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Global Leaders Want Global Oversight Of Big Tech
Global Leaders Want Global Oversight Of Big Tech
January 24, 2019  |  Regulation

World leaders from countries including Japan, South Africa, China, and Germany said there should be global oversight of the technology industry, underscoring the interest internationally...

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Visa, Yelp Pair On SMB Advertising
Visa, Yelp Pair On SMB Advertising
January 24, 2019  |  News

Visa and Yelp are pairing on an advertising initiative for U.S.-based small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), eyeing increased presence on the latter’s local search service....

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Google Disputes $57M EU GDPR Fine
Google Disputes $57M EU GDPR Fine
January 24, 2019  |  Google

Google has decided to dispute the €50 million fine handed down by French privacy regulators for allegedly failing to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation...

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Walmart Tests New Payments Approach To Up Online Conversions
Walmart Tests New Payments Approach To Up Online Conversions
January 24, 2019  |  eCommerce

Walmart is testing out a new solution designed to automatically address soft declines on its eCommerce site. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details
Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details
January 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Data and analytics company Ascension has suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of the country’s biggest...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple, Chinese University Debut Blockchain Scholarship; UK Reg Drafts Crypto Assets Guidance
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple, Chinese University Debut Blockchain Scholarship; UK Reg Drafts Crypto Assets Guidance
January 24, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The Institute for FinTech Research at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (THUIFR) has unveiled a blockchain scholarship program with Ripple’s help, Cointelegraph reported.  Through the program, graduate students...

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Travel Startup Uplift Raises $123 Million
Travel Startup Uplift Raises $123 Million
January 23, 2019  |  Investments

Travel startup Uplift has raised $123 million in a Series C funding round, according to a report in TechCrunch. The company’s CEO, Brian Barth, previously...

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Amazon Debuts Autonomous Delivery Robot
Amazon Debuts Autonomous Delivery Robot
January 23, 2019  |  Amazon Profile

Amazon has a brand-new product that will deliver packages right to consumers’ doors. Named Scout, it’s a robot on six wheels about the size of...

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Ex-Barclays Execs Accused Of Concealing £322 In Qatar Fees
Ex-Barclays Execs Accused Of Concealing £322 In Qatar Fees
January 23, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Four former high-ranking bank officials at Barclays have been accused of hiding 322 million pounds ($420 million) in payments to Qatar in exchange for investing...

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