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Libra, Facebook’s global digital currency plan, is fuzzy 2019-08-05 14:47:07Privacy commissioners from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia have put their names to a joint statement raising concerns about a lack of cla

8chan’s new internet host was kicked off its 2019-08-05 14:38:33The bottom-feeding forum 8chan, which grew popular by embracing fringe hateful internet cultures, is having trouble staying online. After Cloudflare d

UK watchdog eyeing PM Boris Johnson’s Facebook ads 2019-08-05 11:27:45The online campaigning activities of the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, have already caught the eye of the country’s data protect

Cloudflare will stop service to 8chan, which CEO 2019-08-04 22:57:06Website infrastructure and security services provider Cloudflare will stop providing service to 8chan, wrote Matthew Prince in a blog post, describing

Instagram and Facebook are experiencing outages 2019-08-04 12:43:56Users reported issues with Instagram and Facebook Sunday morning. [Update as of 12:45 p.m. pacific] Facebook says the outage affecting its apps has be

Facebook to admit ownership of Instagram, WhatsApp in 2019-08-03 06:04:30For the first time in more than half a decade, Facebook wants to inform you that it owns Instagram, the hyper-popular rival social networking app it a

TikTok adds Giphy integration to import Stickers and 2019-08-01 09:03:57TikTok is the breakout hit in social media apps at the moment — it’s currently ranked first in entertainment, and 12th overall in terms of

Facebook reveals early results from its subscription-focused local 2019-08-01 06:00:35It’s been more than a year since Facebook announced that it would be funding a Local News Subscriptions Accelerator. Now the company is sharing

Snapchat launches ‘instant’ tool for creating vertical ads 2019-07-31 10:48:38Snapchat is hoping to attract new advertisers (and make advertising easier for the ones already on the platform) with the launch of a new tool called

Former Cambridge Analytica director, Brittany Kaiser, dumps more 2019-07-30 10:40:44A UK parliamentary committee has published new evidence fleshing out how membership data was passed from UKIP, a pro-Brexit political party, to Leave.

A guide to Virtual Beings and how they 2019-07-29 15:58:13Money from big tech companies and top VC firms is flowing into the nascent “virtual beings” space. Mixing the opportunities presented by c

Facebook and YouTube’s moderation failure is an opportunity 2019-07-29 14:06:16Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have failed their task of monitoring and moderating the content that appears on their sites; what’s more, they fa

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Stephen Colbert invented a fake Democratic candidate to 2019-08-08 07:35:26 As you've probably noticed, the Democratic race is a pretty packed field. And, as The Late Show's Stephen Colbert points out in the video above,

What people really mean when they identify as 2019-08-08 07:29:00The fog of love that is dating in 2019 has led to a near-constant barrage of new terms that help us navigate the uncertainties of modern courtship: gh

Lizzo playing the flute while Megan Thee Stallion 2019-08-08 07:14:40"Hot girl summer" is upon us. And we have Megan Thee Stallion to thank for coining the term.  While you were indoors coming up with rival memes

ZenMate VPN is on sale for under £2 2019-08-08 06:51:09TL;DR: Sign up to a one-year ZenMate VPN plan for just £1.66 a month, saving you 81% on list price. So you have finally come around to the idea

Macaulay Culkin has his own ideas about what 2019-08-08 06:29:21You might have spotted the news that Home Alone has been added to the seemingly never-ending list of Disney remakes that are happening.  In respo

Google Maps makes AR walking directions available to 2019-08-08 06:00:00Google just made the AR walking directions it revealed earlier this year more widely available.  The Google Maps feature, now called Live View, g

Sperm-banking startup Dadi shows fertility tech is for 2019-08-08 06:00:00Despite the fact that getting pregnant usually takes two to tango, conversations and solutions in fertility tech often leave out a dance partner: men.

Apple iMac, Xbox One S, Ecovacs Deebot, and 2019-08-08 05:50:45Make your home a smart one with the ecobee Switch+ smart light switch for only $59.99. Amazon Alexa is already built-in, so you can control of your li

Apple MacBooks, Samsung smartphones, Sony speakers, ASUS laptops, 2019-08-08 05:46:59This is it. It's your best chance to pick up a bunch of great products at reduced prices. Most of these deals won't be around for long, so you need

David Harbour has strong words for those blaming 2019-08-08 05:26:00Alongside video games, another thing Donald Trump blamed for the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio was mental illness. "Mental illness and hatred pull

Back-to-school sale: Refurbished Chromebooks for less than $100 2019-08-08 05:00:00The best part about going back to school is shopping for new gear. Sure, the idea of learning new things is exciting, but there's nothing like fresh

Create a killer pitch deck with this slide 2019-08-08 05:00:00TL;DR: A one-year subscription to Slides Pro is usually $108, but you can get it on sale for $29. Lifetime access is on sale for $49. The only thing h

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5 charged in connection with $2.7M Australian cryptocurrency 2019-08-08 07:21:18Australian police have charged five people in connection with a protracted cold call cryptocurrency investment scam that tricked more than 100 victims

WhatsApp’s chat manipulation exploit remains unresolved even after 2019-08-08 07:01:59Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1.5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to explo

