Month: February 2020
Recommendations for fintech startups navigating the procurement process
Marc Gilman Contributor Marc Gilman is general counsel and VP of compliance at Theta Lake. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law. The expanding scope of fintech has been well documented in these digital pages. Payments, investing, financial planning and lending often spring to mind…
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ACLU says it’ll fight DHS efforts to use app locations for deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight newly revealed practices by the Department of Homeland Security which used commercially available cell phone location data to track suspected illegal immigrants. “DHS should not be accessing our location information without a warrant, regardless whether they obtain it by paying or for…
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Microsoft’s new Edge browser is now available for the Surface Pro X
Microsoft is releasing Edge version 80 today, and the most significant addition is ARM64 support for devices like the Surface Pro X. We’ve been waiting for a native ARM64 version of Edge or Chrome for the Surface Pro X, and our initial review of Microsoft’s tablet showed how it struggled…
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New York City is cracking down on plastic bottles
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order yesterday banning the sale of single-use plastic beverage bottles on city-owned and -leased properties — which means the bottles could vanish from an area nearly equivalent to a quarter of the city. The move also bars city agencies from…
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The 2021 Escalade’s curved screens are a taste of what’s to come
Ever since Tesla helped popularize the idea of putting giant touchscreens in the dashboards of cars, digital displays have taken up increased amounts of real estate in modern vehicles. These screens have mutated in size, shape, and location as automakers tried to differentiate their offerings. Perhaps the weirdest result yet…
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Wacom says it’s not spying on its customers, and users can opt out of data collection
Wacom has responded to reports of its tablets collecting app usage data from its users and sharing it with Google Analytics, clarifying that the company does not have access to personal data. Earlier this week, software engineer Robert Heaton pointed out that Wacom’s privacy policy let the tablet collect “aggregate…
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