Has the fight over privacy changed at all in 2019?

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Has the fight over privacy changed at all in 2019? Few issues divide the tech community quite like privacy. Much of Silicon Valley’s wealth has been built on data-driven advertising platforms, and yet, there remain constant concerns about the invasiveness of those platforms. Such concerns have intensified in just the last few weeks as France’s […]

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One-quarter of jobs are at ‘high-risk’ of being automated

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One-quarter of jobs are at ‘high-risk’ of being automatedNo one will be entirely safe from automation in the future, but according to a new study out of the Brookings Institute, around 25 percent of U.S. jobs are at “high risk.” It’s a stark bit of foreshadowing in a job market that has yet to fully […]

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The facts about Facebook

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The facts about FacebookThis is a critical reading of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s article in the WSJ on Thursday, also entitled The Facts About Facebook.  Yes Mark, you’re right; Facebook turns 15 next month. What a long time you’ve been in the social media business! We’re curious as to whether you’ve also been keeping count of […]

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Where seed and early-stage funding is growing, contracting or holding steady

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Where seed and early-stage funding is growing, contracting or holding steady Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Hire faster, work happier: Startups target employment with AI and engagement tools Robot couriers scoop up early-stage cash In startup circles, it’s trendy to talk about how entrepreneurs are leaving high-tax, high cost-of-living metros for cheaper […]

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The state of the foldable

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The state of the foldableYou’d be forgiven for being cynical. I’ve been seeing foldable display concepts for as long as I’ve been attending tech trade shows (which, quite frankly, is longer than I care to mention). Big names like Samsung and LG have been pumping countless R&D dollars into the technology in hopes of being […]

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Startups Weekly: Is Munchery the Fyre Festival of startups?

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Startups Weekly: Is Munchery the Fyre Festival of startups?It was a tough week. Journalists around the U.S. were hit hard by layoffs, from HuffPost to BuzzFeed News to Verizon Media Group, which owns this very site. The government entered day 35 of the shutdown before President Donald Trump agreed to a short-term deal to reopen […]

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Test and Measurement: Viavi snags deal to support Rakuten’s roll-out

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Test and Measurement: Viavi snags deal to support Rakuten’s roll-outAs Rakuten, Japan’s newest mobile operator, joins the market with a new network build-out, the carrier will be using Viavi Solutions’ TM500 system to help with end-to-end validation of its cloud-native mobile network. Rakuten is aiming for an October 2019 launch of 4G services and has […]

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