WhatsApp gets €225M fine in Ireland for breaking data protection rules

Facebook-owned WhatsApp was just slapped with a whopping €225 million fine in Ireland, for breaking data protection rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the fine, because WhatsApp Ireland failed to provide necessary data protection information to users and failed to meet is transparency obligations. This is the largest fine ever issued by the DPC…

Are Software Engineers Burned Out?

Peggy and Junade Ali, consultant, Haystack Analytics, talk about road traffic safety and the potential burnout of software engineers. He shares his journey with road traffic sensor networks and behavioral interventions for drivers—and how he built an engineering team. Below is an excerpt from the interview. To hear the entire interview on The Peggy Smedley…

Are Software Engineers Burned Out?

Peggy and Junade Ali, consultant, Haystack Analytics, talk about road traffic safety and the potential burnout of software engineers. He shares his journey with road traffic sensor networks and behavioral interventions for drivers—and how he built an engineering team. Below is an excerpt from the interview. To hear the entire interview on The Peggy Smedley…