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Clean Energy Entrepreneur Desai on Tech’s Pitfalls & Promise in 2017

Xconomy

presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Xconomy: Do you think 2017 was a. A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S.

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Houston Investor Murthy Reflects on Tech’s High & Low Points in 2017

Xconomy

presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S.

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UTD’s Guengerich on the Promise and Peril of Tech Innovation in 2017

Xconomy

presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Guengerich moved to North Texas in 2017 after years in the Austin tech community, where he co-founded Appconomy, a China-focused e-commerce startup, among other initiatives.

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Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

Or perhaps in the case of 2017, with its litany of data security breaches, social media manipulations, and allegations of sexual harassment, to just wring out the old.

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Six West Coast Tech Leaders Share Top Developments of 2017

Xconomy

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging.

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Venture Activity Comes to (Unicorn) Point in 2017, and Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

In China, 2017 was the year of the rooster. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. billion in 8,035 companies (through 8,076 deals) in 2017, according to Venture Monitor data. venture funding to a total of $84.2 venture funding to a total of $84.2

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

Xconomy

One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim.