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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/07/05/yes-the-cops-can-text-you-from-your-drug-dealers-iphone-to-bust-you/
Yes, The Cops Can Text You From Your Drug Dealer's iPhone To Bust You
Yes, The Cops Can Text You From Your Drug Dealer's iPhone To Bust You Don't do drugs, kids. But if you do, don't assume that the person texting you back from your drug dealer's phone is in fact your drug dealer. After police in Washington seized the iPhone of a "suspected drug dealer," Detective Kevin Sawyer scrolled t...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/07/09/cell-phone-companies-cough-up-data-to-law-enforcement-hundreds-and-thousands-of-times-per-day/
Cell Phone Companies Cough Up Data To Law Enforcement Hundreds and Thousands of Times Per Day
Cell Phone Companies Cough Up Data To Law Enforcement Hundreds and Thousands of Times Per Day Snitches A first of its kind report of how often cell carriers are asked to provide data to law enforcement contains some shocking numbers. Congressman Ed Markey asked nine carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/07/30/guy-adams-banned-from-twitter-for-tweeting-nbc-executives-email-address-good-rule-poorly-applied/
London Olympics Critic Banned From Twitter For Tweeting NBC Executive's Email Address
London Olympics Critic Banned From Twitter For Tweeting NBC Executive's Email Address The journalism world is buzzing over Guy Adams, a journalist covering the London Olympics, being banned from Twitter. Like many Twitter users, Adams has been critical of NBC's coverage and decision to delay its broadcasts for prime-ti...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/08/01/how-your-browsing-history-is-like-a-fingerprint/
How Your Browsing History Is Like A Fingerprint
How Your Browsing History Is Like A Fingerprint Hundreds of thousands of Internet users visited the site Back in 2009, a tool showed up on the Internet to tell you "what the Internet knows about you." It was a website that demonstrated how your browsing history could be sniffed -- by sniffing yours and showing you all ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/09/10/reminder-sharing-facebook-intel-with-your-enemies-is-a-bad-bad-idea/
Reminder: Sharing Facebook Intel With Your Enemies Is A Terrible Idea
Reminder: Sharing Facebook Intel With Your Enemies Is A Terrible Idea Troublemaker What do the Taliban and an angry boyfriend in Philadelphia have in common? They both turn to Facebook for strategic info to use against their enemies. First off: the Taliban. The Australian government is warning its soldiers about digita...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/09/13/google-blocks-bizarre-anti-islam-film-trailer-on-youtube-in-egypt-and-libya/
Google Blocks Bizarre Anti-Islam Film Trailer On YouTube In Egypt and Libya
Google Blocks Bizarre Anti-Islam Film Trailer On YouTube In Egypt and Libya Google wades into foreign policy After a protest at the American embassy in Egypt and the killing of four Americans, including ambassador Christopher Stevens, at the embassy in Libya, fingers were pointed at a bizarre YouTube trailer for a film...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/09/24/facebook-users-are-convinced-years-old-private-messages-are-being-shown-publicly-on-their-timelines-but-theyre-probably-wrong/
Facebook Users Convinced Years-Old Private Messages Are Being Published On Timelines. (But They're Wrong.)
Facebook Users Convinced Years-Old Private Messages Are Being Published On Timelines. (But They're Wrong.) Thanks to a French newspaper report that was later picked up by TechCrunch, many a Facebook user is flipping out over the idea that private messages sent prior to 2010 are suddenly being published on users' Facebo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/12/05/hunter-moore-is-going-to-start-posting-your-nude-photos-again-but-will-only-post-your-home-address-if-he-thinks-youre-a-horrible-person/
Hunter Moore Will Post Your Nude Photos But Will Only Include Your Home Address If He Thinks You're A Horrible Person
Hunter Moore Will Post Your Nude Photos But Will Only Include Your Home Address If He Thinks You're A Horrible Person Hunter Moore of Is Anyone Up Hunter Moore has become the king of revenge porn thanks to a site he launched in 2010 called "IsAnyoneUp." He invited people to submit naked photos of themselves or others a...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/12/26/oops-mark-zuckerbergs-sister-has-a-private-facebook-photo-go-public/
Oops. Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Has A Private Facebook Photo Go Public.
