Can tech companies do more to stop terrorism?
British officials renewed demands this week for stricter regulation of the software industry to prevent the online services they develop from becoming a harbor for terrorists. “We cannot allow this...
View ArticleFinancial product firms bank on Internet biggies for a leg up
“An important focus area is payments for schemes such as insurance, credit lines and others,” a source said. Apart from financial technology startups, the online marketplace will also be collaborating...
View ArticleIsolation by the West fuels a tech startup boom in Iran
Mostafa Meisami has given up on the farming life, trading his old job raising cattle for a better-paying gig ferrying commuters through the notoriously traffic-clogged streets of the Iranian capital...
View ArticleFinTech Australia just cleaned out its board, and appointed six new directors
Business Insider Australia is the Australian edition of the world’s fastest-growing business news website, Business Insider. Industry body FinTech Australia has appointed six new members to its board,...
View ArticleDubai Financial Services Authority Launches Innovation Testing Licence For...
has today announced that it will allow financial technology (FinTech) firms to apply for a class of financial services licence referred to as an Innovation Testing Licence (ITL). This initiative...
View ArticleEmbattled NMS Healthcare of Hagerstown closing
NMS Healthcare of Hagerstown, a 206-bed facility mired in controversy over patient care and alleged noncompliance with Medicare requirements, announced Tuesday that it is closing. The closure of the...
View ArticleHealthcare Assistive Robot Market Poised to surpass $950 Million by 2024
HONDA Motor, Cyberdyne Inc., KUKA Robot Group, Hansen Medical, Bionik Laboratories Corp., Hocoma, Ekso Bionics, ReWalk Robotics, Inc., GaitTronics, and Kinova Robotics are the noteworthy players in...
View ArticleUber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe
The housecleaning at Uber Technologies Inc. is just getting under way. Uber fired more than 20 people after a company-wide investigation into harassment claims and hired at least two high-profile...
View ArticleSWU Phinma graduate tops dentistry board
CEBU, Philippines – A graduate of the Southwestern University (SWU) Phinma landed in the top 10 of the recent licensure examination for dentists. With a rating of 83.03 percent, Gino Arvin Baguio...
View ArticleMitch McConnell promises healthcare vote ‘in the near future’
Senate Republicans say they will vote on legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare “in the near future,” after he shared a draft healthcare reform bill with the GOP conference on Tuesday. “We are...
View ArticleY Combinator will accept 10,000 startups to prove there’s nothing magical...
Y Combinator was a heretic among venture capitalists when it backed its first eight companies in 2005. Co-founder Paul Graham later wrote that his philosophy was that “investors should be making more,...
View ArticleCalifornia’s boondoggle of a healthcare bill needs to be stopped
Are you ready for California to double your taxes? What about triple or quadruple them? A bill making its way through the state Legislature could push tax rates up beyond imagination, making us tax...
View ArticlePinterest is now valued at $12 billion after raising another $150 million in...
Pinterest has raised $150 million in funding from existing investors at a $12.3 billion valuation, the company said on Tuesday. The round was based on Pinterest’s share price from two years ago,...
View ArticleThe Apple exec who stole the show at WWDC 2016 explains why she will now be...
Uber wants people to like it more, and it has poached one of Apple’s marketing stars to help fix its battered image. On Tuesday, Uber announced it had hired Bozoma Saint John, the head of consumer...
View ArticleWhite House looking for healthcare vote this summer, tax reform in fall
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a healthcare listening session with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price at the White House in Washington Thomson Reuters By Ayesha Rascoe...
View ArticleTHE INSURTECH REPORT: How financial technology firms are helping — and...
The global insurance industry is worth nearly $5 trillion, and insurance companies are at risk of losing a share of this valuable market to new entrants. That’s because these legacy players have been...
View ArticleFacebook inserts itself into politics with new tools that help elected...
Facebook this year has launched a number of features that make it easier for people to reach their government representatives on its social network, including “Town Hall,” and related integrations with...
View ArticleVR, video games and music will power entertainment and media growth through...
The U.S. entertainment and media business is expected to see modest-to-slow growth over the next five years, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report singles out traditional...
View ArticleSenate Hopes To Pass Healthcare Reform Bill in June
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hoping to put a healthcare bill up for voting in June. Image courtesy of J. Scott Applewhite, AP. The Senate is aiming to pass a healthcare reform bill in the...
View ArticleNew leak claims to reveal final iPhone 8 and iPhone 7s Plus designs
With Apple’s big WWDC 2017 keynote and the unveiling of iOS 11 now behind us, attention is quickly turning back to the most hotly anticipated launch of the year. That’s right, Apple’s next-generation...
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