During her keynote at TNW’s 2019 conference today, Dropbox‘s Carmen Pop was quick to denote the differences between diversity and inclusion, and how both companies and individuals can promote both in Silicon Valley. Pop, who is Dropbox‘s Chief of Staff at Global Channel, spoke of what it means for her, a woman who’s worked in tech…
For the second time in just over a year, the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, affecting its computer network and forcing officials to shut down a majority of its computer servers as a precaution. Ransomware works by encryption files and locking them up so users can’t access them. The attackers…
5/5 (2) When you are at square one, you probably look for some available and effective solutions that will help to start a career. In this blog post, we’ll help you to create a website for fashionistas, designers, stylists and other people interested in fashion. We’ll use a free template for fashion blog sites –…
“Fake news” — news content that either misleads people with half-truths, or outright lies — has become a permanent fixture of the internet. Now, as tech and media platforms continue to search for the best way to fight it, Factmata — a London startup backed by Biz Stone, Craig Newmark, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, and…
We’re coming at you live from TNW2019 on day one where author James Bridle is about to take to the main stage to talk about the topics in his latest book, the New Dark Age. Join us to watch James Bridle’s talk now. Instead of a Utopian future driven by technology, we seem to be…
At the company’s I/O 2019 developer conference, Google has announced its plan to introduce two new privacy and security-oriented features in the upcoming versions of its Chrome web browser. In an attempt to allow users to block online tracking, Google has announced two new features—Improved SameSite Cookies and Fingerprinting Protection—that will be previewed by Google…
Last updated on May 9, 2019 at 05:07 pm Podcasts have become one of the most popular forms of media content across the internet, with millions of podcast episodes available on a variety of platforms. With a constantly increasing number of listeners and shows, podcasts have become a viable platform for discussing a multitude of…
It’s easy to push a narrative of fintech upstarts versus the big incumbent banks, but the more subtle reality is that as well as competing on numerous fronts, there are partnerships being formed across the board. The latest such move sees Tink, the Sweden-based banking platform that raised €56 million in new funding in February,…
I read Rami Sass’ recent piece here on Podium about how cyber insurance is overhyped. While he raised great questions about the current pricing models and fear-driven tactics used to sell coverage, I wanted to share a different perspective and address his concerns. Insurance exists because of insecurity in the world — health insurance in…
A bug hunter has discovered and publicly disclosed details of an unpatched browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Developed by Alibaba-owned UCWeb, UC Browser is one of the most popular mobile browsers, specifically in China and India, with a massive user base of…
