Protesters in San Francisco have blocked streets with electric scooters and let off smoke bombs, in a demonstration aimed at the city’s handling of its large tech companies compared with the poor.…
Alibaba Heads Investment in Israel’s SQream DB
Alibaba has spearheaded a Series B funding round in Israeli company SQream DB, marking its first major investment in the Middle Eastern nation. The round, totaling $26.4 million, also included Hanaco Venture…
Is Elon Musk a Danger to the Free Press?
Elon Musk is at it again. The multi-billionaire Tesla and SpaceX chief has cleaved Twitter by suggesting that the mainstream media needs a fact-checker – and he wants to run it. Musk’s…
On GDPR Eve, Tech Prepares for a Legal Storm
First the good news: from Friday you will receive no more faux-cheery ‘We Are Updating Our Privacy Policy’ emails. Tomorrow is GDPR Day, when Europe’s General Data Protection comes into force. It…
Digital Fineprint CEO Erik Abrahamsson: “Rejection is Part of the Journey”
Erik Abrahamsson is the founder and CEO of Digital Fineprint, a London-based startup using social data to supercharge insurance providers. An alumnus of Twitter, Rocket Internet and Proctor & Gamble, Abrahamsson speaks…
The Top 5 Apps for Journalists
Privacy, fake news, failing print media sales, terrorism, violent governments: it has rarely been more difficult a time to be a journalist than it is now. Thankfully there is a smorgasbord of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Takes Swing at Data Privacy Flaws, Urges “Fearlessness”
Apple chief executive Tim Cook spoke at Duke University’s commencement ceremony yesterday. While he offered students some typically utopian-sounding Silicon Valley advice, Cook had less kind words for fellow tech giants treading…
Alibaba Makes Pakistan e-Commerce Play with Daraz Acquisition
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has made a big play for the South Asian e-commerce market, with its acquisition of Rocket Internet-owned Pakistani platform Daraz. The Karachi-based firm, founded in 2012, operates in…
As May Day Arrives, will Silicon Valley’s Workers Unite?
May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is not well observed in the United States. But it is, in fact, an American invention – adopted as a result of the Haymarket…
Brussels Shows Up America’s Toothless Big Tech Reaction
Last month, as Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from US senators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, took the microphone. “I’m a proud member of Facebook,” the…