Robert Hackett
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Center Township, IN, United States
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Recent articles by Robert:
The Adverse Effects of Twitter's 'Inadvertent' Advertising—Cyber Saturday
Twitter "inadvertently" misused people's account-securing data, such as phone numbers and email addresses, for targeted advertising, as Facebook admitted to doing last year. → Read More
America's Slipping Edge—Cyber Saturday
America must fight to keep ahead of adversaries such as China when it comes to technology and innovation, a cybersecurity group chartered by the Aspen Institute warns in a new report. → Read More
Digital Assets Will 'Trickle, Trickle, Trickle—Then Flood,' State Street Exec Says
Jay Biancamano, digital asset lead at State Street, one of the world's largest custody banks, expects a wave of institutional interest in blockchain-based digital assets on the horizon. → Read More
No, Encryption Is Not About to Be 'Backdoored'—Data Sheet
Reports of government getting access to Facebook's encrypted data are overblown. → Read More
Comcast, Mastercard, Samsung Pour Millions into Password-Killing Startup
HYPR, a password-killing tech startup based in New York, has raised $18 million in new venture capital funding from Comcast, Mastercard, Samsung and other investors. → Read More
Google and Copyright ‘Blackmail’—Data Sheet
Google would rather scale back search offerings in France and Spain than pay news publishers fees under copyright law. → Read More
Billionaire Investor Charles Schwab on the Lessons He's Learned Over a Lifetime of Investing
In a new book, and in an interview with Fortune, the legendary Schwab talks about what he’s gleaned from decades of brokering trades, weathering market turmoil, and getting burned—literally. → Read More
Bakkt Bitcoin Futures: Awaited, Debated . . . and Deflated? — The Ledger
After much anticipation, Bakkt saw low volumes on its first day - but the long game might be more important. → Read More
If Google Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy,’ What’s Next for Its Competitors?
Here's what IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Honeywell, and Rigetti have to say about the search giant's quantum computing milestone. → Read More
Google Claims 'Quantum Supremacy,' Marking a Major Milestone in Computing
In a new scientific paper, Google researchers claim for the first time to have demonstrated "quantum supremacy," where a quantum computer outperforms a traditional one. → Read More
'Security' Cameras Are Dry Powder for Hackers. Here's Why
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable "security" cameras are a major factor in a new, very powerful distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS attack. → Read More
IBM Quantum Computer Center Opens in Upstate New York
IBM's center for quantum computation opened Wednesday in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., putting five new machines online. → Read More
Cloudflare IPO: Investors Clamor for Shares, Despite Controversies—Cyber Saturday
Cloudflare shares popped 20% post-IPO on Friday, despite recent controversies over 8chan, censorship, and potential sanctions violations. → Read More
How Millennials Invest: Finance and Tech Execs Opine
When it comes to personal finances and investing, what makes younger generations like millennials tick? → Read More
Ex-Fannie Mae CEO: Housing Will Be Fine in the Next Recession
Tim Mayopoulos, ex-CEO of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, isn't worried about the next recession's impact on the housing market. → Read More
After the Capital One Data Breach, Should Big Business Fear the Public Cloud?
Experts explain the cybersecurity lessons other companies can take away from Capital One's data breach. → Read More
Silicon Valley's Smokescreen and the Phoniness of 'Thought Leadership'
"Winners Take All" author Anand Giridharadas takes Silicon Valley tech giants like Uber, Google, and Facebook to task while exposing the phoniness of "thought leadership." → Read More
A Cryptocurrency Custody Battle Is A-Brewing—The Ledger
Coinbase, Fidelity, BitGo and a slew of others are vying to be the vault for your digital wealth. → Read More
Meet the Humble CEO Who Wants to Build the Biggest Cybersecurity Company Ever—Data Sheet
Cybereason CEO Lior Div just raised another $200 million to expand his firm. → Read More
What CEOs, Bankers, and Tech Execs Think About a Coming Recession
CEOs, bankers, and tech execs discussed the possibility of a recession on the sidelines of the Fortune's inaugural Brainstorm Finance conference. → Read More