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| Sep 29, 2022 | Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech | In sub-Saharan Africa, only 33% of the urban population has access to public transportation, compared to 75% in Europe and North America, according to UN statistics. That means that most of the continent faces challenges chasing new job opp... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Big Tech and the Right to Know | Transparency of Big Tech firms is important so users can operate in a predictable environment, and know the possibilities and limits on their behaviour online, with clarity on terms of services and content moderation decisions
Today, Sept. ... |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Taken: Greed in the Dutch youth care sector and the painful situations it leaves behind | Jamie Faber | Taken
My child was illegally taken from me”
— Jamie Faber
AMSTERDAM, NORTH HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, September 20, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ --
In 2018, the Netherlands was shocked by the news that the Dutch Tax and Customs Admi... |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Africa: As Ether Adopts Energy-Saving 'Merge', Will Bitcoin Follow? | Los Angeles — Ethereum's imminent shift to the 'proof-of-stake' method looks set to intensify climate pressure on cryptocurrency leader bitcoin
No. 2 cryptocurrency to adopt energy-saving protocol
'The merge' could cut ethereum's power use ... |
| Sep 5, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Prebunking: How to Build Resilience Against Online Misinformation | Rather than debunking misinformation after it's already spread, prebunking - or preemptive debunking - is effective at reducing susceptibility to misinformation at scale.
The spread of misinformation continues to pose a significant challeng... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | South African Tech Entrepreneurs Tackle Digital Divide in Townships | Improved internet access, online literacy and new technology tools such as apps for informal traders are helping the poorest
Tech education taken to South Africa's townships
WiFi access and apps could boost informal economy
But technology a... |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Cameroon: For Refugees in Cameroon, Digital IDs Are a Life Changer | YAOUNDE — Central African refugees can access education, healthcare and banking with identity cards, but data privacy is vital, say experts
Trial gives IDs to refugees from Central African Republic
Cards allow access to education, jobs and ... |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Acer Shares Earthion Sustainability Mission Milestones on Acer Green Day | Acer calls on more partners and suppliers to join its Earthion mission and amplify the positive impacts on the environment
Acer extends CDP Supply Chain [1] to three tiers of suppliers
Innovations in smart city solutions to help lower carbo... |
| Aug 17, 2022 | South Africa: Accusing Government of Inaction, South Africans Say Apps Step in | EskomSePush alerts users to rolling blackouts while Panda provides spaces to vent their frustrations.
Power outages by Eskom lead to surge in app downloads
Apps help build community dialogue, solve problems
Digital literacy needed to protec... |
| Aug 16, 2022 | In Afghanistan, drought poses migration dilemma for villagers | Having lost his job as a police trainer after the Taliban takeover last August, Hussain Ali moved back to his village in Afghanistan’s central highlands with the intention of farming once more to provide for his family.
Yet Ali’s despair de... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Besides AI, Regulation Key to Fight Mis/Disinformation | While AI has a crucial role to play in controlling what is seen online, government regulations play an important part in determining how such methods are to be used
When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 20... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes | As awareness of global surveillance grows, more people are looking for information about the Five Eyes (FVEY), Nine Eyes, and 14 Eyes surveillance alliances. These terms often appear in the privacy community, especially when discussing priv... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Africa: Conversational AI: Africans Disproportionally Disadvantaged | Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
With about 3,000 different languages and dialects, Africans lose out when it comes to technology that is usually in English and major E... |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Start-ups eye metaverse, NFTs to solve Africa’s woes | African start-ups increasingly target unemployment and governance issues as founders digitise nation-states and marketplaces, looking to the metaverse and NFTs. Kim Harrisberg and Rina Chandran from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, however, ... |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Start-ups eye metaverse, NFTs to solve Africa’s woes | African start-ups increasingly target unemployment and governance issues as founders digitise nation-states and marketplaces, looking to the metaverse and NFTs. Kim Harrisberg and Rina Chandran from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, however, ... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Governments, Don't Shut Down the Internet | Internet shutdowns are never a proportionate measure, with disastrous consequences for virtually every economic sector, as well as end-users.
