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How Canada's farmers use drones to yield better crop
Canada's farmers are using drones to yield better crops. In Alberta, they're also prone to some pretty crazy weather patterns that can bring drought one year and flooding the next. Drones makes it easier for farmers to monitor crops and...
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Steve Ballmer: Regulation Will Help Innovation
The former Microsoft CEO says that regulating how tech companies use data will provide a framework in which to work and actually enable growth. "When you're in a time of uncertainty, and you don't know what the rules are, that's when...
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Facebook Canada executive gets grilled by parliamentary committee
It was Facebook Canada's head of public policy Kevin Chan's turn to get grilled by a parliamentary committee — and he didn't get a much warmer welcome in Ottawa, than Mark Zuckerberg did in Washington. MPs took Chan and other executives...
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Why Alphabet Investors Shouldn't Worry About Regulation
Despite the strong earnings report released Monday, Alphabet's stock has been trading down Tuesday as investors worry about looming privacy regulations. But talk of regulation could just be "a lot of sound and fury" with little actual...
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How Regulatory Fears May Weigh on Alphabet
Despite a strong earnings report, Alphabet's stock dropped on Tuesday, as investors worry about looming privacy regulations. But actual regulation may not ultimately have any significant impact on the company, say two analysts.
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Will There Be More Data Exploitation at Facebook?
Facebook's vast scale makes future misuses of data absolutely unavoidable, says Sara Fischer, Media Reporter for Axios. The social network's COO, Sheryl Sandberg, told NBC news Friday that "it's possible" there could be other breaches at...
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What Will Republican and Democrat Lawmakers Focus on in Zuckerberg's Hearings?
Overall, Democrats have already signaled that they're going to focus more on election interference and be "a little bit more aggressive than Republicans" during Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimonies this week, says Ali Breland,...
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What Will Lawmakers Focus on in Zuckerberg's Hearings?
Democrats have already signaled that they're going to focus more on election interference and be "a little bit more aggressive than Republicans" during Mark Zuckerberg's testimonies this week, says Ali Breland, technology and politics...
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Brief from Brussels: How safe is our personal data online?
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The EU’s digital commissioner says a new landmark law coming in next month will protect our personal data, as Facebook faces big questions over the Cambridge Analytica scandal; and ride-hailing...
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Is Facebook a Monopoly?
CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in his congressional testimony about Cambridge Analytica, says the social media platform has many competitors. Zuckerberg also reiterated his openness to regulations.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) on What Facebook Regulation Looks Like
The Congresswoman admitted that changes won't come in time for the midterm elections in November. But the question is no longer will social media be regulated but what that should look like, says Dingell, with European laws serving as...
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) on What Facebook Regulation May Look Like
The Congresswoman admitted that changes won't come in time for the midterm elections in November. But the question is no longer whether social media be regulated but what that regulation should look like, says Dingell. She says European...
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Will the U.S. Adopt European Style Regulation?
During both of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimonies on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, lawmakers hinted at the potential for basing regulation off European laws. But the First Amendment might make that difficult, says the New...
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Why Congress Could Question Google Next
After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony on Capitol Hill this week, all eyes are on the kinds of regulation that may come for the tech industry. If Congress is serious about data protection, then questioning "Google is the next...
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Crypto Hype Was Going to Bring in Regulators "No Matter What"
By growing so quickly and with such scale, the cryptocurrency market almost brought the investigation by the SEC on itself. "[It] is a situation that regulations cannot ignore," says Paul Vigna, reporter at the Wall Street Journal and...
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Facebook founder
Ron Charles reports on Mark Zuckerberg's first comments since a data privacy scandal erupted
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Facebook fallout
Ron Charles on the latest developments involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytics
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Facebook Has 99 Problems and the FTC Is One
Early Monday, the FTC confirmed it is investigating Facebook's data practices. Specifically, the FTC will look into whether the incident with Cambridge Analytica "is violating a previous agreement" with the FTC in 2011, says Kim Hart,...
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It Won't Be Just Facebook That Gets Regulated
Data protection laws around the world impact a wide spectrum of tech companies, from social media to publishers, says Damon Beres, Executive Editor at Mashable. He says that if Facebook is subject to regulation, others will be too.
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Why Ripple Embraces Regulations in the Crypto Space
Danny Aranda, managing director at Ripple, told Cheddar that Google's ad ban and other regulations could help weed out the frauds and educate the general public on cryptocurrencies.
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Why Governments Should Regulate the Crypto Market
Jen Wieczner, senior writer at Fortune, says that regulating the sector gets rid of bad actors and can encourage more investments in the field.
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Will the Gun Debate Mean Regulation on Video Games?
President Trump is supposed to meet with video game makers in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting to discuss whether violent games could lead to violent behavior. Madison Malone Kircher, New York Magazine's Select All...
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How Airbnb's Co-founder Responds to Criticism
Airbnb co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk joins Cheddar to speak out against government policies hindering growth in certain cities, specifically New York City. He says that some comments about the legality of...
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Trump Cabinet Member Linda McMahon: Tax Reform Will Happen This Year
Linda McMahon, head of the Small Business Administration, discusses her time as a member of the Trump cabinet, noting that her first order of business is helping with the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. McMahon...