Put another check in the Equifax goof column. As if consumers weren’t already confused enough when they tried to find out if they were part of the credit reporting company’s massive data breach, at least some of them were misdirected to a phishing website by Equifax itself, according to various published reports. Over the last […]
Read moreTwitter invites guest chefs to cook at the company cafeteria periodically. The latest was a salad-making robot called Sally from Chowbotics, a food automation startup. Twitter booked Sally rather than a human on Tuesday in recognition of the company’s Hack Week for engineers, according to the company’s global food program manager, John Dickman. Twitter typically […]
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Tesla is getting closer to having its own chip for handling autonomous driving tasks in its cars. The carmaker has received back samples of the first implementation of its processor and is now running tests on it, said a source familiar with the matter. The effort to build its own chip is in line with […]
Read moreFacebook will now work to prevent advertisers from reaching customers based on offensive and derogatory terms, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a post on her Facebook page Wednesday. The company will stop any advertiser from targeting customers using topics that go against its company standards, Sandberg wrote. Non-approved targeting categories include anything that […]
Read moreEven if you’re skeptical about cryptocurrencies, but the ICO, or initial coin offering, has been one of the hottest trends in tech this year. Startups that raised money through ICOs have accumulated a record $2.2 billion this year alone, according to Coinschedule.com. Unlike a stock IPO, where companies sell shares, an ICO lets investors buy […]
Read moreGuggenheim Partners chief investment officer Scott Minerd downplayed reports that there was upheaval at the firm, telling CNBC on Monday “there is no tumult.” Reports have included that Mark Walter was considering stepping down as CEO and that there was a power struggle between Walter and Minerd. Minerd called the characterization of a power struggle […]
Read moreWarren Buffett may be famous for his investing skill, but his lounge act isn’t bad, either. He took to the stage as recently as Tuesday night, at the centennial party for Forbes magazine in New York, where he teamed up with Stevie Wonder to sing Billy Hill’s 1936 classic “The Glory of Love.” Buffett likes […]
Read moreAmazon is ramping up conversations with a group of drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefits managers or PBMs, according to analysts from Leerink Partners. PBMs are a critical part of the drug supply chain, as they negotiate prices with drug manufacturers on one end, and manage pharmacy benefits for insurers on the other. The report, […]
Read moreTesla’s Autopilot system may not be as far along as many investors believe, says a new report from Bernstein. The report goes on to say that German firms may have technology even more sophisticated than Tesla’s current version of Autopilot. And Google/Waymo may be way ahead of everyone. “While Tesla has many advantages, we believe […]
Read moreThe Federal Reserve would only veer from its plans to reduce the trillions in stimulus it has provided if the economy were to undergo an unforeseen shock, Chair Janet Yellen said. On the same day the Fed announced it will start rolling off its $4.5 trillion balance sheet portfolio of Treasurys and mortgage bonds, Yellen […]
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