2 privacy crises in one week prove Facebook still hasn't solved its privacy woes, even after a $5 billion fine

Rob Price | Even after two years of scandals and a $5 billion fine, Facebook still has a huge blindspot when it comes to privacy and user data.

Read More »

A VC who worked on Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype says it provided a valuable lesson about why the best startups are 'bought not sold'

Callum Burroughs | Paul Murphy is a partner at VC fund Northzone in London. He worked at Microsoft during its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype.

Read More »

UBS sent its bankers an email listing books like 'Charlotte's Web' to help them deal with change as it reportedly mulls job cuts. Read the internal email here.

Richard Feloni,Dakin Campbell,Sherin Shibu | Sam Kendall sent a list to UBS bankers with books he said would prepare them for change. This comes amid reports the bank is considering job cuts.

Read More »

Huawei’s US chief security officer says he’s been called a traitor for defending the Chinese tech giant. But he says his goal is to 'promote a safer cyberspace'

Benjamin Pimentel | Huawei’s US chief security officer, Andy Purdy, a former DHS official, says he's been called a traitor for his role at the Chinese giant.

Read More »

Basecamp's cofounder explains why it ditched Google Cloud for Amazon this summer

Rosalie Chan | Basecamp switched from Google Cloud to Amazon Web Services. CTO David Heinemeier Hansson says Google's issues might clear up in time.

Read More »

Google has quietly hired a key executive from controversial startup Palantir to be a VP of engineering

Rob Price,Nick Bastone | Palantir has been repeatedly targeted by protestors over its work with the US agency ICE and its deportations.

Read More »

Amazon Web Services just shared some mind-boggling statistics on how it dealt with Prime Day, Amazon's biggest shopping event ever

Julie Bort | AWS plans for months for Prime Day. Selling over 175 million items created billions of behind-the-scenes transactions. Here's the rundown.

Read More »

The market's biggest investors just traded like they do right before 'serious damage' is inflicted on stocks — and one expert warns another painful meltdown could soon strike

Akin Oyedele | Their behavior was eerily similar to the eve of the 2008 financial crisis — and it is proverbially keeping this chief equity strategist up at night.

Read More »

Assassination, lawsuits, and devotional ringtones: How T-Series became the world's biggest YouTube channel and exploded PewDiePie’s lead

Shona Ghosh | In beating PewDiePie, Indian YouTube channel T-Series completely avoids much of what makes a largely US-influenced internet tick.

Read More »