I’d only been CEO of IBM for a year and a half when something happens that would change the nature of the global tech industry. In June 2013, an intelligence contractor named Edward Snowden leaks classified government documents to the Washington Post and the Guardian newspapers. The documents state that the U.S. government has been collecting data from several tech companies to track people potentially connected to terrorism. The surveillance program, called PRISM, conducts broad sweep
TikTok’s long-simmering (and once-boiling) dispute with U.S. authorities may be coming to a head. The White House, citing national security concerns, is now considering a nationwide ban of the video-sharing app if TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, cannot be convinced to divest of it. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is testifying before Congress today, hoping to beat back a growing consensus among U.S. lawmakers that the platform must break its Chinese ties or be banned.
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An individual traveling with false documents who is suspected of being cryptocurrency fugitive Do Kwon has been arrested in the Balkan country of Montenegro, according to a Twitter post from Montenegro’s minister of the interior.
Kwon, a South Korean national, is the founder of the failed crypto stablecoin Terra and its sister token, Luna, which imploded spectacularly last spring, wiping out close to $60 billion in investor funds and sending the crypto market spiraling into w
Shares of the payments company Block were in free fall Thursday, after a short seller accused the Jack Dorsey-run business of fraud.
Hindenburg Research, a respected short seller, said Block (formerly known as Square) allowed criminal activity to operate and flourish by taking a “Wild West” approach to compliance, which “made it easy for bad actors to mass-create accounts for identity fraud and other scams, then extract stolen funds quickly.”
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Give Shou Zi Chew credit for one thing. During his testimony before House lawmakers Thursday, the TikTok CEO managed to do something no politician or pundit has been able to achieve in decades: Bridge the political gap.
“You have unified Republicans and Democrats and if only for a day, we’re actually unified because we have serious concerns,” Texas Rep. August Pfluger, a Republican, told the social media executive, underlining the grave concerns both parties exp
This week, Deloitte released a forecast on the potential for growth within the space industry. The report, which pairs market data with a survey of space industry leaders, is intended to give execs in other industries the background they need to incorporate space into their businesses.
Bottom line upfront
“For space to grow, and fulfill the promise of all of these forecasts…it’s going to take other Fortune 500 companies und
Instacart is taking a big swing in its healthy food initiative.
The grocery delivery platform announced today a handful of new offerings alongside with the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities Kickoff event.
As part of its ongoing “Instacart Health” project, the company is now offering a product suite for medical providers that gives health systems and hospitals digital tools to promote more nutritional choices. Health providers c
If your laptop isn’t being flecked with olive oil spatter during a decathlon of online cooking classes, you’re probably doing something wrong. Of course, you’re probably doing something wrong anyway. That’s just the nature of this journey.
After a couple of weeks using YesChef, my laptop was once again in shambles. Shiny smudges on the trackpad. Crusty texture on the keys. And yes, greasy Jackson Pollock oil droplets—the kind that need to be scrape
Like a sucker, I sat down to write a YouTube-themed column and ended up spending two hours on YouTube before I got around to writing the column. Let’s chalk it up to “research,” shall we?
If you use a Chrome-based web browser to get your daily YouTube fix, here are some excellent extensions to improve your video watching.
Send songs to Spotify in a single click
So you’ve stumbled across the YouTube video for a song you absolutely, positively
We’ve all experienced identity fraud in some way. At some point in your life, somebody has tried to be you. It’s hardly the sincerest form of flattery—more like a huge headache.
The term identity fraud dates back almost 60 years. Back then, it was less prevalent (not less dangerous) because it was done manually. Think of someone splicing a photo into a stolen passport.
Digital fraud is vastly more sophisticated—and commonplace. Even the most pri