Google Maps’ easy-to-follow AR walking navigation feature is 2019-08-08 06:49:45Back in February, Google announced that it’s testing an augmented reality (AR) feature in its Maps app for a limited number of users. Now, the s

CHEAP: Up to $600 off Samsung’s new Galaxy 2019-08-08 06:48:29Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! After months of anticipation, Samsung finally unveiled its all

Web advertising 5 times more profitable than crypto-jacking, 2019-08-08 06:20:01When cryptocurrencies were soaring in value in late 2017 to early 2018, crypto-jacking was all the rage with opportunistic hackers. Thankfully, i

Samsung’s ARM-powered Galaxy Book S laptop promises 23 2019-08-08 06:04:18Last night, Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event in New York, where it unveiled the Galaxy Note 10. Along with that, the company also launche

US state regulator slaps ‘fraudulent’ ICOs with cease 2019-08-08 04:34:47A US state regulator is cracking down on two New Jersey-based initial coin offerings (ICO) offering “fraudulent unregistered securities.”

Yet another reason to dislike Tether: 300 addresses 2019-08-08 04:30:49Infamous stablecoin and pseudo currency Tether (USDT) doesn’t exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to t

Twitter admits to more bugs that shared your 2019-08-08 02:28:04Twitter said it has fixed two more bugs related to how it uses personally identifiable information to target personalized ads on the platform. The fla

Google’s Pixel 4 is reportedly getting a 90Hz 2019-08-08 02:17:28Pretty much all of the Pixel 3’s hardware specs were leaked well before its launch last year. Google tried to get ahead of the story for its nex

Microsoft contractors are listening to your translated Skype 2019-08-07 12:25:07An explosive article in Motherboard alleges that contractors working for Microsoft are listening to the conversations of Skype users conducted through

Smart cities need to take people with disabilities 2019-08-07 11:25:37As technology and urban design march into the future, more and more urban centers will begin looking like the “smart cities” science ficti

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Automation: Helping SMBs Cut the Gordian Knot of 2019-07-27 08:00:00Finance and accounting technology became the No. 1 software budgeting priority for small and mid-sized businesses, according to a survey conducted las

Timely Antitrust Investigation 2019-07-26 13:38:01The Justice Department is opening antitrust investigations into some of the biggest tech companies around, including Facebook, Google, Amazon and othe

Salesforce's Road to China 2019-07-25 13:58:21It was bound to happen. Salesforce was going to China at some point, and it announced that action this week saying it was partnering with Alibaba. The

Understanding the IP Policy Changes Coming to Amazon 2019-07-25 12:15:30Amazon is keenly interested in protecting the IP rights of its third-party sellers because the company depends upon them for their long-term success.

Boost Your CRM With IaaS 2019-07-24 08:00:00CRM systems are the lifeblood of many businesses, and the volume of customer data within them keeps growing as companies digitize more processes. That

Square Opens Robotic Photo Studio for SMB Etailers 2019-07-24 06:17:30The newly launched Square Photo Studio leverages state-of-the-art robotics to offer etailers professional-grade product photography. For $10, clients

Equifax Data Breach Settlement No Wrist Slap 2019-07-23 06:28:41The United States Federal Trade Commission announced that Equifax has agreed to pay a minimum of $575 million as part of a global settlement of claims

AI in Healthcare: Independent Living for Consumers 2019-07-22 15:09:43AI applied to healthcare includes a collection of technologies that enable machines to sense, interpret, act and learn. AI implementations for digital

How Alternative Lending Sources Can Help E-Commerce Companies 2019-07-20 08:00:00E-commerce companies must surmount a variety of unique challenges to grow. At any given time, companies may encounter a desperate need to spruce up th

Facebook Unfazed by $5B FTC Settlement 2019-07-18 15:49:07The Federal Trade Commission this week announced its approval of a $5 billion settlement with Facebook, ending a long-running investigation into the c

How Sales Reps Can Solve 3 Nagging Document 2019-07-18 14:02:38Technology has so empowered today's customers that they are totally in control of the sales process. This means that the quality of the customer expe

5 Ways for Amazon Sellers to Elevate Their 2019-07-18 08:00:00We all want to be rich and successful, but if it was easy, we'd all have it. When it comes to Amazon, however, finding success isn't impossible. All

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How to Staff a Cannabis Retail Operation 2019-08-07 14:30:00Here's an in-depth look at 5 of the key roles a cannabis retailer should fill.

Want to Make Money and Get Rich? You'll 2019-08-07 13:46:00Hard work earns you money, finding the right financial professional is essential to growing your wealth.

Three Tips to Keep Millennials Engaged 2019-08-07 13:30:00They may seem fickle, but they're also a crucial customer base.

How to Seek Out the Ideal Mentor 2019-08-07 13:30:00If you ask, you may just receive.

The Life-Changing Lesson That Turned Stefan Aarnio into 2019-08-07 13:00:00Success starts with realizing that anyone can be rich.

How Off-Grid Technology Can Increase Connectivity and Improve 2019-08-07 10:30:00The wireless technology is reshaping people's lives across the globe.

Bumble and Gen. G Form First Pro All-Women 2019-08-07 10:14:10The esports team will have a dedicated streaming room in Los Angeles.

Hundreds of Millions Have Downloaded Suspicious VPN Apps 2019-08-07 10:12:00Disturbing research suggests that nearly 90 percent