Parallel18, the accelerator from Puerto Rico, provides funding for 39 startups impacted by COVID-19

5 years ago

The economic reverberations of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus are still not yet fully understood. The OECD in September…

‘Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues’: DHS acting secretary

5 years ago

"Twitter is sabotaging public discourse regarding important national and homeland security issues," writes the Department of Homeland Security acting secretary…

DARPA to ‘exploit social media, messaging & blog data’ to track geopolitical influence campaigns

5 years ago

The power to monitor, track, and potentially quash online campaigns before they become popular is getting a whole lot easier.…

Human API raises $20M so you can share your health data with institutions you trust, spurring innovation

5 years ago

The rise of wearable technology has made it possible to constantly track everything from your blood pressure and heart rate…

Facebook ‘relied heavily on FBI’ briefings before trying to prevent NY Post story from ‘spreading wildly’: Zuckerberg

5 years ago

Facebook took its cue from the FBI before it decided to limit the distribution of the NY Post's "smoking gun"…

Twitter censored the NY Post for ‘showing direct material’ to back up claims, violated hacked materials policy: Dorsey

5 years ago

Facing a grilling in the Senate, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies that Twitter censored the New York Post for "showing…

Senate is hovering over Twitter & Facebook: Dorsey, Zuckerberg to both testify before & after election

5 years ago

Two Senate committees are hovering over two big tech targets, with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey…

The psychology of conspiracy theory beliefs (podcast)

5 years ago

To understand why conspiracy theories receive such strong support from groups of people across the world, we are joined by…

Conflicts of interest with Facebook censorship, the Atlantic Council, Burisma & politics: perspective

5 years ago

While receiving nearly half a million dollars from Burisma, the Atlantic Council partnered with Facebook to monitor election misinformation. Then,…

Pentagon wants autonomous surveillance vehicles that can distinguish friend from foe in urban areas

5 years ago

Soldiers operating in urban environments have to make quick decisions when assessing whether someone means to do them harm or…

Fintech startups to pitch leading media at Connect: Fintech

5 years ago

Amid the global economic squeeze caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, financial technology companies or “fintechs” are facing challenges including dwindling…

Founded: Female tech leaders steal the limelight in inspiring Google-backed podcast

5 years ago

There are moments when the winding road of life is shrouded in a thick blanket of mist, blurring our vision…

DOJ smacks Google with antitrust lawsuit

5 years ago

Today, the Department of Justice smacks Google with an antitrust lawsuit that claims the big tech giant engages in anticompetitive…

Senate Judiciary Committee considers subpoenas for Facebook, Twitter CEOs over censoring NY Post

5 years ago

The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

Natl critical & emerging tech strategy aims to beat China with American innovation, democratic values

5 years ago

The White House unveils a national strategy that promotes American innovation and democratic values while protecting its critical and emerging…

Cancel Culture: A digital witch hunt (podcast)

5 years ago

In this episode, we discuss the positive and negative use case of Cancel Culture, how innocent citizens have been impacted…

A lesson on resilience: What the Canadian SaaS industry learned during the pandemic

5 years ago

The pandemic hit Canadian SaaS funding hard. SaaS companies have raised one fifth of 2019 numbers so far this year,…

‘Censor social media content & harvest data from banned accounts’: House Intel witnesses testify on combating misinformation

5 years ago

Expert witnesses tell the House Intelligence Committee how to best combat "misinformation" online with more content restriction on social media…

Pentagon boosts hypersonics investments to counter long-range precision fires from China & Russia: Defense Sec

5 years ago

The Pentagon is increasing investments into hypersonic weapons to counter precision long-range fires and other a-symmetric capabilities coming from China…

Online censorship is toppling statues that haven’t been built yet: op-ed

5 years ago

To the victors go the spoils, they say, but in the siege of online censorship over freedom of thought, the…