Financial Times:
Interview with UK's GCHQ head about agency's soon to be published cyber strategy, issues with state-sponsored digital currencies, hacking firms like NSO, more — GCHQ head warns technology could allow Beijing to monitor users and exert control over global currency transactions
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Congressional hearings with tech CEOs and other execs in the last few years resulted in no new laws, amid partisan divides over issues like privacy and misinfo — Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than...
Queenie Wong / CNET:
Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power — Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game.
Bloomberg:
A look at the ethical minefield of VCs making personal startup bets ahead of follow-up investments from their VC firms, like at GV, BlackRock, DST, and others — Making personal investments in startups is common for VCs but can be an ethical minefield. — Consider this scenario …
Financial Times:
UK digital bank Monzo raises $500M led by Abu Dhabi Growth Fund at a $4.5B valuation; sources say it is exploring products like stock and crypto trading — UK digital bank sees $500m funding round in sharp recovery after bruising start to pandemic — British digital bank...
Elaine Glusac / New York Times:
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs — Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics...
Bloomberg:
Meta's head of research says Meta is restructuring its research department, bringing ~50 employees from teams like WhatsApp and Instagram into a central group — - Shake-up will affect 50 employees studying politics, health — Meta faces pressure over leaked research on hate speech...
Martin Anderson / Unite.AI:
Study: AI research regularly reuses a small number of ML datasets by a few institutions like Stanford, Microsoft, Princeton, Meta, Google, Max Planck, and AT&T — A new paper from the University of California and Google Research has found that a small number of...
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all have programs that collect additional data, like app usage and web history, on their customers, and they are generally opt-out — Verizon says it's to better “understand your interests” — The My Verizon app might be collecting information...
Katie Schoolov / CNBC:
Amazon's shipping investments, like chartering cargo ships, making its own containers, and chartering long-haul planes, are helping it avoid supply chain chaos — How Amazon is beating supply chain chaos with its own containers, chartered... For years, Amazon has been...
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain — - Payments giant Square will change its corporate name to Block, effective Dec. 10. — The move comes as Square...
Marty Swant / Forbes:
The Facebook Papers offer glimpses into how users perceive Meta's ad products, like the impact of its reaction emojis, and the concerns raised by employees — The “Facebook Papers” have been revelatory when it comes to how the company formerly known as Facebook deals with...
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
24 Exchange, which wants to let users trade stocks 24/7 like crypto, raises $14.25M led by Point72 Ventures; SEC approval or rejection is expected in 2022 — 24 Exchange aims for round-the-clock stock trading; Mr. Cohen's Point72 Ventures is leading a...
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Amazon announces AWS IoT TwinMaker to help developers create digital twins of real-time systems like buildings, factories, equipment, and product lines — Amazon today announced Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT TwinMaker, a new service designed to make it easier for...
Celeste Noche/Eater
Pumpkin may have a hold on fall festivities, but sweet potatoes deserve their rightful spot at the table too
There is no denying the hold the pumpkin spice everything has on American food culture during the fall. From lattes to cookies to ice cream to….kettle corn, pumpkin...
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
How “neo-conglomerates” like Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta replaced and outgrew industrial conglomerates like GE, Toshiba, and Johnson & Johnson — As General Electric and other old-school behemoths break up, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet...
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My 5-yr-old daughter loves playing games on the computer and on my iPhone(in fact she uses it better that me).
The latest game she is addicted to is called KiddyU(http://tinyurl.com/KiddyUgames[/URL]).
The only salve to my conscience is that it is a word building game...
Moving is one of the most exciting yet nerve-wrecking things you can go through during your life. Whether you are moving out of your parent’s house for the first time or moving into your eighth new location, the feelings are still the same. Moving provides the chance for a fresh start as well as...
When was the last time you gave thanks for your ability to move through your yoga practice?
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You must have heard a saying that ‘Knowledge comes with theory, but wisdom comes with the application of the knowledge. The true power of wisdom can only come to us when we bring our learnings into action.
Same way, yoga is an art...