CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Edelman Trust Barometer shows that public confidence in search engines and social media platforms fell 11 percentage points from 2017 and 2018. Now tech companies are facing a wave of “techlash” — backlash resulting from rising concerns around privacy protections, election security failures, and ethics lapses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They were dubbed by local and national media channels “The Bling Ring” given their love of stealing shiny things — mostly jewelry — from homes of famous people, like the previous holders of the title. But the downside to social media is that it’s also an excellent information channel for the dishonest.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

By creating secure and productive remote work environments for employees and helping their teams deal with the stress of working at home (with kids learning from the same house, spouses working in the next room, and myriad other pressure points). And, by the way, without missing a beat. Bank Deal of the Year PNC nabs BBVA USA – paying 1.3

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

“We stand by our record of providing upfront information and clear controls, strong internal data governance, secure infrastructure, and above all, helpful products.”. 9, accusing the company of “illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

According to the Wall Street Journal , the company said the attack hasn’t disrupted its global shipping operations. “So So far, all vessels of our company are operating normally, and our main business operations are stable,” Cosco said in a statement posted Wednesday (July 25) on its Facebook page. Last year, A.P.

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APRIL 5, 2019

The companies say that will enable commerce, secure payments and easy reconciliation between businesses on a single platform. Separately, Bill.com, in addition to securing $88 million in financing, launched a partnership with Mastercard to speed up accounts payable for joint business customers. billion as a result of capital gains.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Biggest Branch ITM User Award : The Security Guard. Award : Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Company Description: Based in San Mateo, California, Snowflake Computing serves enterprise-level clients with cloud-based data warehouse solutions. Company Description: Operating out of Santa Monica, California, GoodRx offers a cost-saving platform for prescription drugs. Snowflake Computing. Valuation: $3.95B. Valuation: $2.8B.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Solyndra intended to use the funding to dramatically expand its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California, in a move that the company said would create approximately 3,000 new jobs. Coda’s unsold vehicles were later acquired by Mullen Technologies, an electric vehicle company based in California.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. Takeaways & lessons.

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CB Insights

JUNE 5, 2019

Biometric technology such as facial recognition can quickly and accurately identify individual people and their emotional state, making it a powerful tool for ensuring security and preventing fraud. Energy companies are leveraging facial recognition for security, payments, and driver health.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Covered Security , coveredsecurity.com @CoveredSecurity. Good job AI Foundry! Demo video will be available soon. Presenters: Chris Zannetos.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

has asked a federal judge to temporarily stop President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting the popular app over national security concerns. In court documents, TikTok argued the ban is motivated by political considerations over the November presidential election, not by a genuine national security concern. operations.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

14) that it has surpassed passed 100 million users in Europe, news that comes amid rising uncertainty over the fate of its operations in the United States. President Donald Trump, citing privacy and security concerns over links between ByteDance and the Chinese government, has threatened to shut down TikTok in the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. The Holy Crap Operational Risk Award – goes to the growing threat of ransomware with bank technology vendors.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

China saw a particularly dramatic decline in VC funding, though India and markets across Europe were able to secure investor attention for the quarter. provides small businesses (SMBs) with a holistic digital toolkit to promote their ability to operate online via eCommerce, social media, email marketing, SEO and other digital resources.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants Oracle and Walmart to pay $12 billion for a combined 20 percent stake in its social media giant TikTok — a plan President Donald Trump said will allow TikTok to avoid a threatened U.S. operations over alleged national security grounds. operations to an American company.

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CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

USD) in 2016 to RMB12.9B ($2B USD) in 2017, going mostly towards salaries across its research institutes in China and California, which are primarily focused on AI. City Brain crunches data from cameras, sensors, social media feeds, and government data, among other things. Read more about China’s surveillance tech here.).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

operations or have them closed by the Trump administration. The president has said TikTok poses a security risk because it holds data of its American users. TikTok operations. District Court for the Southern District of California, where TikTok’s American operations are based. 20 deadline to sell its U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said in his order. District Court for the Southern District of California, the company’s U.S. base of operations. The social media company said Wednesday (Aug.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

headquarters in Culver City, California, as well as the company’s operations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Oracle has its strengths in terms of being a leading data infrastructure company and focused on security … Microsoft as well, great security and privacy platform as well as everything they’re doing with [the] cloud.” .

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has come out against social media video-sharing app TikTok , saying in a CNBC interview on Monday (Aug. Trump’s comments against the popular video-sharing app have drawn headlines over the last week, as he’s said to be planning a way to ban the app from operating in the U.S.,

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

operation of Russian-based company. Product Development and Operations are headed by Anu Shultes who is a well-known and highly respected gift card industry expert. From their web site: Modo provides a COIN® operated Digital Payments Hub that connects new digital experiences to payments systems worldwide. I think they do.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Atari spent $20M securing the movie rights, built the notoriously-hard-to-play game in just five and a half weeks, then produced 4 million cartridges, of which 2.5 While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. At a time when Atari was the undisputed monarch of video gaming and E.T.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The move comes amid increasing global focus on matters related to online privacy and data security — and as the idea of regulating social media is gaining currency. And social media platforms have an obvious interest in playing nice with lawmakers, given the regulatory threats that hover over their business models.

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