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NSA leader to hackers: Cybersecurity’s a team sport

The Parallax

ACLU, TPI, Consumer Watchdog at odds in privacy policy debate. Cybersecurity really is a team sport. Jennifer Granick on spying: ‘The more we collect, the less we know’ (Q&A). Lawmakers to spar over sunsetting spy law. Comic book illustrates ex-NSA analyst’s outlook on online security (Q&A).

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India widens regulatory grip over tech firms

TechCrunch

In 2023, India introduced a series of regulations and tweaked policies that borrowed from Europe’s antitrust approach and Chinese-style government surveillance, alarming executives and investors in the world’s most populous market.

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New media venture in India helping readers discern signal from noise

TechCrunch

The Noida-headquartered startup has been attempting to solve this with an eponymous newsletter and podcast where it curates, produces and discusses what they argue are the most important developments from the world of business, technology, economy and policy. where journalists have traditionally shown more entrepreneurial instincts.

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Insurtech startup Spot brings in $17.5M equity, debt to fill insurance gaps for accidental injuries

TechCrunch

Spot’s business model takes a holistic approach by providing customized injury insurance policies through both direct-to-consumer and strategic partnerships with companies and organizations. For example, one of the company’s first partners was the Austin Marathon, selling one-time injury policies to the participants.

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CIOs grapple with the ethics of implementing AI

CIO

Making ethical AI a team sport Plexus Worldwide is one organization using AI to identify fraudulent account creation and transactions, says Alan McIntosh, CIO and CTO of the $500 million global health and wellness company. We continue to iterate and evolve our policy, but it is still in development.

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If it’s Stupid, It’s not our Policy!

N2Growth Blog

As a young leader, I translated that lesson into a phrase I picked up in the Army: “If it’s stupid, it’s not our policy!”. Someone has to emerge to say this is too stupid to be our policy and offer an acceptable alternative. Is this shutdown too stupid to be our policy? Unfortunately leading peers is a risky and difficult task.

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Google-backed ShareChat cuts 20% workforce to ‘sustain through headwinds’

TechCrunch

In December, ShareChat laid off nearly 5% of its workforce of 2300 employees as a result of shutting down its fantasy sports platform Jeet11. The employees will also get 100% of the variable pay until December 2022 and their health insurance policy cover will remain until the end of June, the startup confirmed.