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Get the latest U.S. business and financial news and share your opinions on corporate America, finance, housing, unemployment and other money matters. A SpokenEdition transforms written content int... more
FAQs about HuffPost Business & Tech – Spoken Edition:How many episodes does HuffPost Business & Tech – Spoken Edition have?The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.
March 21, 2017High-Paying Job Listings Are Written To Attract Men, Study FindsJob listings that include words and phrases like “get your hands dirty” and “driven” are more likely to attract male applicants, according to data analysis done by a machine-learning startup called Textio....more5minPlay
March 20, 2017Someone Copied The Wrong Person On An Email, And It Just Might Destroy UberOn Dec. 13, an employee at Waymo, a self-driving startup founded by Google, was accidentally copied on an email from one of its vendors. Where was the email supposed to go? Why, to Uber ― or, more specifically, to Uber’s newly acquired startup Otto. Included in the email were schematics for a circuit board, one that looked remarkably similar to a board designed at considerable expense by Waymo....more6minPlay
March 17, 2017Stop Using Marissa Mayer To Make The Case For FeminismSince she was hired as Yahoo’s CEO in 2012, Mayer has been cited repeatedly as a human data point to illustrate the perils and pitfalls that women face in the tech and business worlds. This is kind of ridiculous. Mayer, now 41, is an extremely privileged and well-paid woman. She is just one of a handful who made it to the corner office. She is not an everywoman by any definition.Yet even as she prepares to step down as chief executive of Yahoo, she is still standing in for one....more5minPlay
March 16, 2017Hackers Attack High-Profile Twitter Accounts, Post Swastikas And Pro-Erdogan ContentHackers gained access to many high-profile Twitter accounts on Wednesday and posted tweets in support of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Amnesty International, BBC North America, Duke University, Forbes, PBS Food, U-Haul and UNICEF USA were among the verified accounts affected by the hack. The cyberattack appeared to involve accessing the accounts and posting swastikas, comments in support of Erdogan and the hashtags#Nazialmanya(Nazi Germany) and #Nazihollanda (Nazi Holland)....more3minPlay
March 14, 2017Recharging Hoverboard Blamed For Toddler's Death In Home FireA toddler was killed over the weekend in a raging Pennsylvania house fire that officials said was sparked by a hoverboard plugged into an electrical outlet for recharging. If investigators confirm the cause of the Friday night blaze, it would be the first fatality in the U.S. linked to a hoverboard battery problem that has been blamed for scores of fires — including major house fires — since 2015, reported NBC....more3minPlay
March 10, 2017Apple Has Already Patched Many Of The WikiLeaks ExploitsAfter the hubbub died down, the first ofWikiLeaks’ much-touted “Vault 7” dumpsturns out to have revealed little about the CIA’s hacking abilities. In fact, numerous information security experts say it demonstrates quite the opposite: That instead of widespread, unchecked hacking capabilities (of the sort Edward Snowden revealed in 2013), the CIA now has to develop (and pay for)expensive exploits, then apply them to individual devices on a selective basis....more4minPlay
March 09, 2017Uber Has A Secret Program Called 'Greyball' It Uses To Evade PoliceAccording to the New York Times, which first reported the story, the company deployed the software in cities that deemed the ride-hailing service illegal or otherwise tried to slow the company’s rapid expansion. The Times reports thatUber’s software clues into a number of signs from prospective riders to determine whether they might pose a threat to the company or its drivers, notably in the form of enforcement officers trying to catch Uber operating illegally....more5minPlay
March 08, 2017Hackers Shaking Down Pennsylvania Democrats and U.S. Progressive GroupsHackers are now reportedly targeting Democratic lawmakers and progressive organizations in the U.S. in an attempt to shake them down for hush money. At least 12 progressive organizations have been targeted by Russian hackers who seek out embarrassing information on emails or secret details that could be used to hurt the organizations, Bloomberg has been told by two sources familiar with probes by private security companies and the FBI....more3minPlay
March 07, 2017Bay Area School Gets Rich Quick On Snapchat InvestmentThe Mountain View, California, private school parlayed a $15,000 Snapchat investment it made years ago into more than $20 million after the social-sharing company went public in a big way on Thursday, CBS in San Francisco reported....more2minPlay
March 06, 2017Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Loses Bonus For Handling Of 'Security Incident'Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will lose her bonus and equity grants this year because of her handling of a 2014 hacking incident that may have compromised 500 million user accounts. Mayer wrote in a Tumblr post on Wednesday that she would give up the compensation because the security breach occurred on her watch....more3minPlay
FAQs about HuffPost Business & Tech – Spoken Edition:How many episodes does HuffPost Business & Tech – Spoken Edition have?The podcast currently has 234 episodes available.