The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the privacy practices of major Internet service providers, and it has ordered top ISPs to disclose whether they share user Web browsing histories, device location information, and other sensitive data with third parties. ISPs also have to provide details on how they collect and use personal information to target advertisements at consumers.
The FTC yesterday sent orders demanding information to AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile, and Verizon. In the cases of AT&T and Verizon, the FTC sent separate information requests for the companies' home Internet and mobile broadband divisions.
All major ISPs denied selling or sharing their users' browsing histories and other sensitive information in 2017, when they convinced Congress and President Trump to prevent implementation of broadband privacy rules. But since then, it has been reported that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T were selling their mobile customers' location information to third-party data brokers despite promising not to do so.
Discount retailer Woot isn’t quite the same as it was when the online retailer first launched in 2004. At the time, the store sold one product a day, and when it was sold out you had to wait another day to see what came next. Amazon acquired the …
Discount retailer Woot isn’t quite the same as it was when the online retailer first launched in 2004. At the time, the store sold one product a day, and when it was sold out you had to wait another day to see what came next. Amazon acquired the company in 2010, and these days you […]
Poverty can be a persistent problem, following families and communities through multiple generations. But the problems don't appear to be genetic. Instead, behavioral scientists have found that poverty and the debt that goes with it actually change people's behavior, including how they respond to monetary decisions. Now, a new study suggests that the problem isn't the amount of debt per se, but rather the challenge of keeping track of multiple debts.
That conclusion came thanks to an accidental experiment set up by a charity that eliminated debts of poor people in Singapore.
Poverty's impact
The debt burden associated with poverty can be extreme. In the US, many families in a low-income group (the bottom 20 percent) spend more than 40 percent of their income simply paying off debts. A number of studies have shown that this level of debt affects people's ability to make decisions, including financial decisions, causing them to focus on short-term income over long-term gains, among other effects. Thus, poverty itself can cause behavioral changes that promote future poverty.
Die Nutzer haben zunehmend Interesse an schnellen Internetzugängen und sind auch bereit, dafür mehr zu bezahlen. Der Breko will darum Kooperation mit der Telekom, aber auf Augenhöhe. (Breko, Telekom)
Die Nutzer haben zunehmend Interesse an schnellen Internetzugängen und sind auch bereit, dafür mehr zu bezahlen. Der Breko will darum Kooperation mit der Telekom, aber auf Augenhöhe. (Breko, Telekom)
“The company is running very well,” Tesla’s Robyn Denholm argues.
Enlarge/ Robyn Denholm, chairwoman of Tesla, during an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (credit: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Last fall, the Securities and Exchange Commission forced Elon Musk to give up his role as the chairman of Tesla's board. The agency hoped the move would give Tesla's board a measure of independence, allowing it to conduct more vigorous oversight over Tesla's CEO.
But the woman who got the job, Robyn Denholm, doesn't see a need for Musk to change how he tweets—or any other aspects of his unconventional management style.
“I don’t think he poses any challenges,” Denholm said to Bloomberg in Sydney on Wednesday. "The company is running very well and the board itself is very engaged. We meet with him all the time."
BitTorrent Inc. is best known for its file-sharing clients, but after its acquisition by TRON, it plans to expand its repertoire. Today the company announces “BitTorrent Live,” a social media platform for live streaming, which will be available for beta testing in the next quarter. The new platform will, ironically, not use BitTorrent technology to stream videos. At least not from the get go.
Many people know BitTorrent Inc. for its uTorrent and BitTorrent mainline clients, which have a base of roughly 100 million monthly users.
The company has tried to launch many other applications and services over the years, to diversify its offerings, but these efforts haven’t been very successful.
After the acquisition by the crypto-startup TRON, there is no shortage of new plans. With solid financial backing and fresh developers, the company has just announced a new product, “BitTorrent Live,” which it hopes the masses will embrace.
The “BitTorrent Live” brand itself isn’t new. A similarly named service was revealed to the public in 2013, but after several iterations, this eventually shut down. However, the new BitTorrent Live promises to be something entirely different.
The new platform will operate as a social media network which people can use to stream live content from and to mobile devices, anywhere they have access to the Internet.
“Imagine chatting with your favorite athlete, becoming immersed in a music festival, or meeting new friends to share your passions – all by simply firing up the BitTorrent Live app,” says Justin Sun, CEO of BitTorrent.