In its recent report on the damage caused by internet shutdowns, the Office of the United Nations ... |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Tanzania: Opinion - Zanzibar: Drones, Digital Mapping Speed Up Land Ownership | As authorities struggle to provide certificates of occupancy to Zanzibar's growing population, a pilot project using drones and digital mapping offers a more efficient way to provide residents with land titles
Like many dense urban areas th... |
| Jul 18, 2022 | South Africa Power Cuts Widen Digital Divide and Wealth Gaps | Johannesburg — Rolling electricity blackouts mean South Africans unable to afford data and generators struggle to study or work online
Electricity cuts interrupt learning and business
Divide grows between digital haves and have-nots
Researc... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Africa: Elon Musk and Twitter Are At War Over Bots - Here's Why They Matter | Musk has terminated his $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, citing doubts over bot info. But what are bots, and are they all bad?
When Elon Musk announced he planned to walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter last week, one of the mai... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Africa: Startups Eye Metaverse, NFTs, to Solve Africa's Economic Woes | Johanneburg — Afropolitan, a pan-African digital nation selling NFTs as passports, says it wants to solve African governance issues
Startups target unemployment and governance issues
Founders launch virtual African nation, marketplace
Criti... |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Africa: Can an EU Law Save Children From Harmful Content Online? | Brussels — The Digital Services Act will crack down on targeted ads and content to better protect children from harmful content on social media
EU law cracks down on targeted ads, promoted content
Tech firms that fail to remove illegal cont... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - As Smartphone Use Grows, Users' Trust Wanes | While mobile phone usage has grown consistently, there are also rising concerns about the risk of spam, fraud, and the lack of privacy
The smartphone is more central to our lives than ever before, but users are growing ever more fearful. It... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Kenya: Online Disinformation Stokes Tensions As Kenya Elections Near | Nairobi — Platforms like TikTok, Facebook and Twitter are failing to effectively police abusive content ahead of Kenya's high-stakes election, warn digital rights groups
TikTok, Facebook, Twitter found hosting political disinformation
Posts... |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Data Breaches Are Mounting in Africa. Here's How to Stop Them | Africa's future depends on both better data and a data governance framework to encourage innovation and better decision-making
High-quality data capable of shaping policy is increasingly available across Africa but collecting it can be chal... |
| Jun 14, 2022 | Africa: As Young Africans Push to Be Online, Data Cost Stands in the Way | Johannesburg / Accra — Nearly three-quarters of African youth see universal Wi-Fi as a human right, but sky-high data costs from Ghana to South Africa mean only one in eight can afford to be online all the time, new research shows
Sub-Sahar... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Africa: 'Local Is King' - Africa's Online Platforms Take On Silicon Valley | Durban / Cairo — From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa's innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms
African startups challenge giants like Facebook, Twitter
Innova... |
| May 25, 2022 | Africa's Mobile Money Taxes Risk Driving Poor Out of Digital Economy | Accra / Nairobi — Cash-strapped African nations are rolling out an e-levy on mobile money transactions to boost revenues, but the policy could hurt the poorest as the cost of living rises and reverse impressive gains made in boosting econom... |
| May 18, 2022 | Cryptocurrency Price Collapse Offers Hope For Slowing Climate Change – Here’s How | cryptocurrencies |
| May 16, 2022 | The End Of Roe Will Bring About A Sea Change In The Encryption Debate | With the Supreme Court poised to rip away a constitutional right that’s been the law of the land for nearly half a century by overturning Roe v. Wade, it’s time for the gloves to come off in the encryption debate. For a quarter of a century... |
| May 3, 2022 | Africa: Why Millions of Africans Are Right to Resist Mobile SIM Card Registration | Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal safeguards, especially in nations with a history of abuse by authorities
Dr Tony Roberts... |
| May 1, 2022 | One of Africa’s poorest countries adopts bitcoin as legal tender | From tax payments to everyday purchases, digital cash is becoming increasingly adopted around the world. Cryptocurrencies are shifting from the fringes of finance to the mainstream, with big investors, companies and countries moving to embr... |
| May 1, 2022 | One of Africa’s poorest countries adopts bitcoin as legal tender | From tax payments to everyday purchases, digital cash is becoming increasingly adopted around the world. Cryptocurrencies are shifting from the fringes of finance to the mainstream, with big investors, companies and countries moving to embr... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Africa: Drones to Data - Africans Turn to Healthtech | Stanley Ngwira was used to seeing mosquitoes throng the big sky over his village in Malawi, but a drone hovering above the swarms was a new sight altogether for the retired teacher.
The drones had been programmed to monitor mosquito breedin... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Africa: Opinion - Should We Stay or Should We Go? | Elon Musk's Twitter takeover raises concerns for human rights, so should activists be boycotting the social media channel, or standing firm?
