The Audi e-tron just scored a new quarterly sales record in the United States. Before you get too excited about the news, though, recognize that the US market is nothing like the European market for the electric SUV from Germany. This new quarterly record? 3,474 units. With ~13 weeks in the first quarter of the…
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Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop:A look at ransomware incidents targeting the manufacturing industry, which according to Trend Micro was the most targeted sector in Q3 2020, involving 150 firms — Halvor Molland was asleep on a brisk night in Oslo, Norway’s capital, two years ago when his phone rang around 3 a.m.
Danielle Abril / Fortune:ACLU discloses that it shares personally identifiable info of its website users and donors with platforms like Facebook, Google, and others, for ad targeting — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
A recent study by NASA identifies for the first time the degree to which human activity is responsible for global heating. The study was published March 25 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Here are the Abstract and the Plain Language Summary of the report: Abstract Changes in atmospheric composition, such as increasing greenhouse gases,…
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Shopify’s CEO seems to have caught the crypto bug, and it could be a boon for adoption.
U.S. dollar weakness is painting a bullish short term outlook for Bitcoin in April.
Bitcoin’s appeal among institutional investors is spreading toward insurance firms and life and annuity companies.
Aaron Holmes / Insider:Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from an old leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019 — – The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.
Danny Konstantinovic / The Business of Business:Gumroad’s CEO on the company’s first 10 years, competitors like Patreon and Substack, the rise of the creator economy, and how app store “taxes” stifle growth — When you visit Gumroad’s website, one of the first things you see is a simple promise. — “Gumroad makes it possible for…
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