The Download: child online safety laws, and ClimateTech is coming

October 2, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Child online safety laws will actually hurt kids, critics say This summer, the Senate moved two bills dealing with online privacy for children and teens out of committee. We’ve also seen many states…

5 Habits That Build Mental Strength

October 2, 2023
Real estate investor Cole Hatter shares the ways he developed fortitude on the most recent episode of The Jeff Fenster show.

India’s national logistics portal exposed sensitive personal data, trade records

October 2, 2023
India’s state-owned logistics portal has fixed misconfigurations and vulnerabilities that exposed sensitive personal data and various state and private trade records. Called the National Logistics Portal-Marine, the website made the sensitive and private data public due to misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets. It also carried a JavaScript file that included login credentials into the web source […]

Child online safety laws will actually hurt kids, critics say

October 2, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. This summer, the Senate moved two bills dealing with online privacy for children and teens out of committee. Both have been floating around Congress in various forms…

Procurement is painful, so Pivot wants to simplify it

October 2, 2023
Earlier this year, a big French tech company started requiring an email to the CEO for every purchase above €1,000. That’s because they didn’t have the right tool to manage procurement. Meet Pivot, a new French startup that wants to overhaul spend management solutions. Pivot wants to work with young companies that are growing fast […]