Month: May 2018

Europe’s new privacy law comes with teeth. Within hours of the General Data Protection Law (GDPR) coming into effect, an Austrian privacy campaigner used the new EU legislation to file a legal complaint against Facebook and Google. It’s too early to tell how the case will be resolved but companies that violate the law can be fined …

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Whether Xiaomi can achieve a $100 billion valuation depends on if it can destroy an industry as fast as Google. Earlier this month on May 3, Xiaomi—the world’s fourth-largest mobile phone maker—filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to sell shares in Hong Kong with the goal of raising $10 billion at a potential valuation of $100 billion, …

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