JD.com’s billionaire CEO Richard Liu was arrested by Minneapolis police late Friday night on suspicion of alleged sexual misconduct. He was released yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. Today, JD.com, one of China’s largest online retailers, issued the following statement: “During a business trip to the United States, Mr. Liu was questioned by police in Minnesota in…
Few would equate human life with battery life, but for many migrants escaping war or famine, a single percentage point of battery can mean getting the right information at the right time – or not surviving at all. Smartphones today have become an integral part of a forced migrant’s journey. From navigating mountains in Central…
Just like Proust had his madeleines and Salman Rushdie had his pickles, the association of identity, memory, and a different time can be related back to the foods that one ate as a child. Which is how Colombian national Nestor Taveras, who had a digital development agency with his brother, decided to open up Brands of…
Developing autonomous vehicles that are capable of navigating dynamic roadways without incident is one thing. But devising systems that can handle the nuances of interactions on the road – and gain the trust of the public – is quite another. That’s the realisation that several manufacturers in the driverless car space are coming to. For…
Labor Day is a holiday that just doesn’t fit Silicon Valley. It’s purported purpose is to celebrate working men and women and their — our — progress toward better working conditions and fairer workplaces. Yet, few regions in recent times have supposedly done more to “destroy” quality working conditions than the Valley, from the entire…
Let me set the scene for you. It’s 2010, my family and I have one shared PC that takes thirty minutes to load the login page, the internet makes a weird sound when it’s switched on, all four of us in the house have a flip phone — and we share one phone charger… My…
Air Canada said 20,000 mobile app users have had passport information exposed; and millions have been affected by a breach at Asian hotel giant Huazhu.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
NEWSBYTE Vodafone’s Australian operation is to become the majority stakeholder in a new telecommunications giant, TPG Telecom Limited. The A$15 billion ($11 billion) merger with one of the country’s largest internet providers, TPG, was announced today. Combining the two companies will create a mobile, fixed-line, and broadband provider with the scale to rival Telstra and…
There’s no lack of creative innovators, makers and technical entrepreneurs throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, and that’s why we’re bringing Startup Battlefield Africa 2018 — our world-renowned startup pitch competition — to Lagos, Nigeria on December 11. We want to give every innovative early-stage startup in the region the chance to compete, which is why we’re extending the…
I know software engineers. Like, really know them. I’m the sister of one, the spouse of another and the proud daughter of a third. I’m also a veteran B2B marketer with almost a decade of experience marketing to IT and security folks and another five years in MarTech. Does all this qualify me for my…
