Oops, Facebook’s Market Cap Plunges by $143 Billion by Wolf Richter • Jul 25, 2018 • 144 Comments Throughout the scandals, Facebook was clad in Teflon and nothing mattered. But today, it mattered.
Despite Wave of Cyber Attacks, Banks in Mexico Double Down on Biometric Tracking of Customers by Don Quijones • Jun 30, 2018 • 12 Comments For hackers, biometric data is the Holy Grail. Now banks, including the ones that got hacked, will require it from their customers.
Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook? by Wolf Richter • Mar 20, 2018 • 174 Comments Where’s the panicked rush to “delete” accounts?
Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers by Don Quijones • Dec 23, 2017 • 66 Comments Ironically, banks in Mexico lead the way.
How Silicon Valley’s Dirty Tricks Helped Stall Broadband Privacy in California by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Oct 24, 2017 • 22 Comments The tech industry, including Facebook and Google, lent their support to a host of misleading scare tactics — and it’s spreading to other states.
LEAKED: Worst Data Hack in US History Gets Worse by Wolf Richter • Oct 10, 2017 • 34 Comments What else has Equifax not disclosed yet?
“Systemic” Age Discrimination in Tech, even as Tech Workers Get “Better with Age” by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2017 • 100 Comments By the numbers. But “ageism” exists “across all industries,” not just Tech.
The Fed’s Next Moves, the Nuts and Bolts of “Flood Cars,” and Why Everything Is Going to Get Hacked by Wolf Richter • Oct 1, 2017 • 33 Comments Wolf Richter on This Week in Money.
Debt-Slave Industry Frets over Impact of Mass Credit Freezes by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2017 • 76 Comments Their doom-and-gloom scenario: Consumers suddenly become prudent.
Big Brother Walmart Tries to “Help” You: “It’s Like Magic” by Wolf Richter • Sep 22, 2017 • 95 Comments On the bleeding edge of “in-fridge delivery.”
