BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook is expected to praise new European privacy rules and to voice the company’s support for strong laws in Europe and the United States to protect the use of data, according… Continue Reading
Uber Eats, the food delivery service operated and offered through the ride-hailing service, is planning to expand its operation by the end of this year. The company is currently valued at $20 billion, Eater reported. The company currently offers the… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) announced on Monday it will tap debt markets for a second time this year, aiming to raise another $2 billion as the streaming video pioneer invests heavily in production of original shows and content acquisition… Continue Reading
This research report was produced by The REIT Forum with assistance from Big Dog Investments. We have several buy ratings today from REITs. Two come from common stocks and four come from preferred shares. Enjoy! Arlington Asset Investment Corporation Arlington… Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – A global money-laundering watchdog said on Friday that cryptocurrency exchanges and other firms should be regulated or licensed to prevent digital money being used for money laundering and the financing of terrorism. FILE PHOTO: A cryptocurrency mining… Continue Reading
BANGALORE (Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s Indian operation drew attention in a surge of international subscribers in the third quarter, but it faces fierce competition and a difficult cultural conundrum to make inroads with the country’s more than one billion TV… Continue Reading
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s nascent high tech industry have caused a Russian microchip company significant financial woes and delayed the launch of an initiative meant to produce substitutes for Western products, the firm’s owner said. FILE PHOTO:… Continue Reading
Facebook‘s ongoing crusade against election-related abuse of its platform will involve the removal of some (but not all) disinformation that’s designed to suppress voting. The company told Reuters that it would ban false information about voting requirements. It will also… Continue Reading
However, there is one compliment that you should offer to any boss, regardless of whether they’re a raging narcissist or a brilliant coach or anything in-between. That compliment is: “I like working here.” That sentence is a compliment when it… Continue Reading
Here’s what I’m reading today: It’s been a challenging year for Florida: Hurricane Irma in 2017, then red tide and green algae, and now the devastating, still unfolding story of Hurricane Michael. The human toll and wide-spread damage from Michael… Continue Reading
With the exception of President Trump’s legal team, no one has been watching the Mueller investigation more closely than Garrett Graff. Graff, a historian and journalist, wrote the book on Robert Mueller (literally), has interviewed him probably more than any… Continue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Technologies Engineering has won a S$7.5 million ($5.5 million) contract for the trial of a smart lamp-post project in Singapore, which includes fitting sensors and cameras to posts in the city-state, according to the government’s official… Continue Reading
Facebook is continuing its quest to prevent propaganda and fake news from spreading in prelude to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. The social networking giant said in a blog post on Thursday that it is removing 559 pages—the public profiles… Continue Reading
Microsoft wants to make peace with Linux, saying this week that it will allow more than 2,600 other companies, including longtime rivals like Google and IBM, to use the technology behind 60,000 Microsoft patents for their own Linux-related open source… Continue Reading
Why are so many companies (i.e. so many top executives) embracing a strategy that’s so obviously unproductive and which employees almost universally dislike? I originally assumed the continued growth of open plan offices (now around 70% of all offices in the U.S.)… Continue Reading
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Data privacy rules in Asia are limiting the spread of financial technology, an industry body said on Thursday, calling on regulators to set out broad principles rather than precise rules. FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows… Continue Reading
For years we’ve known more about Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriends (I’m lookin’ at you, John Mayer!) and posse than her politics. But apparently, the 28-year-old superstar has had enough, because on Sunday she broke her longstanding silence about politics and brought… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has been slow to protect major weapon systems from cyber attacks and routinely found critical vulnerabilities that hackers could potentially exploit in those systems, a federal government report said on Tuesday. The U.S. Government Accountability… Continue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is investing in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab as part of a partnership that the two companies said will allow them to collaborate on technology projects, including big data and artificial intelligence. FILE PHOTO: A… Continue Reading
Like most startups Box, the San Francisco business software company, was only a handful of people when it was started by CEO Aaron Levie and his three co-founders in 2005. Today, it has almost 2,000 people on the payroll. Levie… Continue Reading
The sales intelligence firm Apollo sent a notice to its customers last week disclosing a data breach it suffered over the summer. “On discovery, we took immediate steps to remediate our systems and confirmed the issue could not lead to… Continue Reading
Written by Nathaniel E. Baker, Seeking Alpha editor and contributor. AT&T Inc. (T) shares appear to have recovered from a Time Warner (NYSE:TWX)-induced bottom, rallying more than 10% since setting a 52-week low in July. The merger has effectively been… Continue Reading
Since the advent of Donald Trump’s candidacy, there’s been a ton of focus on botnets and sockpuppets—automated and semiautomated social media accounts that use disinformation to manipulate public opinion. But the spotlight on bots has overshadowed the importance of the… Continue Reading
In 2001, a 25-year-old unemployed college dropout named Bram Cohen crafted an elegant protocol for moving data around the internet. Titanic numbers of pirated songs and movies, and countless lawsuits, later, he’s putting the finishing touches on what he hopes… Continue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The technology sector appears to be doing just fine on Wall Street a week after it lost two of its highest-profile components to a newly christened communication services group. FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is seen… Continue Reading
The news of Tesla CEO Elon Musk settling with U.S. financial regulators sent the company’s stock soaring Monday morning. The electric car firm’s shares were up more than 15% in pre-market trade in the U.S., and up almost 13% in… Continue Reading
PARIS (Reuters) – Electric cars are poised to arrive en masse in European showrooms after years of hyped concept-car launches and billions in investment by automakers and suppliers. FILE PHOTO: The EQC, the first fully electric Mercedes car is shown… Continue Reading
AI is here – and it’s introducing an age of empowerment for executives. In the past decade, advances in machine learning and the growing availability of data has given leaders access to new and more detailed information, alongside a tool… Continue Reading
Kevin Hart shared his hard-earned lessons on a recent Oprah Masterclass podcast. He kept banging his head against the wall until people began stealing his work – literally. Then he found success. People don’t care how they get your knowledge… Continue Reading
BEIJING (Reuters) – Profit growth at China’s industrial firms slowed to a five-month low in August, fanning concerns about faltering domestic demand in the world’s second-largest economy as escalating trade frictions with the United States cloud its outlook. FILE PHOTO:… Continue Reading