Oops. Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Has A Private Facebook Photo Go Public. Being a member of the Facebook founder's family won't protect you from having your privacy breached on the social network. On Tuesday night, Randi Zuckerberg -- older sister to Facebook's CEO -- posted a photo from a family gathering to Facebook (of...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/01/14/five-ways-technology-has-allegedly-ruined-dating/
Five Ways Technology Has Allegedly Ruined Dating
Five Ways Technology Has Allegedly Ruined Dating No. News alert from the New York Times and the Atlantic: Technology is ruining dating. A piece in this month's Atlantic entitled "A Million First Dates" suggests "online romance is threatening monogamy," because people allegedly prefer continually perusing online dating ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/01/16/software-developer-who-cleverly-outsourced-his-job-to-china-betrayed-by-his-digital-footprint/
Software Developer Who Cleverly Outsourced His Job To China Betrayed By His Digital Footprint
Software Developer Who Cleverly Outsourced His Job To China Betrayed By His Digital Footprint I can haz six-figure salary to watch cat videos? A software developer's clever plan to outsource his job to a developer in China and to spend his work days surfing Reddit and watching cat videos was derailed thanks to the digi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/04/17/google-glass-bid-up-to-95300-on-ebay-before-seller-realized-he-couldnt-sell-them/
Google Glass Bid Up To $95,300 On eBay Before Seller Realized He Isn't Allowed To Sell Them
Google Glass Bid Up To $95,300 On eBay Before Seller Realized He Isn't Allowed To Sell Them Augmented reality fetches a high price on eBay In February, Google ran a contest for Glass offering "winners" the opportunity to be "Glass Explorers," i.e. the guinea pigs who will test out Glass in the wild. Downside: Explorers...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/05/09/snapchats-dont-disappear/?sh=42aed242bdda
Snapchats Don't Disappear: Forensics Firm Has Pulled Dozens of Supposedly-Deleted Photos From Android Phones
Snapchats Don't Disappear: Forensics Firm Has Pulled Dozens of Supposedly-Deleted Photos From Android Phones Another way to undermine Snapchat's privacy promises A 24-year-old forensics examiner from Utah has made a discovery that may make some Snapchat users think twice before sending a photo that they think is going ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/07/10/heres-a-tool-to-see-what-your-email-metadata-reveals-about-you/
Here's A Tool To See What Your Email Metadata Reveals About You
Here's A Tool To See What Your Email Metadata Reveals About You Earlier this week, Mike Masnick of Techdirt complained that anyone who dismisses the NSA's collection of metadata around people's phone calls and emails (as revealed in the Snowden Leaks) "because it's 'just metadata' doesn't know what metadata is." The ar...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/07/24/blueprints-of-nsa-data-center-in-utah-suggest-its-storage-capacity-is-less-impressive-than-thought/
Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought
Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought The NSA data center in Utah will be up and running by the end of September For the last two months, we’ve been bombarded with stories about the spying information-collection practices of the NSA thanks to documents le...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/07/payment-providers-and-google-will-kill-the-mug-shot-extortion-industry-faster-than-lawmakers/
Payment Providers And Google Will Kill The Mug-Shot Extortion Industry Faster Than Lawmakers Can
Payment Providers And Google Will Kill The Mug-Shot Extortion Industry Faster Than Lawmakers Can A website that specializes in optimizing old mug shots in Google searches 'A picture lasts forever' is likely not the thought going through a person's head when he or she is being booked at the clink (well, unless that pers...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/09/book-review-the-circle-will-make-you-laugh-andor-grimace-but-wont-convince-you-to-quit-facebook/
Book Review: 'The Circle' Will Make You Laugh And/Or Grimace But Won't Convince You To Quit Facebook
Book Review: 'The Circle' Will Make You Laugh And/Or Grimace But Won't Convince You To Quit Facebook 'The Circle' advertising targets the San Francisco crowd. Posters in The Mission. Step back, Evgeny Morozov: The notion of Internet-as-panacea has a prominent new critic in literary heavyweight Dave Eggers. His new nove...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/14/lavabits-legal-fight-appeal/
Lavabit's Legal Fight: Should The Feds Have The Right To Break The Internet's Security System?