“By using our decentralized technology, we aim to create a boundary-free internet but also be at the forefront of a new content experience,” Sun adds.
BitTorrent Live
Live streaming apps are nothing new of course. Many social media platforms already incorporate some kind of streaming function. BitTorrent Live promises to be different, with a strong focus on privacy and an option for creators to generate revenue.
“In coming months, BitTorrent Live also will incorporate blockchain technology that returns privacy and ownership to users while also enabling cryptocurrency to be used as a new payment option,” BitTorrent Inc. says.
The problem is that, for now, there is nothing to test. The company has opened the door for Beta testers to apply, but it will take at least a few more weeks before the first invites go out. There are no mockups of the application available either.
TorrentFreak did learn that the first version of the platform won’t use BitTorrent to power the live streams. There is no option to access archived content either, it appears.
Specifically, BitTorrent Inc. told us that the early version of BitTorrent Live “will be centralized.” This means that, unlike the name suggests, there is no P2P technology involved.
“But the team is already looking at ways to integrate decentralized technology into the core of the app. We are also looking at ways to archive the content,” a BitTorrent Inc. representative added.
The company further explained that the revenue generating opportunities it plans to offer will depend on “content quality.” These revenues will be paid in BitTorrent’s own BTT token, which launched in January.
At this point, it’s hard to tell whether the public will be interested in the live streaming platform. The same can also be said for its ‘get paid to seed’ plans. It would be interesting if BitTorrent Live eventually incorporates BitTorrent technology though. They have the patent for it, after all.
Die Forscher Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton und Yoshua Bengio gelten als Pioniere der Erforschung neuronaler Netzwerke und des sogenannten Deep Learnings. Die ACM hat die drei Informatiker mit dem Turing Award ausgezeichnet. (Neuronales Netzwerk, Alan Tur…
Die Forscher Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton und Yoshua Bengio gelten als Pioniere der Erforschung neuronaler Netzwerke und des sogenannten Deep Learnings. Die ACM hat die drei Informatiker mit dem Turing Award ausgezeichnet. (Neuronales Netzwerk, Alan Turing)
ZTE sucht neue Geschäftsmodelle für den Bereich, der die Wartung und den Betrieb des E-Plus-Netzes noch bis Ende des Jahres managt. Hier hat man Ideen für die Laternennetze der Städte. (5G, Telefónica)
ZTE sucht neue Geschäftsmodelle für den Bereich, der die Wartung und den Betrieb des E-Plus-Netzes noch bis Ende des Jahres managt. Hier hat man Ideen für die Laternennetze der Städte. (5G, Telefónica)
Samsung may be looking to update its Galaxy A line of mid-range tablets with a new model sporting an 8 inch display, a pressure-sensitive digital pen, and optional support for 4G LTE. Details about the Samsung SM-P200 (WiFi-only) tablet and SM-P205 (Wi…
Samsung may be looking to update its Galaxy A line of mid-range tablets with a new model sporting an 8 inch display, a pressure-sensitive digital pen, and optional support for 4G LTE. Details about the Samsung SM-P200 (WiFi-only) tablet and SM-P205 (WiFi + 4G) have been leaking for a few months, thanks to listings at […]
As expected, the folks at EeWrite have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their E-Pad tablet. It’s a 10.3 inch Android slate with an E Ink display, WiFi and 4G LTE support, and an optional Wacom pen for writing notes, annotating documents, or d…
As expected, the folks at EeWrite have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their E-Pad tablet. It’s a 10.3 inch Android slate with an E Ink display, WiFi and 4G LTE support, and an optional Wacom pen for writing notes, annotating documents, or drawing pictures. EeWrite says the retail price for the E-Pad will be $699, […]
Die Nutzer haben zunehmend Interesse an schnellen Internetzugängen und sind auch bereit, dafür mehr zu bezahlen. Der Breko will darum Kooperation mit der Telekom, aber auf Augenhöhe. (
Die Forscher Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton und Yoshua Bengio gelten als Pioniere der Erforschung neuronaler Netzwerke und des sogenannten Deep Learnings. Die ACM hat die drei Informatiker mit dem Turing Award ausgezeichnet. (
ZTE sucht neue Geschäftsmodelle für den Bereich, der die Wartung und den Betrieb des E-Plus-Netzes noch bis Ende des Jahres managt. Hier hat man Ideen für die Laternennetze der Städte. (
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