Tesla’s board is about to get a lot smaller
Tesla is cutting its board down by more than one-third, to seven directors, by 2020, a move that includes the loss of some of CEO Elon...
Fastly, the content delivery network, files for an IPO
Fastly, the content delivery network that’s raised $219 million in financing from investors (according to Crunchbase), is ready for its close up in the public markets....
Amazon Will Force Its Flex Delivery Drivers to Snap Selfies for Face-Recognition Authentication
Amazon’s internal delivery service, Amazon Flex, will require its drivers to take photos of themselves to be validated with facial recognition. Read more… Source : Amazon...
Equity Shot: Pinterest zooms into the public markets (and yet another tech company files for an IPO)
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is a relaxed, Friday, Equity Shot. That means...
Medical Files of 145,000 Vulnerable Rehab Patients Carelessly Leaked Online
The leaks are never-ending; but naturally, some are more sensitive than others. Read more… Source : Medical Files of 145,000 Vulnerable Rehab Patients Carelessly Leaked Online
USDA Is Forcing Its Researchers to Label Their Peer-Reviewed Studies as Only ‘Preliminary’
The peer review process for scientific publications is a tedious and trusted mechanism by which papers are determined credible sources of information or not. While “peer...
NYC Swears Its Face-Scanning Tech Is Fake and Only Meant to Scare People Out of Doing Crimes
It’s a tale of two cities. Read more… Source : NYC Swears Its Face-Scanning Tech Is Fake and Only Meant to Scare People Out of Doing...
A Generic Version of Opioid Overdose Antidote Naloxone Just Landed FDA Approval
One of the most important tools for managing the opioid crisis may soon be a lot more available. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced...
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty, ending his legal case
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to two counts of creating and selling a powerful banking malware, ending a long and protracted battle with U.S....
Decolonizing the Card Catalog
Wednesday was National Librarian Day, and over at Smithsonian Magazine, Zita Cristina Nunes honors an important figure in library science: Dorothy Porter. As a librarian at...