Lavabit's Legal Fight: Should The Feds Have The Right To Break The Internet's Security System? Ladar Levison (via Facebook) At the end of July, the government filed a sealed document with a court in Virginia that sought to portray Dallas, Texas, business owner Ladar Levison as an obstruction to an investigation of a no...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/17/nsas-utah-data-center-suffers-new-round-of-electrical-problems/
NSA's Utah Data Center Suffers New Round Of Electrical Problems
NSA's Utah Data Center Suffers New Round Of Electrical Problems The NSA data center in Utah has had emergencies The NSA's Utah data center is still struggling to get up and running. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that the site slated to hold exabytes of NSA spy data has been suffering from lightnin...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/29/the-very-first-time-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-publicly-uttered-the-word-privacy/
The Very First Time Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Publicly Uttered The Word 'Privacy'
The Very First Time Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Publicly Uttered The Word 'Privacy' Mark Zuckerberg just got archived On Friday information scholar Michael Zimmer released something called "The Zuckerberg Files." It's a scholarly archive hosted by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee that attempts to collect every pu...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/30/lavabit-and-silent-circle-join-forces-to-make-all-email-surveillance-proof/
Lavabit And Silent Circle Join Forces To Make All Email Surveillance-Proof
Lavabit And Silent Circle Join Forces To Make All Email Surveillance-Proof The summer of Snowden gives birth to the Dark Mail Alliance In recent months, Lavabit, based in Texas, and Silent Circle, based in Washington, D.C., both shuttered their encrypted email services. The companies said they couldn’t keep them runnin...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/31/the-biggest-bitcoin-investment-so-far-circle-raises-9-million/
The Biggest Bitcoin Investment So Far: Circle Raises $9 Million
The Biggest Bitcoin Investment So Far: Circle Raises $9 Million The Wall Street Journal proclaimed the hibernation of Bitcoin venture capital a bit prematurely last week. Boston-based Circle Internet Financial Inc. came out of stealth mode Thursday announcing it has raised $9 million from Jim Breyer, Accel Partners and...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/13/sanitizing-bitcoin-coin-validation/
Sanitizing Bitcoin: This Company Wants To Track 'Clean' Bitcoin Accounts
Sanitizing Bitcoin: This Company Wants To Track 'Clean' Bitcoin Accounts Alex Waters, Matt Mellon, and Yifu Guo, of Coin Validation You can add Matt Mellon, descendant of the famed banking family, to the ranks of the Bitcoin believers. The 49-year-old former chairman for the New York Republican Party’s Finance Committe...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/12/23/the-biggest-privacy-stories-of-2013/
The Biggest Privacy Stories of 2013
The Biggest Privacy Stories of 2013 The biggest privacy stories of 2013 Forget "twerking" and "selfies." Dictionary.com dubbed "privacy" the word of the year in 2013. Here at The Not-So Private Parts, it feels a little like the unknown indie band we've been obsessed with for years just won best album at the Grammys. So...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/03/03/why-the-tsa-hassled-a-traveler-with-bitcoin-in-his-bag/
Why The TSA Hassled A Traveler 'With Bitcoin In His Bag'
Why The TSA Hassled A Traveler 'With Bitcoin In His Bag' Last month, a Bitcoin-packing traveler got some enhanced scrutiny going through airport security in Manchester, New Hampshire. In a lengthy write-up, Davi Barker of publicity firm Bitcoin not Bombs said plains-clothed TSA agents stopped him after his bag was swab...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/03/12/apple-keeps-turning-bluetooth-on-when-you-update-your-iphone/
Apple Keeps Turning Bluetooth On When You Update Your iPhone
Apple Keeps Turning Bluetooth On When You Update Your iPhone The last few times iPhone users updated their operating systems per Apple's prompting, they may have noticed something weird. Those of us who keep Bluetooth turned off for battery and privacy/security reasons suddenly had Bluetooth turned on by default af...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/08/beyond-bitcoin-crypto-ownership-companies-hope-youre-ready-to-decentralize-everything-on-the-internet/
Beyond Bitcoin: Crypto-Ownership Companies Hope You're Ready To Decentralize Everything On The Internet
Beyond Bitcoin: Crypto-Ownership Companies Hope You're Ready To Decentralize Everything On The Internet David Irvine lives in a tiny beach town called Troon on the West Coast of Scotland. He describes it as a place where old people go to retire, with a population of 15,000, a thriving golf community and views of the cl...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/11/weev-freed-but-court-punts-on-bigger-ipad-hacking-questions/
Weev Freed, But Court Punts On Bigger 'Hacking vs. Security Research' Question
Weev Freed, But Court Punts On Bigger 'Hacking vs. Security Research' Question Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer was famously sentenced to three years in jail for exposing an AT&T security flaw that let a technically-savvy person get the email address of early owners of the Apple iPad. His lawyers argued that the sente...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/15/how-i-paid-my-bitcoin-taxes/
