TikTok Can Track Users’ Every Tap As They Visit Other Sites Through iOS App, New Research Shows
By: The Guardian August 24, 2022 TikTok has the ability to track every tap of your screen while you browse in its iOS app, including typed passwords and clicked links, according to new research by software engineer Felix Krause. In-app browsing refers to any activity on third-party sites that open in the app, rather than […]
Amazon Keeps Growing, And So Does Its Cache Of Data On You
By: AP August 23, 2022 From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere. And it appears the company doesn’t want to halt its reach anytime soon. In recent weeks, Amazon has said it will spend billions of dollars in two gigantic acquisitions […]
A Teen’s Journey Into The Internet’s Darkness And Back Again
By: NY Times August 22, 2022 Puberty hit C early — in the fourth grade — and hard: acne, breasts, attention, humiliation. C found refuge in the internet. Every night, often well past midnight, C lay in bed with an iPod Touch they received from their grandparents as a 10th birthday gift. (C, who […]
‘It’s A Modern-Day Facebook’ – How BeReal Became Gen Z’s Favourite App
By: The Guardian August 21, 2022 Instagram, please stop trying to be TikTok.” App users including Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner shared this plea last month when Instagram trialled changes that flooded users’ feeds with short-form videos called “reels” and content uploaded by strangers. They were reacting to Instagram’s attempt to wrest Gen Z eyeballs away […]
Should Companies Track Workers With Monitoring Technology?
By: The Wallstreet Journal August 20, 2022 Since the start of the remote-working surge, employers have had a nagging concern: Just how much are employees really accomplishing at home? To answer that, more companies are turning to worker-monitoring technology, which can reveal when employees step away from their computers, what websites they visit and how […]
Federal Reserve Officials See Inflation Staying ‘Uncomfortably High.’
By: NY Times August 17, 2022 Federal Reserve officials viewed their efforts to tame inflation as beginning to have an effect, according to the minutes of their meeting in July, but they also remained committed to further raising interest rates as prices stay too high for comfort. Fed policymakers in recent months have become […]
Artificial Intelligence Use Poses An ESG Headache For Global Financial Industry
By: Thomson Reuters August 15, 2022 Artificial intelligence (AI) is often touted as the cure-all for financial services firms’ ability to deal with the looming data onslaught stemming from environmental, social & governance (ESG) regulation. Yet ESG also poses an existential threat to the financial services industry’s use of AI The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation has required […]
Proposals to Undo Corporate E.S.G. Policies Fall Flat With Shareholders.
By: The New York Times Date: August 11, 2022 As primaries for a bitter midterm election begin, the political fight over environmental, social and governance investing continues in corporate America. And while several high-profile politicians have condemned the so-called E.S.G. approach — including two potential 2024 presidential candidates, Mike Pence and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida — […]
Make Room, Bellhops: Robots and AI May Soon Predict What Guests Want
By: The Washington Post August 11, 2022 Imagine this: You’ve been heads down at work for several weeks when suddenly you hear a ping. You’ve received an email suggesting you’re overdue for a vacation and are presented a list of resorts in the very cities you want to visit. So you book a trip. […]