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Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital brings in $1B
It’s a good week to be Josh Kushner, venture capitalist, founder of the health insurance unicorn Oscar, brother to President Donald…
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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to flag trust and humanity in major privacy speech
Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to endorse the idea of a “comprehensive federal privacy law” for the U.S. in…
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Facebook is reportedly shopping around for a cybersecurity firm
Facebook’s had a bad year handling user data and securing its systems. Now, according to The Information, the company…
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Germany wants a global ‘minimum tax’ for tech giants’ revenue
Tensions between the EU and US tech giants are increasing as the union tries to find ways to regulate…
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A Twitter employee groomed by the Saudi government prompted 2015 state-sponsored hacking warning
An explosive report in The New York Times this weekend sheds new light on the apparent targeting of Twitter accounts…
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New ‘Dark Ads’ pro-Brexit Facebook campaign may have reached over 10M people, say researchers
A major new campaign of disinformation around Brexit, designed to stir up U.K. ‘Leave’ voters, and distributed via Facebook, may…
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Smart home makers hoard your data, but won’t say if the police come for it
A decade ago, it was almost inconceivable that nearly every household item could be hooked up to the internet. These…
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