Unions in France ramped up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as a wave of strikes caused travel chaos across the country. Striking public service workers including air traffic controllers and teachers were joined by rail workers, meaning hundreds of air and rail services […]
Day: March 22, 2018
The Morning After: Zuckerberg’s apology and Netflix’s new typeface
The Facebook CEO said he’s ‘not sure we shouldn’t be regulated.’Mark Zuckerberg says sorry, eventually Many have been waiting for Facebook’s leaders to speak up about the whole Cambridge Analytics debacle, and Mark Zuckerberg finally did. Following up on his Facebook post and rollout of […]
New story in Business from Time: The Billionaire Behind Bratz Dolls Is Leading a Last-Minute Push to Save Toys R Us
(NEW YORK) — Toy company executive Isaac Larian says he and other investors have pledged a total of $200 million in financing and hope to raise four times that amount in crowdfunding in order to bid for up to 400 of the Toys R Us […]
Reliance JioPhone users may soon be able to use WhatsApp
Reliance JioPhone, the budget 4G VoLTE feature phone from Reliance Jio may soon get support for instant messaging app WhatsApp. While there has been no announcements regarding this either from WhatsApp or Reliance Jio, recent reports have revealed that WhatsApp for JioPhone is being worked […]
The founder of business banking startup Tide plans to step down as CEO
Changes are afoot at Tide, the U.K. fintech startup that offers banking services for small businesses. TechCrunch has learned that founder George Bevis is planning to step down as CEO, and that the nearly three-year old company is actively headhunting for his replacement. It comes […]
Best Buy has ‘ceased ordering’ Huawei smartphones
The move comes several weeks after AT&T and Verizon were said to have ditched Huawei phones under pressure from the American government, which is concerned that Huawei might use its devices to spy on behalf of China. There was a 2012 report accusing Huawei and […]
At Mars, Jeff Bezos Hosted Roboticists, Astronauts, Other Brainiacs and Me
Amazon is eager to buoy its reputation in artificial intelligence, a focus of the conference, amid tight competition with Google. … For Mars, Amazon and Mr. Bezos handpick the roughly 200 attendees, most from the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics and space. …. It was […]
It’s Time for Facebook and Google to Ban Ads from Dark Money Groups
As midterm elections approach, anxieties loom large that social media will be prime targets for manipulative influence campaigns. Last week news emerged that Cambridge Analytica improperly used the data of tens of millions of Facebook users to manipulate voters. Amidst a tsunami of articles and […]
New story in Business from Time: The Billionaire Behind Bratz Dolls Is Leading a Last-Minute Push to Save Toys R Us
(NEW YORK) — Toy company executive Isaac Larian says he and other investors have pledged a total of $200 million in financing and hope to raise four times that amount in crowdfunding in order to bid for up to 400 of the Toys R Us […]
New story in Business from Time: U.S. Businesses Brace for a Backlash as Trump Turns Up the Trade Pressure on Beijing
(WASHINGTON) — Farmers, electronics retailers and other U.S. businesses are bracing for a backlash as President Donald Trump targets China for stealing American technology or pressuring U.S. companies to hand it over. The administration is expected Thursday to slap trade sanctions on China, perhaps including […]