Before the Elon Musk deal is even final, people are announcing their departure from Twitter. Accoun... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones in Security Clampdown | Constance Chioma calls her son every morning to check that he is safe while studying in northeast Nigeria, a region plagued by deadly attacks by Islamist insurgents and armed kidnappings.
Earlier this month, she could not get through.
She l... |
| Apr 7, 2022 | South Africa's 'Wild West' WhatsApp Groups Fuel Racism, Surveillance | Durban — From Johannesburg to Durban, community WhatsApp groups have thrived during the pandemic, but they can feed paranoia, racial profiling and vigilante surveillance, researchers say
South African crime rates among the world's highest
L... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Africa: Facebook's 'Double Standard' On Hate Speech Against Russians | Meta's decision to allow hate speech against Russians is troubling and can impact other conflict areas, say experts
Facebook's decision to allow hate speech against Russians due to the war in Ukraine breaks its own rules on incitement, and ... |
| Mar 10, 2022 | South Africa: Refugees Battle Digital Divide to Stay Documented in South Africa | Durban — Refugees and asylum seekers say challenges with renewing their permits on the country's new online system leave them at risk of deportation and harassment
Government faces a backlog of refugee applications
Many refugees struggle to... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | North Africa: Sentenced for a Selfie - Middle East Police Target LGBTQ+ Phones | WhatsApp, Grindr and Facebook were once a place that gay, bisexual and trans Arabs could find freedom. Now, their digital footprints could land them behind bars
Before Omar leaves home in the morning, he carefully uninstalls the apps on his... |
| Mar 6, 2022 | U.S. Sanctions Curb Chinese Technology Exports to Russia | Major Chinese technology companies have quietly exited Russia in the face of U.S. sanctions threats, despite Beijing’s promise of a “no limits” relationship with Russia. Chinese drone maker DJI openly announced in late April that it was sus... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Malawi: Nation Banks On Young Tech Innovators to Trump Cheap Imports | Thyolo — When Malawian engineer Ruth Mtuwa was a child, she visited a sick family member in hospital and was shocked to see that barely any of the medical equipment worked.
That realisation pushed her to want to help, leading her on the pat... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Hundreds of Salesforce employees are rebelling against the software giant's NFT plans | More than 400 Salesforce employees have signed an open letter to protest against new NFT plans.
The software giant announced plans to launch a platform where users can create and sell NFTs.
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| Feb 21, 2022 | Salesforce Faces Employee Backlash Over NFT Plans | Salesforce employees are pushing back against the company’s plan to create an NFT platform.
Salesforce announced in early February that it was working to develop its own NFT platform and NFT Cloud. Co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor told ... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Hundreds of Salesforce employees are rebelling against the software giant’s NFT plans | More than 400 Salesforce employees are protesting against the software giant’s plans to enter the NFT market. Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
More than 400 Salesforce employees have signed an open letter to protest aga... |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Salesforce NFT: Employees to QUIT if Company Launches Cloud Platform, Mixed Stand on Venture | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 18 February 2022, 09:02 pm
Salesforce's NFT ventures are still on the drawing board, but some employees threaten to leave the company if it launches its cloud platform for the tokens. The dispute is based on the c... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Big Tech consortium pressures US Supreme Court to uphold EPA regulations | The news: Big Tech companies including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla, Paypal, and Salesforce filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations.
W... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Weakest link? Why Russian gas puts Europe in a bind over Ukraine | LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Escalating tensions https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-destructive-sanctions-wouldnt-hurt-putin-personally-2022-01-26 between the West and Russia over Ukraine have raised concerns about vital Russian... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | What the Fed Thinks About CDBCs
Blockchain bucks
Energy needs
Biden’s rule
Elsewhere:
Outside CoinDesk: | A fair amount of news happened last week: The Federal Reserve announced it is still nowhere close to issuing a digital dollar and the U.S. House of Representatives held a surprisingly substantive discussion around crypto's energy impact.
