Qualcomm expects to make $4.5 billion from Apple settlement Jon Fingas @jonfingas The costs of Apple’s truce with Qualcomm are now much clearer. Qualcomm now estimates that it will pull in revenue between $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion from the settlement in the third quarter of the year, including both the one-time payment from Apple … Continue reading Apple and Ericsson call truce in years-long fight over cellular patents
Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud Machine learning is streamlining traditional, rules-based money laundering investigations. A. Tarantola @terrortola DBS Bank: AI-Driven Transaction Surveillance Yes, robots are coming to take our jobs. That’s a good thing, we should be happy they are because those jobs they’re taking … Continue reading How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud
How to Celebrate Fight Procrastination Day Calendar / 09 Sep 2022 Did you know that September 6 was Fight Procrastination Day? If not, mark it on your calendar. Why? It offers you an opportunity to tackle your procrastination issues. I know what you’re thinking. You’re not lazy. After all, you’re always doing something. Here’s the … Continue reading How to Celebrate Fight Procrastination Day
By Sam Becker August 19, 2022 You may be accustomed to Venmoing your friends to split a check at dinner. But what about using Venmo or Zelle to pay for a soda at a convenience store? Some merchants may ask you to do just that. But know that if you opt to whip … Continue reading Venmo, Zelle, Visa, Mastercard, and you: The fiery fight over the future of swipe fees
Ad Industry Prepares To Fight Potential FTC Privacy Rules by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, August 11, 2022 Almost one year ago, the watchdog Accountable Tech urged the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules that could outlaw “surveillance advertising,” loosely defined as serving ads to people based on their activities across websites and apps. On … Continue reading Ad Industry Prepares To Fight Potential FTC Privacy Rules
By Clint Rainey July 27, 2022 Workers behind an unprecedented union drive at Wells Fargo are now trying to enlist congressional allies in their battle. Though employees have been trying to unionize America’s third-largest bank for years, a renewed push began several months ago. This time it’s been galvanized by support from the Committee for … Continue reading Wells Fargo won’t commit to union neutrality, and bank employees are preparing for an ugly fight
Activision Blizzard recruits a new chief diversity officer amid harassment scandal Kristen Hines will be tasked with helping to increase the number of women and non-binary workers at the company. K. Holt @krisholt April 11th, 2022 Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard has recruited a new chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. Kristen Hines will join … Continue reading Activision Blizzard employees form a committee to fight workplace discrimination
Federal judge rules that California can enforce its net neutrality law The judge refused to impose an injunction against the law at the request of trade groups. S. Shah @eightiethmnt February 24th, 2021 Jonathan Alcorn / reuters A federal judge has ruled that California can enact its net neutrality law, paving the way for the … Continue reading ISPs end fight against California net neutrality law
Ad spend losses from fraud will cost US companies $23 billion this year. Constantine von Hoffman on April 27, 2022 E-commerce platform Edgemesh has announced a new feature aimed at identifying and protecting brands against ad and click fraud at the infrastructure-level. What it does. Ad Protect is an upgrade of the Edgemesh Server. It … Continue reading Edgemesh announces new feature to fight ad and click fraud
By Tarun Galagali and Rem Koning April 09, 2022 When people of color burn out in the workplace, they often focus on the immediate factors: a challenging relationship with a manager; unpredictable hours that complicate work-life balance; and perhaps, if they’re feeling safe in sharing, the biases and aggression that are all too pervasive … Continue reading Helping BIPOC employees fight burnout and find community
