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UK watchdog has eyes on Google-DeepMind’s health app hand-off

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Children are being “datafied” before we’ve understood the risks, report warns

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Xiaomi is opening a retail store in London as it extends its Europe push

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Facebook is facing an EU data probe over fake ads

by Holy Shit November 7, 2018, 11:22 am
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Facebook must change and policymakers must act on data, warns UK watchdog

by Holy Shit November 6, 2018, 11:43 am
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UK to probe fairness of personalized pricing practices in online retail

by Holy Shit November 5, 2018, 5:49 am
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China’s Youon expands into Europe as other bike startups backpedal worldwide

by Holy Shit October 31, 2018, 9:20 pm
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Zuckerberg gets joint summons from UK and Canadian parliaments

by Holy Shit October 31, 2018, 8:17 am
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Social commerce startup Goxip lands $1.4M investment to add flexible payments

by Holy Shit October 29, 2018, 9:11 pm
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UK watchdog hands Facebook maximum $500K fine over Cambridge Analytica data breach

by Holy Shit October 25, 2018, 5:31 am
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Fake news ‘threat to democracy’ report gets back-burner response from UK gov’t

by Holy Shit October 23, 2018, 12:25 am
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Jane.VC, a new fund for female entrepreneurs, wants founders to cold email them

by Holy Shit October 19, 2018, 1:00 am
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Call for social media adtech to be probed by UK competition watchdog

by Holy Shit October 18, 2018, 11:57 am