail. Just ...
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Internal Facebook note reveals clever 'psychological trick' to attract teenage users
Always on the lookout for novel ways to attract teens, Facebook purchased viral polling app TBH last October. The app fell ...
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards
Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...
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Women founders get less funding than men but make double the revenue
According to a recent study from BCG, female founders of start up companys receive less funding but make double the revenue ...
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All this hellish red robot wants to do is clap at you
Have you ever sat on a hillside in the dead of the night, gazed towards the heavens, and thought, “why oh why, dear lord, ...
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This device lets you grow weed while literally doing nothing
Ever wanted to grow some of that sweet devil’s lettuce in your own home? Well, thanks to Cloudponics’ GroBox, you can ...
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Apple casually slips membranes into new Macbooks to try and fix keyboard issues
In an obtained service document, Apple reveals it put a membrame underneath its MacBook Pro keyboard in order to stop dust ...
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This odd gadget wants to help you lose weight using your... breath?
The Lumen analyzes your metabolism through your breath, using a process called the Respiratory Quotient. Its app then recommends ...
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EU fines ASUS, Philips, Pioneer, and Denon & Marantz €111M for breaching EU antitrust rules
The European Commission has fined four major consumer electronics manufacturers €111 million for illegally pushing up prices ...
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Ripple booked Bill Clinton for a speech and Twitter won't shut up about it
It seems Ripple is really into celebs. After announcing Bill Clinton as keynote speaker of its Swell conference, Twitter ...
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“He told me that my ‘project’ is cute and let’s discuss it in bed.”
A survey of women startup founders in the EU shows most have faced some form of harassment - and more difficulties finding ...
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Strava modularizes its old subscription model for more versatility
Strava – the running and cycling app – has a new subscription model that modularizes its old one, giving more choice ...
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Binance's first official acquisition is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet
Binance announced it has acquired a mobile wallet solution in an effort to improve “the centralized architecture” of ...
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Google’s AR design guidelines: baby steps — but a good starting point
When Google and Apple announced their mobile augmented reality (AR) platforms last summer, they rocked the 3D world. Almost ...
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This is how you can personalize marketing campaigns — without violating GDPR
GDPR -- no other four letters are giving tech companies a bigger headache this year. So many articles have been written about ...
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MoviePass never had a chance
Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month -- less than the price of a single movie ...
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Nintendo – we have to talk about your new Labo vehicle kit video
We undertake a deep dive analysis and work out the hidden meaning of the promo video for the new Nintendo Labo add-on for ...
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My team used to suck at meetings, but now people are begging us to share our secret sauce
Think you hate meetings? My colleagues and I were so sick of them that we teamed up with Chelsea Handler to build an excuse ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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You can’t achieve long term profits without knowing how your employees feel
Does your company get a good return on all the time and money it invests in leadership development? Despite the millions ...
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A Japanese startup has ambitious plans for on-demand meteor showers
A Tokyo-based startup is hard at work developing a system that would deliver "shooting stars on demand." According to a report ...
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Reddit rolls out subreddit chatrooms – what could possibly go wrong?
Social media giant Reddit has begun rolling out a new chatroom feature across its site with an aim to increase user engagement. ...
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IBM and Columbia University are tag-teaming the blockchain
The Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency will leverage Columbia’s academic and scientific networks ...
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Data shows people want serious long-form content — and brands need to take note
You probably noticed the recent video that asked people whether they heard “Yanny” or “Laurel.” It would have been ...
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3 things your startup should consider outsourcing
In the competitive world of startups, founders should focus on core business operations without distractions. But at the ...
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The EU sucks for women tech founders
Research done by TNW’s Index team shows the EU ranks worse than Silicon Valley when it comes to tech startups founded by ...
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June in Africa: Google balloons, ICOs, and internet shutdowns
Google is actively seeking partnerships to roll out Project Loon in Kenya, which will involve beaming internet in rural areas ...
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7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology
While automation slowly eats away at human jobs, the demand for AI talent continues to grow at an accelerating pace. Here ...
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Sony's lonely approach to console gaming is pissing everyone off
Where money and pleading won't work, the gaming industry appears to be trying passive aggression to convince Sony to open ...
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