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Privacy Advocate Richard Holober on the Tech Backlash of 2017 

Xconomy

elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

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Mitek Systems Building New Business in Verifying Online Identities

Xconomy

A few years before the presidential election of 2016, with all its Wikileaks, Russian disinformation campaigns, and phony Facebook links, San Diego’s Mitek Systems (NASDAQ: MITK made a strategic decision to expand into identity verification technology. Funny how things work out.

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Cybersecurity Firm Illumio’s Alan Cohen on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages.

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SoftBank’s Arm to Include Cybereason Security Services in IoT Hub

Xconomy

Boston-based Cybereason has formed a partnership with Arm, the dominant developer of computer chip architecture, which was acquired by SoftBank in 2016. Security-tech company Cybereason is announcing another boon flowing from close ties with its biggest investor, Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.

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How Will Apple Innovate Beyond the iPhone 7? With Next-Gen Siri

Xconomy

So, going by the traditional schedule, the 2016 iPhone would have been a major refresh, perhaps helping to reverse this year’s slowdown in sales of iOS devices. And what does this portend for the future of mobile interfaces? Redesigned iPhones typically come out in even-numbered years. So, what’s going on inside Apple?

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New Ethics Code Urges Tech Firms and Coders To Avoid Harming Society

Xconomy

Selling a new Web-connected thermostat or other wired gizmo to consumers without a plan to deliver the necessary security patches is not only bad business—it’s unethical. So is failing to challenge a law or tech company rule that governs work on technology products, if that rule causes unjustifiable harms to people or the environment.

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