Sandberg vs. Soros: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is under scrutiny yet again, this time over revelations she asked for an investigation into whether George Soros was shorting the company’s stock. The news undercuts earlier claims Sandberg didn’t know about a lobby campaign to attack the billionaire.
You can check out—but you can never leave: Marriott International is the latest to suffer a catastrophic data breach. The hotel chain disclosed hackers exploited its Starwood reservation system to obtain personal details—including passport numbers and birthdates—of hundreds of millions of customers.
Blockchain blossoms in China: The recent cryptocurrency wipeout hasn’t dimmed hopes for blockchain technology in China. The CEO of Xunlei Technology, a blockchain pioneer, boasted that his company’s Thunder Chain can process one million transactions per second.
Trump warms to Big Tech: In a sign of rapprochement between the White House and Silicon Valley, President Trump has invited the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and other firms to discuss U.S. tech leadership next Thursday. Topics will reportedly included A.I., 5G, and quantum computing.
Questions abound for China’s NASDAQ: President Xi recently announced plans for a new stock exchange that would give tech firms access to Chinese investors. The idea holds a lot of appeal but details remain scant on how it will all work. Some leading Chinese executives, speaking at Fortune‘s Global Tech Forum, shed some light on what we know so far.
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