Posts Categorized: Part 5 Managing Technology and Information

Home Depot shared customer data with Meta for years without consent: Privacy commissioner

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Description: OTTAWA — Home Depot illegally shared customers’ personal data with Facebook’s parent company Meta without their knowledge or consent for years, the federal privacy commissioner revealed Thursday. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Jan 26, 2023 Link: https://nationalpost.com/news/home-depot-privacy-meta?_gl=1*1if2bi9*_ga*MTczNDYyNTY2My4xNjc0OTE0MjAz*_ga_72QH41ZTMR*MTY3NDkxNDIwNC4xLjEuMTY3NDkxNTgzMy42MC4wLjA.&_ga=2.217641622.1455520416.1674915833-1734625663.1674914203 Questions for discussion: Is Home Depot’s data collection and sharing policy unethical, in your opinion? Is there a simple… Read more »

Law Professor Urges FTC To Regulate Ad-Tech

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Description: Many online ad practices are “unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive,” Brooklyn Law School professor Jonathan Askin says in a petition filed this month with the Federal Trade Commission. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381747/law-professor-urges-ftc-to-regulate-ad-tech.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129023&hashid=xIhhTnG4Qdmubrqstxmgaw Questions for discussion: What is the goal of the petition? Do you think it is justified and regulations should be adopted?… Read more »

Amazon Ends Its Smile Charity Program Due To Low Impact

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Description: Amazon is killing off its decade-old AmazonSmile, which enabled customers to support their favorite nonprofits with tiny donations. Launched in 2013, Amazon Smile currently allows people to donate 0.5% of some purchases to their favorite causes. Source: Mediapost.com Date: Jan 20, 2023 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381719/amazon-axes-amazon-smile-citing-low-impact.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=129003&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ Questions for discussion: Do you think the decision is correct?… Read more »

Thoma Bravo agrees to $1.8B deal for Canada’s Magnet Forensics

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Description: Thoma Bravo agreed to acquire Canada’s Magnet Forensics Inc. for about $1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion), adding another cybersecurity asset to the private equity firm’s portfolio. Magnet Forensics, which makes digital investigation software, will merge with Grayshift LLC, a company that Thoma Bravo acquired last year, according to a statement Friday, confirming a Bloomberg News report…. Read more »

3 Lessons From Elon Musk’s Sabotage Of Tesla

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Description: Know your customers’ needs, track your rivals, and choose a clear strategy. Source: INC.com Date: Jan 19, 2023 Link: https://www.inc.com/peter-cohan/3-lessons-from-elon-musks-sabotage-of-tesla.html Questions for discussion: What are the key criticisms and strategic advice that is presented to the company? Do you agree with this line of thinking? What would you advise?

TikTok Expands Safety Features For Teens

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Description: To increase safety for teens on its app, TikTok has announced an expansion of its audience controls feature, offering creators the choice to restrict their videos to adult viewers. The adult-only controls feature has been specific to TikTok Live since October, but now it will cover short-form videos as well. Source: MediaPost.com Date: Jan 06,… Read more »

McDonald’s plans reorganization, job cuts as it accelerates restaurant openings

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Description: McDonald’s is planning job cuts and a reorganization as the company refocuses its priorities to accelerate restaurant expansion, CEO Chris Kempczinski told employees Friday. Source: CNBC.com Date: Jan 06, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/06/mcdonalds-plans-reorganization-job-cuts.html Questions for discussion: How is McDonald’s reorganizing and what are the reasons given? What do you think about this orientation? What suggestions would… Read more »

Shopify tells employees to eliminate recurring meetings

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Description: Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss Shopify’s new internal meeting policy. Source: Yahoo.Finance.ca – video report Date: Jan 05, 2023 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/shopify-tells-employees-eliminate-recurring-215943131.html Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the changes and the reasons given? How do you think this will affect the firm? Do you think this publicity will influence other firms… Read more »

SPOS #859 – Joshua Gans On The Economics Of Artificial Intelligence

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Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – The ThinkersOne Podcast – Episode #859. How does artificial intelligence affect the structure and dynamics of the global economy? What are the potential benefits and risks associated with artificial intelligence on the future of humanity? Joshua Gans is the co-author of the recently published book, Power and Prediction – The Disruptive… Read more »

A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom

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Description: An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text, images and sounds in response to short prompts seize the imagination. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Jan 07, 2023 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/technology/generative-ai-chatgpt-investments.html? Questions for discussion: Why is there so much excitement about this latest development in AI technology? What are some… Read more »