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October 9, 2015
California Enacts New Digital Privacy Laws
California governor Jerry Brown has signed into law the strongest digital privacy rules in the U.S.
A new set of laws is giving Californians the strongest digital privacy rights in the U.S. The Electronic Communication Privacy Act, signed by Governor Jerry Brown late Thursday, bars law enforcement agencies or investigative entities from handing over any sort of digital communications or metadata without a warrant. The law is by far the most public-friendly in the country.
China Allegedly Arrested Hackers To Comply With The U.S. Government's Demands
If true, things just took an interesting turn: The U.S. has long struggled to coerce China to take action against its prolific hackers.
Every once in a while, the cold cyberwar between the U.S. and China takes an unexpected turn. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Chinese authorities recently arrested several hackers at the request of the U.S. government. The arrests were allegedly made a few weeks before Chinese president Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington last month.
Apple Took Down An Ad Blocker For Apps Over Privacy Concerns
Been Choice, which allegedly blocks advertising within iOS apps, has been flagged by Apple due to customer security issues.
A new, turbocharged ad blocker for iPhones has been removed from the App Store over security concerns—and it may signal just how far is too far when it comes to iOS ad blockers. Been Choice, which just launched this week and blocks advertising even in native apps like Apple News, was removed from circulation due to concerns that the app was tracking user traffic.
Why The Steve Jobs In Aaron Sorkin's Movie Could Never Have Saved Apple
Steve Jobs biographer Rick Tetzeli argues the film doesn't capture the Apple cofounder's ability to learn and change.
As I left a recent screening of Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs, I overheard two women ahead of me on the escalator descending to the street talking about the movie. "I thought I knew a lot about him," said one. "But I didn't know all that!"
This Trippy Credenza Is An Optical Illusion For Your Living Room
How deep is it? You can only tell from the side.
Many shelves aren't deep enough. These shelves are both deeper and shallower than they look, thanks to a clever optical illusion that gives each nook its own separate, misleading depth.
Elon Musk: "If You Don't Make It At Tesla, You Go Work At Apple"
In an interview, Tesla CEO Musk called Apple the "Tesla graveyard."
Tesla CEO Elon Musk had some fighting words for Apple in an interview published last month: Speaking to German newspaper Handelsblatt, Musk said he wasn't threatened by Apple's play for the electric car market. He also addressed rumors that Apple is hiring away prominent Tesla engineers, arguing instead that those employees were let go by Tesla.
Steve Jobs, The Movie: 11 Things That Aren't True About The Apple Cofounder
Not everything in Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle's biopic about Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is true to life.
Steve Jobs, the new movie from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle, opens widely today. Its energetic, crackling direction showcases the kind of whiplash dialogue that Sorkin is famous for. Film critics have already started weighing in, with mostly positive reviews. Theatergoers will get their chance to watch the film today. The one thing they won't get is a chance to see a movie that's actually about Steve Jobs.
Square Says Its Super-Simple Email Marketing Tools Are Paying Off For Small Businesses
Six months after introducing Square Marketing, the company has data that shows its digital coupons increase sales.
If you pay attention to news coming from Square, you know that it's been a long time since all it did was process credit-card payments using its itty-bitty swiper. The expansion of its small-business services began in earnest back in 2012, with an app that transformed an iPad into a cash register. In May 2014, it turned receipts into miniature customer surveys and started fronting money to small businesses that they could repay a little bit at a time from their Square transactions. In April of this year, it launched Square Marketing, a service that lets businesses send digital offers such as discounts to their customers. And in August, it started to help businesses schedule appointments.
How Well Do You Know The News? Take The Fast Company Quiz
What happened this week? Here's our quiz for October 9, 2015.
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Cartoonist Kate Beaton On Staying Creative, Respecting Your Audience, And Poop Jokes
The Hark! A Vagrant cartoonist is back with a new collection of comics, and it's every bit as weird and hilarious as her first.
Kate Beaton is lost.
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