FCC proposes stricter requirements for reporting data breaches
The Federal Communications Commission is the next US regulator hoping to hold companies more accountable for data breaches. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has shared a rulemaking proposal that would introduce stricter requirements for data breach reporting. Most notably, the new rules would require
Magic Leap grants healthcare startups access to its new AR headset ahead of mid-2022 release
Ahead of a planned enterprise release later this year, Magic Leap has provided a group of healthcare companies with early access to its second-generation augmented reality headset. One of the companies, SentiAR, offers software that allows doctors to see a 3D model of a patient's heart while th
Google offers not to put News Showcase into search results in Germany as antitrust probe rolls on
In the latest bit of regulatory woe for Big Tech in Europe, Google is trying to settle a German antitrust investigation into its news licensing product by offering not to expand the display of News Showcase “story panels” into general search results.
The German Federal Cartel Office (FC
Tupu.io wants to help women thrive in tech jobs through mentorship
Monica Sarbu, co-founder and CEO at Xata.io, has more than 15 years of experience working at tech companies. She never had a mentor to help her navigate her way inside the organizations where she worked, but she saw how some women and other historically underrepresented people struggled to find the
Second Amazon warehouse union vote planned for next month via mail-in ballot
The National Labor Relations Board today issued an announcement detailing plans for a second vote among Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama warehouse employees. The planned follow-up would be conducted via USPS mail-in ballots, which will be mailed out February 4 and counted March 28.
Late last year, th
India to own 35.8% in Vodafone Idea after conversion of dues
Vodafone Idea said on Tuesday it is giving the Indian government a 35.8% stake in the company after its board approved conversion of dues and spectrum auction installments into equity to save the third-largest telecom operator in the country from collapsing.
The operator, a joint venture between th
Daily Crunch: Take-Two Interactive will buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7B
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The biggest news from CES 2022
Be it virtual, in-person or some mix of the two, CES is a beast. How could you keep up with all of the news flooding out of the show? You can’t, really. The big outlets each put a small army on CES coverage and only really scratch the surface.
With that in mind, and with CES 2022 now wrapped,
Gillmor Gang: State Your Name
Here we go with the last show of 2021, recorded in mid-December. It was Frank Radice's last show from New York before he returned to London. It was nice to bid the year goodbye, but we were careful not to say good riddance like we did in 2020. It was nice to feel good about the Zoom-connected
The end of the demo day, dilution and other startup accelerator resolutions
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Apple’s biggest scandal of 2022 is already happening
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I’ve taken the last few weeks to unwind and ensure that my 2022 hot takes are as scorching as possible, or at least as prescient as possible. This week, we’re talking about what I’m sure could be one of Apple’s biggest scand
What’s left to learn from Theranos? Have friends.
Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud trial has been the talk of the town (both in Silicon Valley and, you know, on Twitter). The four-month trial was so popular that the journalists who covered it had to wake up at 3 A.M. to make sure they could get a seat in the courtroom and do their jobs. Too many curi
Daily Crunch: Avataar raises $45M Series B to improve 3D e-commerce product visualizations
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VR and AR continue to simmer at CES 2022
It has somehow, inexplicably, impossibly been almost 10 years since the original Oculus Rift hit Kickstarter.
A decade of development later, VR headsets have gotten better and better — but it’s safe to say, at this point, that VR’s adoption will be … gradual. If we’re all dest