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Goldman Sachs’ new board member diversity rule misses the mark
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon recently said the investment bank won’t take companies public that don’t have at least one board member from an underrepresented group. The main focus will be on female board members, he told CNBC, because companies that have gone public in the last four years with at…
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‘Porn block’ reversal sees UK government sued for millions
Companies building age verification tools for pornography websites are seeking over £3 million in damages after the UK government scrapped its controversial ‘porn block’. The companies involved in the lawsuit – AgeChecked, VeriMe, AVYourself and AVSecure – dispute the legality of aborting the initiative, which would have required websites featuring…
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Teachers call for more computers in schools
Computers are becoming an integral part of the learning experience, with teachers across the UK calling for more hardware in the classroom, new research has found. A report from Lenovo surveying two thousand teachers across the UK found that the number one tech priority for UK teachers is more computers…
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Early bird savings end next Friday on tickets to Robotics+AI 2020
TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics+AI 2020 is gearing up to be one amazing show. This annual day-long event draws the brightest minds and makers from these two industries — 1,500 attendees last year alone. And if you really want to make 2020 a game-changing year, grab yourself an early-bird ticket and save…
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I am my own spy: A personal surveillance story
One of the first webcams I purchased was a Dropcam several years ago. We'd had a couple of package thefts, and I wanted to see if I could catch the perpetrator in the act. I positioned the camera at our front window, with the lens pointed at the step… Source
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Vivo beats Samsung for 2nd spot in Indian smartphone market
Samsung, which once led the smartphone market in India, slid to the third position in the quarter that ended in December even as the South Korean giant continues to make major bets on the rare handset market that is still growing. According to research firm Counterpoint, Chinese firm Vivo surpassed Samsung…
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