Day: May 23, 2020

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern: ‘Google’s a problem for everyone who sells something online’ – yup, monopolies are bad

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Expedia Group’s new CEO isn’t mincing words about one of the company’s biggest challenges: Google’s dual role as a rival in online travel, and a key source of customers through search traffic and paid advertising. “I think Google’s a problem — it’s a problem for everyone who sells something online, and we all have to Read more about Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern: ‘Google’s a problem for everyone who sells something online’ – yup, monopolies are bad[…]

It wasn’t just a few credit cards: Entire travel itineraries were stolen by hackers, Easyjet now tells victims

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Victims of the Easyjet hack are now being told their entire travel itineraries were accessed by hackers who helped themselves to nine million people’s personal details stored by the budget airline. As reported earlier this week, the data was stolen from the airline between October 2019 and January this year. Easyjet kept quiet about the Read more about It wasn’t just a few credit cards: Entire travel itineraries were stolen by hackers, Easyjet now tells victims[…]

‘Taste Display’ Brings Fake Flavors to Your Tongue

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a researcher from Meiji University in Japan who’s invented what’s being described as a taste display that can artificially recreate any flavor by triggering the five different tastes on a user’s tongue. Years ago it was thought that the tongue had different regions for tasting sweet, sour, salty, and bitter flavors, where higher concentrations of Read more about ‘Taste Display’ Brings Fake Flavors to Your Tongue[…]