Month: February 2020
WeWork’s fall is so wild that it’s getting a second TV series, this one for Apple
WeWork was 2019’s soap opera of a company, and its story was so wild that it will be the focus of a second TV series, Variety reports. The second series will be developed by Apple and the showrunner of Apple TV Plus series Little America, according to Variety. (Disclosure: Little…
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Shark Tank host falls victim to phishing scam
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran has lost almost $400,000 to cybercriminals after her office recently fell victim to a phishing scam. The incident began last week when Corcoran’s bookkeeper received an email regarding an invoice related to a real estate renovation. Corcoran explained why her bookkeeper didn’t find the email to…
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Horror story subreddit goes dark to protest Youtubers ripping off writers
The popular horror story subreddit r/nosleep has set itself to private until Monday to protest YouTube creators stealing stories and turning them into videos without permission from their original creators (via Tubefilter). R/nosleep, which hosts an array of short stories and other horror-related writing, is in the top 50 most…
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Clearview said its facial recognition app was only for law enforcement as it courted private companies
After claiming that it would only sell its controversial facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies, a new report suggests that Clearview AI is less than discerning about its client base. According to Buzzfeed News, the small, secretive company looks to have shopped its technology far and wide. While Clearview…
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Latin America roundup: Softbank adds $1B, Stori raises $10M and Grow Mobility puts on the brakes
After investing nearly $2 billion of its Innovation Fund in Latin America in 2019, Softbank announced this month that it would add an additional $1 billion into the fund to continue supporting tech startups across the region. While the Japanese investor faces the challenge of raising a second global fund after its…
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SeeHow helps cricketers train smarter
Like baseball, cricket relies on grass, dirt, wood, cork, spit, spin, drop and rise en route to either victory or loss. And like baseball — and just about any other sport, really — cricket coaching staffs and their players worldwide are looking for more ways to track every move. Tracking…
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