Uber has hired its first chief privacy officer, as well as a former TomTom executive in charge, ensuring the ride-hailing company complies with the EU’s data protection laws.

23 NYCRR Part 500 officially went into effect on March 1, 2017. Almost one year later, on February 15, 2018, all covered entities were required to submit the first certification of compliance under 23NYCRR. On March 1st, covered entities had to be compliant with Sections 500.04(b), 500.05, 500.09. 500.12, and 500.14(b). The next major deadline will take place on September 3, 2018 as the eighteen-month transitional period ends, and covered entities are required to be compliance with the remaining 23NYCRR’s sections (specifically 500.08, 500.13, 500.13(a) and 500.15).

The Go offers the look and feel of Microsoft’s larger Surface tablets in a 10-inch package that weighs just over a pound and costs $399. That’s half the cost of the cheapest Surface Pro tablet and comparable to Samsung’s 9.7-inch Galaxy Tab S2, but still $70 more than the 9.7-inch iPad.

2018 is the year of decentralized database. Cryptocurrency dominated the first half of this year, with bitcoin stopping short of $20,000 at its peak. But what about the technology behind bitcoin? What do we know about blockchain?

The German government this week signed a letter of intent with Airbus and Volkswagen’s Audi unit to test a flying machine in and around Audi’s home city of Ingolstadt.

In what has become a recurring theme in the digital currency industry, another cryptocurrency exchange platform has suffered a cyber intrusion. Suspected cybercriminals have hacked Bithumb, the South Korea-based exchange platform.

The policy’s fate was sealed back in December 2017, when FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order was approved in a 3-2 vote along party lines. Pai’s order, which goes into effect today, rolls back the net neutrality protections that were put in place by former chairman Tom Wheeler. They promise — in name, at least — unrestricted access to online content minus the burden of regulation. But in fact, the new ruling clears the way for massive internet service providers to do practically whatever they like — including paid prioritization, throttling, and otherwise messing with traffic as it moves across the internet. It will take a long time to see the practical effects of the new rules, but make no mistake: this is a big deal, and it’s the first step in a long, slow process that will reshape the internet in very ugly ways.