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Exclusive: I left Google because of pregnancy discrimination
2019-10-30

Chelsey Glasson, who recently filed a complaint with the EEOC, talked to Fast Company about her experience at Google during her second pregnancy. Over the summer, an anonymous memo by a Google employee on maternity leave made the rounds on an internal message board. In the post, which was eventually leaked to...

The 6 most innovative winter coats of 2019
2019-10-30

A slew of new coats promise to keep you warm with unique fabrics and technology. These six delivered. Outerwear designers are tasked with creating coats that live up to the elements—a job that is only getting harder as extreme weather conditions become more frequent and winters get worse in many parts of the...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backs cryptocurrency startup after turning down Facebook’s Libra
2019-10-30

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently said his company would never get involved with Facebook‘s Libra, has backed a cryptocurrency startup. Dorsey, a longtime Bitcoin advocate, participated in CoinList’s $10 million funding round, alongside several other investors. CoinList, which helps startups raise...

45,000 Android devices infected by new unremovable xHelper malware
2019-10-30

A new kind of Android malware capable of reinstalling itself even after being manually removed has reportedly infected more than 45,000 Android devices over the last six months. The latest findings — disclosed by cybersecurity firm Symantec — come after a similar disclosure by MalwareBytes, which first spotted...

WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app
2019-10-30

WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into over 1,400 targets’ phones through the messaging service. The Facebook-owned company accused the NSO Group of installing malware into phones for surveillance. The court filing says the...

Facebook wants to get into healthcare. What could possibly go wrong?
2019-10-29

Facebook wants to remind you to see a doctor. It’s working on a suite of “Preventative Health” features designed to help people keep track of their personal maintenance. Is it just me or does this company seem like a bad choice for that role? Facebook today announced it’s working with major health...

Now that Google won’t index Flash pages, here’s what website owners need to know
2019-10-29

Google has announced its search engine will no longer index Flash, the once hugely popular web content format. In the early 2000s, Flash was everywhere on the web. The browser plug-in technology made it easy for web developers to build everything from animated movies to restaurant menus that would look the same from...

GrubHub stock is in a free fall after earnings disaster and 5 downgrades
2019-10-29

As a result of the disappointing Q3 revenue and Q4 forecasts, the stock received five downgrades, causing GrubHub’s share price to plummet. Food delivery company GrubHub has seen its stock price slashed by over a third after it posted disappointing third-quarter earnings today, reports CNBC. The company...

Facebook defends Libra comparing it some of the ‘most meaningful innovations’ of our time — lol
2019-10-29

David Marcus, Facebook’s Libra lead, has defended the technology giant’s ‘cryptocurrency’ project saying “the most meaningful innovations that have changed the lives of millions across the world in a profound way have always been met with damning headlines.”  Marcus was speaking at Money 20/20, an...

Floyd is launching a mattress for its beloved minimalist bed frame
2019-10-29

Customers kept asking the Detroit startup which mattress to buy for its ultra-popular bed frame, so it designed one. Back in 2015, the fledgling Detroit-based furniture brand Floyd launched a minimal, low-slung platform bed. The design was simple—just a few slabs of wood which you would connect with a few...

Amazon prepares to strike back after Microsoft wins $10B JEDI contract
2019-10-28

Microsoft‘s been awarded the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, a $10 billion planned project to create and maintain an AI-powered, cloud-based weapons platform for the Pentagon. The company’s stocks hit a record intraday high on the back of the news, but shareholders may want...

Report: Google is trying to acquire Fitbit
2019-10-28

According to a report by Reuters, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is trying to buy Fitbit. The tech giant has made a bid for the fitness hardware maker, but there’s no confirmation that an acquisition will take place at this time. We don’t know how much Alphabet bid for fitbit either. The partnership makes...

Facebook wants to give you medical advice. But can you trust it?
2019-10-28

Despite widespread problems of mistrust and disinformation, Facebook is launching a mobile tool to show people what screenings and immunizations they should be getting based on their age and sex. Facebook is launching a new tool in the U.S. that will suggest tests and immunizations—such as a mammogram,...

What life is really like for freelance designers, in 5 numbers
2019-10-28

Among the findings of a new study on the industry: freelance designers are working full-time, but weird, hours. We wouldn’t exactly call it an unbiased source. 99designs is a huge freelance design portal, with a core business model that generates roughly $60 million a year through designers logging in and...

Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles
2019-10-28

Are you used to browsing Instagram without signing in to check out what your favorite brands are sharing? If so, here’s a change you won’t like one bit. The photo-sharing social network is now locking down its platform by preventing signed-out users from having unlimited access to public profiles. As a result,...

Instagram refused to run an HIV preventative drug campaign because it contained ‘politics’
2019-10-28

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg and Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), went head to head during  a hearing where Zuckerberg defended his right to allow political ads on his platform — even if they contained lies. “I just think that in a democracy people should be able to see for themselves what...

Instagram is banning cartoons and memes that promote self-harm and suicide
2019-10-28

The move comes after the suicide of a 14-year-old girl who viewed posts about self-harm on the platform before her death. Instagram has announced that it is banning drawings, memes, and cartoons that promote, glamorize, or encourage self-harm and suicide. The ban comes after the father of a 14-year-old girl who killed...

Facebook’s plan for radical transparency was too radical
2019-10-28

An ambitious plan to fight misinformation and disinformation is moving slower than hoped, frustrating researchers and forcing funders to reconsider their commitment. An unprecedented investigation into disinformation on Facebook has hit turbulence over questions about how much data to release to outside researchers,...

Hackers are using a bug in PHP7 to remotely hijack web servers
2019-10-27

The PHP programming language underpins much of the Internet. It forms the basis of popular content management systems like WordPress and Drupal, as well as more sophisticated web applications, like Facebook (kinda). Therefore, it’s a huge deal whenever researchers identify a security vulnerability within it. A...

Modern cybersecurity is inaccessible to smaller companies — and that’s bad for you
2019-10-26

It’s about time that the cybersecurity technology that was once only available to wealthy corporations will become accessible for all.  It used to be scary and thought-provoking when a resourceful hacker cracked open a hoard of user information, but the sheer number of massive hacks that happened, in 2018 alone of...

Pixelbook Go: a happy medium between budget and high-end Chromebooks
2019-10-26

It’s far from the cheapest Chromebook on the market. But Google’s latest is much nicer than bargain models. Beginning in 2013 with the original Chromebook Pixel—the first touch-screen Chrome OS device—and continuing through 2017’s Pixelbook, the Chrome OS laptops that Google has...

Urlora can clean up your digital marketing links AND boost sales
2019-10-26

Urlora is a linking tool hyper focused on optimizing your linking strategies and getting you all the information you need to run a successful digital ad campaign. You can get in on Urlora’s features right now with over 90 percent off a lifetime subscription starting as low as $39 from TNW Deals.

Juul should probably worry about this lawyer’s website going viral on Facebook
2019-10-25

It was probably only a matter of time before all this scandal caught the attention of product liability lawyers. Juul Labs has been in the news a lot lately—and for all the wrong reasons. After the FDA essentially threatened to seize its products last month if it didn’t revise its safety claims, the...

Nvidia’s new Shield Android TV devices could launch October 28
2019-10-25

We’ve known for a while that Nvidia is planning on releasing a pair of new Shield TV devices, but now we have what seems like confirmation: the company today posted a teaser that suggests the devices will arrive on October 28. 10.28.19 👁️ pic.twitter.com/Np0LXKvoTx — NVIDIA SHIELD (@NVIDIASHIELD) October 24,...

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