How I Paid My Bitcoin Taxes
How I Paid My Bitcoin Taxes Tax day is usually not very complicated for me. I've used an accountant for years and simply meet with him annually to make my financial confession. It typically takes an hour. This year, though, was a bit different. We had to talk Bitcoin. On March 25, I sent my accountant a link to the new...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/22/facebook-wants-to-listen-in-on-what-youre-doing/
Facebook Wants To Listen In On What You're Doing
Facebook Wants To Listen In On What You're Doing Facebook had two big announcements this week that show the company's wildly divergent takes on the nature of privacy. One announcement is that the company is encouraging new users to initially share only with their "friends" rather than with the general public, the previ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/12/the-free-state-project-a-libertarian-testing-ground-for-bitcoin-3d-printers-and-drones/
The Free State Project: A Libertarian Testing Ground For Bitcoin, 3D Printers, and Drones
The Free State Project: A Libertarian Testing Ground For Bitcoin, 3D Printers, and Drones Long before billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel dreamed up the idea of a floating libertarian island nation, a 24-year-old Yale grad student named Jason Sorens proposed a far more down-to-earth experiment for those who want...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/13/facebook-web-app-tracking-for-ads/
Facebook Will Use Your Browsing and Apps History For Ads (Despite Saying It Wouldn't 3 Years Ago)
Facebook Will Use Your Browsing and Apps History For Ads (Despite Saying It Wouldn't 3 Years Ago) Facebook's big blue hand is reaching out to scoop up more of your data for monetization. The dossier giant has rivaled Beyonce in spreading itself around the world, except it exhorts websites and apps to "put a Facebook bu...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/19/smartphones-are-evolving-into-more-perfect-spying-devices/
With Amazon Fire's Six Cameras, Smartphones Are Evolving Into More Perfect Spying Devices
With Amazon Fire's Six Cameras, Smartphones Are Evolving Into More Perfect Spying Devices Amazon announced this week that it's launching its very own smartphone called Fire. It will have six cameras. Six. That's to make it easier to do a 3D-scan of the world around you and buy the things you see. It out-innovates Ap...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/14/are-child-sex-robots-inevitable/
Are Child Sex-Robots Inevitable?
Are Child Sex-Robots Inevitable? With every new technology comes a way to use that technology for sex. Porn dominated the early Internet. Smartphones became the mailing service for scandalous selfies. Google Glass has already been used to make (and watch) an immersive XXX film starring that James Deen. So, it’s not sur...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/30/cloudflare-protection/
The Company Keeping Your Favorite (And Least Favorite) Websites Online
The Company Keeping Your Favorite (And Least Favorite) Websites Online "The only thing I have in common with Justin Timberlake is that we've both been 'SWAT-ed,' " says CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince. In 2012 an armed rescue team stormed his company's downtown San Francisco office ready to defuse a hostage situation cal...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/08/13/so-many-pwns/
Thousands Of People Oblivious To Fact That Anyone On The Internet Can Access Their Computers
Thousands Of People Oblivious To Fact That Anyone On The Internet Can Access Their Computers There are technologists who specialize in "scanning the Internet." They are like a search team making its way through a neighborhood, but instead of checking the knob of every door, they check Internet entrances to online devic...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/09/03/were-less-nasty-about-stolen-celeb-naked-photos/
We're Less Nasty: Social Norms Have Changed Around Stolen Naked Photos
We're Less Nasty: Social Norms Have Changed Around Stolen Naked Photos In 2011, when Scarlett Johansson's nude photos were stolen by an email hacker and posted online, celeb blogger Perez Hilton's site quickly and gleefully posted them, with the headline "Scarlett Johansson Nude Photo LEAK!" and a comment about "expect...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/09/15/siri-lets-anyone-bypass-your-iphones-lockscreen-feature-or-bug/
Siri Lets Anyone Bypass Your iPhone's Lockscreen -- Feature or Bug?
Siri Lets Anyone Bypass Your iPhone's Lockscreen -- Feature or Bug? Much like beauty, secure design seems to be in the eye of the beholder. Those who have gotten early access to Apple's next software release, iOS 8, have started playing around with it, and the security-minded among the previewers have started looki...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/09/23/ftc-butterfly-labs-paypal/
Bitcoin Bruiser: Feds Shut Down Butterfly Labs As PayPal Realizes It Shouldn't Work With Companies Like That
Bitcoin Bruiser: Feds Shut Down Butterfly Labs As PayPal Realizes It Shouldn't Work With Companies Like That There have long been online complaints about Butterfly Labs, a Missouri-based maker of Bitcoin mining equipment that started operations in 2010. People complained in Bitcoin forums that the company charged them ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/09/29/whoops-new-corvettes-come-with-illegal-spying-feature/
Whoops. 2015 Corvettes Come With Illegal Spying Feature.
