Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year. Most of the media coverage of data breaches tends to focus on how the breach happened, how many records were stolen and the financial and legal impact of the incident for organizations and individuals affected by the breach. But what happens...
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California’s DMV taking Tesla to task over misleading ‘self-driving’ claims
Tesla is under review by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to establish whether the company is using misleading advertising regarding its Full Self-Driving package, the agency told the Los Angeles Times. State regulation prohibits advertising vehicles for sale or lease as autonomous, if they can’t comply with the regulatory definition, the DMV said. ...
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WhatsApp has 7 days to respond to India’s privacy policy complaint
India has written a letter to WhatsApp asking it to withdraw its newly rolled out privacy policy. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has noted that this new policy violates several laws and rules. MEITY has given WhatsApp seven days to respond to this notice with a deadline of 25 May. It added that...
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Help Wanted: Nuclear Weapons Courier, Serious Inquiries Only
File photo of NNSA and DTRA workers transporting three irradiators from Mexico to a U.S. military base on July 23, 2015.Photo: DVIDS/Defense Threat Reduction Agency Have you ever wanted to guard nuclear weapons as they crisscross the United States? Well, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has a job opening for precisely that....
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PhonePe in talks to acquire Indian app store Indus OS
Walmart-backed Indian payments services firm PhonePe is in advanced stages of talks to acquire Samsung-backed Indus OS, a startup that operates an eponymous third-party Android app store, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The deal values Noida-headquartered Indus OS at $60 million, the source said, requesting anonymity as the matter is private. The...
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Forecast nabs $19M for its AI-based approach to project management and resource planning
Project management has long been a people-led aspect of the workplace, but that has slowly been changing. Trends in automation, big data, and AI have not only ushered in a new wave of project management applications, but they have led to a stronger culture of people willing to use them. Today, one of the startups...
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Madrid is shutting down its controversial low emission zone for good
This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Madrid’s controversial low-emissions zone (LEZ), Madrid Central,...
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Payroll automation startup raises $15.6M Series A led by General Catalyst
Payroll automation is not exactly the sexiest of startup areas but it’s a pretty decent business. The larger startup in the space is Payfit which has raised upwards of $208.4M to do something that lots of companies find quite painful. But Payfit does a lot of other things as well, potentially leaving it exposed. Now...
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Google’s Wear OS update for offline audio has me re-hyped about smartwatches
I’ve been turned off smartwatches for a while now. Whether it was their poor battery life and uninteresting design, I’ve found I much prefer the simplicity and elegance of my analogue timepieces. Since the pandemic though, things have changed. In order to get out the house and avoid screens, I now walk about 10km a...
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Stop playing hot potato! Why the blame game is hurting your business
How many times have you been summoned into a client escalation meeting only to find out that no one on the team was willing to take accountability for their mistake? It doesn’t take much to figure out why employees may be reluctant to take the blame for a mistake that could potentially cost the business...