Yo... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | U.S. Senate Democrats fail in bid to pass voting rights bill | January 20, 202211:03 AM UTCLast Updated ago
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| Jan 19, 2022 | U.S. Democrats set voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory | January 19, 202212:41 AM UTCLast Updated ago
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| Jan 19, 2022 | U.S. Democrats set voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory | Democrats argue the legislation, backed by civil rights groups https://www.reuters.com/world/us/family-martin-luther-king-jr-lead-washington-march-voting-rights-2022-01-17, is needed to counter a Republican-led drive to make it more difficu... |
| Jan 18, 2022 | U.S. Democrats to start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory | January 18, 202211:09 AM UTCLast Updated ago
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U.S. President Joe Biden talks with the media following Senate Democra... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | AI Surveillance Of Prison Calls Scooping Up Millions Of Conversations, Producing Little Actionable Info | There's not much privacy in prison. And there's going to be even less. Inmates are warned that all calls are monitored. How often this goal is achieved is impossible to say, but tech advances are making it a reality. Attorney-client privile... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | AI Surveillance Of Prison Calls Scooping Up Millions Of Conversations, Producing Little Actionable Info | There’s not much privacy in prison. And there’s going to be even less. Inmates are warned that all calls are monitored. How often this goal is achieved is impossible to say, but tech advances are making it a reality. Attorney-client privile... |
| Dec 18, 2021 | Белый дом считает, что Путин не принял решение по вторжению на Украину | 9K 11 1 мин. ...
Разведка США считает, что Россия серьезно рассматривает возможность нападения на Украину, сообщил помощник президента США по национальной безопасности Джейк Салливан. По мнению Вашингтона, Москва еще не приняла решение о вт... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | 'What we need is help': Relatives of Guatemalan migrants involved in deadly crash want answers | It was just four days ago that Domingo Yobani Raymundo Mateo, 18, left his small village of Chajul, an Ixil Maya community some 260 kms (160 miles) from Guatemala City, for his second attempt to reach the United States. This time, his famil... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Cyber harassment: A growing concern in the age of COVID | The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly transformed various aspects of our daily lives. With lockdown measures springing around the world, our new "normal" now relies (even) more on digital platforms. Since March 2020, global inte... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Explainer: High-tech climate solutions that could cut emissions in the long term | October 28, 202111:25 AM UTCLast Updated ago
COP26Explainer: High-tech climate solutions that could cut emissions in the long term
By Timothy Gardner
5 minute read
A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on th... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Nations nowhere close to halting ‘catastrophic’ climate change | Commitments to halt greenhouse gas emissions are currently nowhere near stopping the worst ravages of climate change in the years to come, a new report indicated on Wednesday, as world leaders prepare to haggle over what action to take and ... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Enpact and TUI Care Foundation extend Tourism Recovery Programme: Additional 100 businesses in Tunisia to receive direct support in recovering from the pandemic | The Tourism Recovery Programme extends to support entrepreneurial tourism teams in Tunisia, with 100 businesses from Tunisia joining the 315 from Egypt, Mexico, South Africa and Kenya already participating
Focus on small and medium-sized en... |
| Oct 10, 2021 | Israel’s Fiverr acquires US online learning company to offer education, training | Fiverr, an Israeli company that connects businesses with freelancers offering digital services and products, is buying a US online learning company in a bid to support professional training and education for its worldwide community of buyer... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Coinbase Goes Public in Its Fight With the SEC
A security by any other name
Biden’s rule
Elsewhere:
Beyond CoinDesk: | Coinbase might be picking a fight with the SEC over its (maybe still pending?) Lend product. While the legal/regulatory questions are interesting, the way the San Francisco-based crypto exchange is approaching this fight is what’s really ca... |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Will the Taliban Regime Survive? | Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order From Chaos.
That the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is immensely painful to the United States, NATO and many Afghans. In 2001, the U.S. overt... |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Virus-free New Zealand plans border reopening amid labour shortage | * PM Ardern to announce reopening strategy on Thursday
* Labour shortages hurting businesses, spurring inflation
* Nurses, midwives calling for better wages and conditions
WELLINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Under pressure from businesses and pub... |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Wuhan ordered its entire population of 11 million to get tested for COVID-19 after it found 3 local cases | A resident is tested for COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, on August 3, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Wuhan recorded a handful of locally-transmitted coronavirus cases on Monday.
