Hi, I’m Samantha Edwards, an editor at The Globe and Mail. Welcome back to Lately, The Globe’s new tech newsletter – and if you’re here for the first time, welcome! Every Friday morning, I break down the week’s biggest tech stories and how they intersect with – and even change – our world.🥷 Hackers claim massive Ticketmaster breachThe school boards vs.
In the U.S., more than 400 school boards and 41 states have filed similar lawsuits, which are starting to make their way through the courts. The outcomes of these lawsuits will offer a sneak peek of what the outcome could be in Canada, whether it’s win, lose or settle.A hacker group called ShinyHunters claims it breached Ticketmaster, stealing sensitive information of 560 million customers.
Around 40 per cent of Facebook’s active users shop on Marketplace, while 16 per cent of those users say it’s the sole reason they even go on the site. Part of the appeal of Marketplace is that buyers and sellers have public profiles with ratings and shows if you have mutual friends, making it feel more trustworthy than Craigslist or Kijij. But I believe another appeal is the algorithm: it shows me similar listings to what I’m already searching for, but also things I didn’t know I wanted but now desire. And as the younger generation ditches Facebook – use among U.S.