Whoops. 2015 Corvettes Come With Illegal Spying Feature. The pin-up page for the 2015 Corvette brags about the car's many features, including its "industry-exclusive Performance Data Recorder," which is like a Fitbit for the owners' driving, collecting stats about a particular drive as well as audio and video. And ther...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-uber-allegedly-stalked-users-for-party-goers-viewing-pleasure/
'God View': Uber Allegedly Stalked Users For Party-Goers' Viewing Pleasure (Updated)
'God View': Uber Allegedly Stalked Users For Party-Goers' Viewing Pleasure (Updated) When Uber launches its black car and ride-sharing service in a new, large city, it likes to mark the occasion with a lavish launch party. The company invites the local tech glitterati for craft cocktails, canapes, and a presentation by...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashyapkompella/2020/03/19/a-call-to-action-to-ai-experts-join-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus/
A Call To Action To AI Experts: Join The Fight Against The Coronavirus
A Call To Action To AI Experts: Join The Fight Against The Coronavirus Coronaviruses comprise of a large group of viruses that can cause a variety of ailments, from common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS-Cov-2 is the official name of the coronavirus strain behind the current global pandemic and C...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2014/07/30/americans-in-collections/
One In Three Americans Is Late On A Bill
One In Three Americans Is Late On A Bill Here’s an alarming statistic: Of Americans who have credit files, fully 35% of them have debt in collections, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. What does that mean? That means that one in three Americans with a credit file has been reported for nonpayment of a bil...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2014/08/15/challenging-a-medical-bill/
8 Things You Should Know About Challenging A Medical Bill
8 Things You Should Know About Challenging A Medical Bill Imagine you’ve been denied employment because of something in your medical history. You and your doctor can’t figure it out, until you do a little digging into your paperwork. Turns out, someone in your doctor’s office transposed some digits on a billing code an...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2014/09/26/deciding-not-to-get-married/
11 Things You Never Thought Of When You Decided Not To Get Married
11 Things You Never Thought Of When You Decided Not To Get Married You know that couple in your circle who have lived together forever, but refuse to tie the knot? They are trendsetters, apparently—Americans who have never married, and whose numbers are at an all-time high, according to a new report from the Pew Resear...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2015/04/30/nothing-saved/
You're Retirement Age With Nothing Saved For Retirement. Now What?
You're Retirement Age With Nothing Saved For Retirement. Now What? Imagine that you’re 55 or 60 years old with nothing saved for your golden years. Oh wait, that’s roughly four out of 10 Baby Boomers now. New research from the Insured Retirement Institute found that only 60% of Boomers have socked away any money for re...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2015/06/30/working-mother/
How The Children Of Working Moms Feel About Them Now
How The Children Of Working Moms Feel About Them Now Working mothers are experiencing something of a heyday right now. One recent study from Harvard found that daughters who had working mothers grew up to accomplish more at work, earn more money and climb higher on the corporate ladder than the daughters of stay-at-hom...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2016/03/31/tsa-precheck/
1 In 4 Flyers Have Never Heard Of The TSA Precheck
1 In 4 Flyers Have Never Heard Of The TSA Precheck In recent years, going through the security line at the airport hasn’t been anyone’s idea of a good time. It’s often a lengthy line and a tedious process, involving removing shoes and sweaters, emptying pockets, and digging electronics and liquids out of your carry-on ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2016/06/30/millennials-credit-card/
Millennials Are Big Credit Card Users After All
Millennials Are Big Credit Card Users After All Much research over the past few years has led us to believe that Millennials are credit card averse, preferring cash or debit cards after watching their parents get mired in consumer debt. In fact, a recent Bankrate survey found that 63% of those between 18 and 29 have no...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2017/02/28/only-a-third-of-workers-making-this-key-retirement-move/
Only A Third Of Workers Make This Key Retirement Move
Only A Third Of Workers Make This Key Retirement Move The retirement numbers have just gotten worse. According to a new analysis by the U.S. Census Bureau, two-thirds of Americans aren’t contributing anything to a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement account. That’s nothing at all. The Bureau looked at tax rec...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2017/03/29/loans-spring-break/
College Students Using Loans For Spring Break, Alcohol, Drugs
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