It is testing its entire population of 11 million in response, offic... |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Kais Saied’s Power Grab in Tunisia | Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze the parliament, dismissed the prime minister and announced he will temporarily rule by decree. Flanked by military and secu... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | Remarkable videos show commuters in China stuck in waist-deep water in the subway as heavy flood hits central China, killing at least 12 | Vehicles are stranded in floodwater near Zhengzhou Railway Station, July 20, 2021. Zhu Zhe/VCG via Getty Images Subway commuters were trapped in waist-deep water as heavy rains lashed Zhengzhou city in central China. The city of 10 million ... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | EXCLUSIVE: France’s Gaïago raises $15m to scale up natural soil solutions | In a sign of soaring interest in farming practices that improve the health of soil and boost its ability to capture carbon, French startup Gaïago has secured €13 million ($15.4 million) in its first funding round. The St Malo-based company ... |
| Jul 9, 2021 | FBI to assist investigation of Haitian president’s assassination — U.S. has no plans to send troops | The U.S. is sending FBI and DHS officials to Port-au-Prince as soon as possible, the White House said.
The U.S. has no plans to send military assistance at this time, White House officials told NBC News.
The State Department told CNBC that ... |
| Jul 7, 2021 | How chatbots can help us beat Covid-19 | More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic began, we’re facing a new challenge: vaccination hesitancy, which the World Health Organization now ranks as one of the top 10 threats to global health. From the United States to Africa, troub... |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Countries that signed up for Russia's Covid-19 vaccine are complaining hardly any doses delivered | Shipping containers with Russian vaccines in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 8.
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Russia is failing to meet demand from foreign countries for its Sputnik V vaccine
It promised vast numbers of shots, competing... |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Countries that signed up for Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine are complaining that hardly any doses ever came | Shipping containers with Russian vaccines in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 8. Juan Mabromata/AFP; Getty Images
Russia is failing to meet demand from foreign countries for its Sputnik V vaccine
It promised vast numbers of shots, competing... |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Countries that signed up for Russia's COVID-19 vaccine are complaining that hardly any doses ever came | Shipping containers with Russian vaccines in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 8. Juan Mabromata/AFP; Getty Images
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Russia is failing to meet demand from foreign countries for its Sputnik V vaccine
It promised vast numbers of shots... |
| Jun 27, 2021 | YouTube blocked and then reinstated a channel documenting human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region | An Amsterdam protest against China’s treatment of the Uyghur population. Niels Wenstedt/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
YouTube blocked a channel logging abuses against the Uyghur population in China’s Xinjiang region.
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| Jun 27, 2021 | YouTube blocked and then reinstated a channel documenting human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region | YouTube blocked a channel logging abuses against the Uyghur population in China's Xinjiang region.
The channel has since been reinstated, its owner told Insider.
The videos documented testimonies from people who said their families disappea... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | How advanced analytics can help law enforcement and security organizations overcome cryptocurrency challenges | In today’s hectic news cycle, there always seems to be a new story angle that is focused on cryptocurrency. The increasingly popular digital currency’s market value recently reached $2 trillion for the first time and the Coinbase IPO was re... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Clean Cooking Alliance Releases Initial Findings of Systems Strategy | "The Clean Cooking Alliance has led the development of the Systems Strategy on behalf of the entire clean cooking ecosystem to secure commitment and mobilize collective action in this critical year and beyond.” - Dymphna van der Lans, ... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Mexico: Lopez Obrador’s party hopes for big wins in June 6 vote | Mexican voters will head to the polls on June 6 to cast their ballots in what has been called the largest election in the nation’s history, which President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is hoping will shore up support for his leftist Morena p... |
| May 24, 2021 | Post-Covid Warning: Fence Federal Regulation And Spending Before The Next Economic Shock | Does it make sense as an ongoing tenet of public policy to regard a few weeks or months of business disruption, like that characterizing the outset of Covid-19, as capable of destroying major corporations, necessitating Cyclopean-scale gove... |
| May 5, 2021 | Lyft is a 'buy' despite the slide in its share price after earnings and a regulatory overhang, 2 analysts say | Lyft got some analyst support on Wednesday after earnings with two top Wall Street analysts reiterating their bullish stances.
CFRA's Angelo Zino reiterated his "buy" rating and $75 price target citing improved pricing.
Wedbush's ... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Biden's new labor secretary says gig workers should be classified as employees | Labor Secretary Marty Walsh thinks many gig workers should be categorized as employees with health and retirement benefits, a stark reversal from the policies of the Trump administration.
The top U.S. labor official expressed his views on g... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Uber, DoorDash and other gig-economy stocks fall after US labor secretary says most gig workers should be classified as employees | US labor secretary Marty Walsh said "in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees" in an interview with Reuters on Thursday.
Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and Grubhub, along with other firms depending on the "gig e... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | China Pushing Explicitly-Biased Facial Recognition Standards And Local Tech Companies Are Pitching In To Help | Facial recognition tech is plagued by bias, most of it unintentional. That’s why it tends to perform more poorly when attempting to recognize minorities and women. Law enforcement doesn’t tend to view these problems as bugs since it, too, o... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | China Pushing Explicitly-Biased Facial Recognition Standards And Local Tech Companies Are Pitching In To Help | Facial recognition tech is plagued by bias, most of it unintentional. That's why it tends to perform more poorly when attempting to recognize minorities and women. Law enforcement doesn't tend to view these problems as bugs since it, too, o... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | CFPB begins cracking down on mortgage servicers | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is making good on its threats to police mortgage servicers.
In late January, the agency released a series of authority actions warning servicers that they need to do right by consumers who nee... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Some countries are recommending that people mix vaccine doses to avoid taking a second AstraZeneca shot amid concerns over blood clots | French Health Minister Olivier Véran, 40, getting a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on February 8. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images
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Germany and France both say that mixing two types of coronavirus vaccine can be effective.
They... |
| Apr 6, 2021 | 5 ways Amazon monitors its employees, from AI cameras to hiring a spy agency | Amazon has come under fire for some workplace practices in the past and amid a recent union effort.
We've rounded up all the tactics the company uses to track employees and contractors.
One of the factors driving pro-union sentiment, worker... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Amazon Drivers Forced to Use Biometric Monitoring or Else Lose Their Jobs: Cameras to Monitor Fatigue and Unsafe Driving | Urian B., Tech Times 24 March 2021, 12:03 am
(Photo : Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website) Amazon Drivers Forced to Consent to Biometric Monitoring or Lose Their Jobs: Cameras Will Be Used to Monitor Fatigue and Unsafe Driving
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| Mar 23, 2021 | Amazon is using new AI-powered cameras in delivery trucks that can sense when drivers yawn. Here's how they work. | Amazon has installed AI-equipped camera systems in all of its delivery vehicles.
The Netradyne system can be triggered by a yawn or a speeding.
The new system has sparked some backlash from workers.
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| Mar 23, 2021 | Amazon drivers must sign ‘biometric consent’ form or lose jobs: report | More On: amazon
Score up to 30% off select nail brands on Amazon for Mani-Pedi day Wildly popular former punter in discussions with Amazon for ‘Thursday Night Football’ Austin Whole Foods unveils pay-by-palm service for grocery shoppers Ben... |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Amazon drivers must sign ‘biometric consent’ form or lose jobs: report | More On: amazon
FTC accuses Big Tech of using merger ‘loopholes’ to dodge antitrust scrutiny Amazon’s senseless bid to bury my exposé of Black Lives Matter Amazon brings palm-swiping tech to Red Rocks concert venue Amazon boosts starting ho... |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Amazon is using new AI-powered cameras in delivery trucks that can sense when drivers yawn. Here’s how they work. | Amazon has installed AI-equipped camera systems in all of its delivery vehicles.
The Netradyne system can be triggered by a yawn or a speeding.
The new system has sparked some backlash from workers.
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| Mar 20, 2021 | Amazon driver quits, saying the final straw was the company's new AI-powered truck cameras that can sense when workers yawn or don't use a seatbelt | The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to a former Amazon driver who quit the company.
He said he left after Amazon installed AI-powered cameras in delivery vehicles.
The decision to surveil employees has raised questions about workers' priva... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Amazon driver quits, saying the final straw was the company’s new AI-powered truck cameras that can sense when workers yawn or don’t use a seatbelt | The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to a former Amazon driver who quit the company.
He said he left after Amazon installed AI-powered cameras in delivery vehicles.
The decision to surveil employees has raised questions about workers’ priva... |
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| Mar 1, 2021 | Women finance firm directors earn 66% less than men in UK, study finds | LONDON, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Female directors at Britain's biggest financial services firms earn 66% less than their male counterparts on average, research showed on Monday, despite a rise in the number of women on company... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Preventing Female Genital Mutilation | UNICEF works with governments, civil society groups, teachers, health workers, religious leaders and local elders to end the cruel practice of FGM around the world. |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Money should flow like water … but should water be like money? | This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to get it free in your inbox.
This week marks a dubious milestone for the finance industry: Monday was the fir... |
| Dec 4, 2020 | 10 Actions Climate Envoy John Kerry Can Take To Win The Climate War | 24 Nov: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks after being introduced by ... [+] President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. AGetty Images |
