Are You One Of Avast’s 400 Million Users? This Is Why It Collects And Sells Your Web Habits.

Avast sells user data but says there's no privacy risk, according to the newly appointed CEO.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/12/09/are-you-one-of-avasts-400-million-users-this-is-why-it-collects-and-sells-your-web-habits/#2e0aff872bdc?source=Snapzu

How a closed-door meeting shows farmers are waking up on climate change

Perdue, Vilsack and leading agricultural groups gathered in a Maryland barn to talk about the farm-country issue that dare not speak its name.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/09/farmers-climate-change-074024?source=Snapzu

Ericsson to pay over $1 billion to resolve U.S. corruption probes

Swedish mobile telecoms company Ericsson has agreed to pay over $1billion to resolve probes into corruption, including the bribing of government officials, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The bribery took place over many years in countries including China, Vietnam and Djibouti, the department said Friday. The total charges include a criminal penalty of more than $520million, plus $540million to be paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a related matter.
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7765753/Ericsson-agrees-pay-1-billion-resolve-U-S-corruption-probe.html?source=Snapzu

‘I lost my £193,000 inheritance – with one wrong digit on my sort code’

It is the stuff of financial nightmares. You get one digit wrong on the sort code, and send a huge amount of cash to the wrong person. They refuse to return it, and the bank washes its hands of the matter, blaming you for the mistake. That’s what happened to Peter Teich in a case that reveals shocking lapses in Britain’s banking system.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-code?source=Snapzu

Every Startup Needs to Prepare for Its Downfall

Silicon Valley lives in denial, so nobody plans for the inevitable.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/startups-prepare-for-downfall/?source=Snapzu

Ericsson to pay over $1 billion to resolve U.S. corruption probes

Swedish mobile telecoms company Ericsson has agreed to pay over $1 billion
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ericsson/ericsson-to-pay-over-1-billion-to-resolve-u-s-corruption-probes-idUSKBN1YA2HU?source=Snapzu

Uber’s first ever safety report discloses 3,045 sexual assaults and nine murders in the US last year

Uber has for the first time in its history released a comprehensive safety report about its rides in the US spanning the full length of 2018 and part of 2017. The report discloses that 3,045 sexual assaults occurred during Uber trips last year. Additionally, Uber says nine people were murdered during Uber rides and 58 people died in auto-related crashes. The numbers represent the first set of publicly available data regarding the safety of Uber’s ride-hailing platform and how it compares to national US averages.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/5/20997939/uber-safety-report-2018-sexual-assault-ride-hailing-platform-stats?source=Snapzu