Brand power vs. product power

Carbonite's co-founder offers an insider look at how the PC backup company built its brand David Friend is the CEO of cloud storage company Wasabi, and co-founder of cyber security…

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The Morning After: PewDiePie is taking a break from YouTube in 2020

Well, from early 2020.PewDiePie is taking a break from YouTubeFolded into a video critiquing YouTube's new harassment policy, online phenomenon PewDiePie says he'll be taking a rest from the service that made him a star. The streamer, with an audience of millions, has faced more scrutiny and criticism in the last few years, being held…

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Researchers bypass airport and payment facial recognition systems using masks

To perform the test, artificial intelligence company Kneron commissioned high-quality 3D masks that mimicked the face of another person, and tested whether someone could wear one to fool facial recognition systems. Researchers were able to make purchases from another person's account via the AliPay and WeChat payment systems.The team were even able to fool systems…

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Visa warns that hackers are scraping card details from gas pumps

The hack doesn't appear to affect more secure chip-and-pin cards, but not all consumers have those, so service stations often work with mag stripe readers, too. The data is apparently sent in an unencrypted form to the vendor's main network, where the thieves have figured out how to intercept it. The other problem is that…

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