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Separating Transactions From Authentication — And Authentication From The Internet
Separating Transactions From Authentication — And Authentication From The Internet
February 14, 2019  |  Authentication

Nine months in, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is gathering steam, with fines accruing. Google’s $57 million fine on data protection violations, levied in...

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Amazon Buys eero For Smart Home Connectivity
Amazon Buys eero For Smart Home Connectivity
February 12, 2019  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon announced the acquisition of eero, the first mesh home WiFi system. Founded in San Francisco in 2014, eero’s systems blanket every room of a customer’s home using...

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Federal Websites’ Certificates Expire During Govt. Shutdown
Federal Websites’ Certificates Expire During Govt. Shutdown
January 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Add federal websites to the fallout from the government shutdown. According to a new report in The Washington Post, with the shutdown now dragging into...

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Comcast Launches AI-Powered Cybersecurity Service
Comcast Launches AI-Powered Cybersecurity Service
January 08, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Comcast is releasing an artificial intelligence-powered service that will monitor, block and tell customers about online threats to devices connected to home networks, the company...

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Lightspeed China Partners Raises $560M To Invest In China Tech Companies
Lightspeed China Partners Raises $560M To Invest In China Tech Companies
January 03, 2019  |  Investments

Lightspeed China Partners announced Thursday (Jan. 3) that it completed fundraising for its fund family IV, raising $560 million. In a press release, Lightspeed China Partners...

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When Predictions Go Right … And Not So Right
When Predictions Go Right … And Not So Right
January 01, 2019  |  Innovation

Predicting the future is incredibly hard work. Nostradamus — routinely counted as one of history’s better prestidigitators — wrote 942 poetic quatrains of prophecy. Depending...

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Internet Explorer Security Update
Microsoft Issues Emergency Internet Explorer Security Update
December 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Microsoft issued an emergency security update for Internet Explorer after hackers were able to exploit a new flaw in several versions of the browser. “A remote...

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Southeast Asia’s Internet Economy To Hit $240B By 2025
Southeast Asia’s Internet Economy To Hit $240B By 2025
November 19, 2018  |  International

Thanks to affordable mobile internet, the internet economy in Southeast Asia is expected to surpass $240 billion in 2025, according to a new study conducted...

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Facebook And Google Opt Into Berners-Lee Data Privacy ‘Contract’
Facebook And Google Opt Into Berners-Lee Data Privacy ‘Contract’
November 06, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook and Google have signed up for new internet standards, which will require internet companies to respect data privacy and “support the best in humanity.”...

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