San Francisco: A lawsuit filed in the US has alleged that Apple violated the country’s Securities Exchange Act by hiding a slowdown in the demand for iPhones, especially in China, the media reported. The City of Roseville employees’ retirement fund filed the suit on Tuesday in Northern California US District Court, The Mercury News published […]
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Facebook denies conducting physical verification of an Indian user for a post
NEW DELHI: Facebook, which has been in overdrive to ensure transparency on its platform in the run up to the 2019 general elections, on Sunday denied that it has conducted physical verification of an Indian user who has written a post containing political content on his account. As per a report published by news wire […]
Saudis gained access to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone: Bezos’ security chief
WASHINGTON: The security chief for Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Saturday that the Saudi government had access to Bezos’ phone and gained private information from it. Gavin De Becker, a longtime security consultant, said he had concluded his investigation into the publication in January of leaked text messages between Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, […]
Saradha chit fund: SC seeks reply from Voda, Airtel on CBI’s plea for non-cooperation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought reply form Vodafone and Airtel on a plea by the CBI alleging that they were not cooperating with the investigation in the Saradha chit fund case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi listed the agency’s plea on April 8 after the mobile service providers denied […]
AWS announces general availability of Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, a new storage class that provides secure, durable object storage for long-term retention of data that is rarely accessed. At just $0.00099 per GB-month (less than one-tenth of one cent, or $1 per TB-month), S3 Glacier Deep Archive offers the lowest cost […]
Facebook tightens rules on political ads ahead of EU vote
Facebook Inc toughened its rules on political advertising in Europe on Friday under pressure from EU regulators to do more to guard against foreign meddling in the bloc’s upcoming legislative election. Chastened since Russia used the social media platform to influence polls that swept US President Donald Trump to power, Facebook says it has ploughed […]
Amazon Web Services to open infrastructure location in Colombia
Amazon Web Services (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, said on Thursday it will open a Latin America infrastructure location in Colombia and help train 2,000 students in cloud technology. The company will team up with Colombia’s public technical education institute to train students in cloud computing, Jeffrey Kratz, AWS’ general public sector manager for […]
UK: Huawei equipment has ‘significant’ security flaws
LONDON: Britain has identified “significant” issues in Chinese giant Huawei’s engineering processes that pose “new risks” for the nation’s telecommunications, a government report found on Thursday. “Further significant technical issues have been identified in Huawei’s engineering processes, leading to new risks in the UK telecommunications networks,” read annual findings from the government’s Huawei Cyber Security […]
Opinion | The fading boundary between humans and machines
To understand the future, it often helps to study the past. Sometimes, even the distant past. In fact, scientists draw parallels between the inflection point that humanity finds itself at today and a short window of time 500 million years ago, called the “Cambrian explosion”, which was a defining moment in the evolution of life […]
Netflix confirms that it won’t be part of Apple’s new streaming platform
Netflix Inc. Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings confirmed that his company won’t be participating in Apple Inc.’s new streaming platform, reflecting new competition between the Silicon Valley giants. “We want to have people watch our content on our service,” he said at a press conference on Monday. “We’ve chosen not to integrate into their service.” […]
Over 1 billion feature phones to be sold in 3 years
Over a billion feature phones would be sold over the next three years as the segment is forecast to generate around $16 billion cumulatively in wholesale hardware revenues globally, a new report by Counterpoint Research said. India continues to be the largest market in terms of potential feature phone volumes followed by Bangladesh and Nigeria. […]
Facebook, Twitter to remove New Zealand mosque shooting content
Singapore: Social media platforms Facebook and Twitter said on Friday they would take down content involving mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques that killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 20. A suspected gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch, mirroring the […]