Hailed as a model for personal data protection, the GDPR ramps up protection for online privacy for citizens across the European Union. On Friday, new privacy regulations will come effect across the Eurozone. Companies will now have to comply with tougher privacy rights of their customers and provide them ways to better handle and control…
Honda Motors and Contemporary Amperex Technology will work together to develop electric vehicles. The Japanese car maker sees electric vehicle as crucial for future growth and that is why it is partnering with the largest battery maker in the world. New electric cars would be the primary users of the batteries and the related technology…
It was about two months ago that a pedestrian was killed in an accident that involved a driverless test car of Uber in Arizona, U.S., following which the company announced the closure of its self-driving car operations there this week. But the company said that it might restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania some time this…
The development is aimed at enabling Toyota to expand its line of next gen emission free vehicles. On Thursday, as part of a strategic move Toyota Motor Corp plans on building a manufacturing plant for hydrogen fuel cell stacks, a key component for next generation fuel cell vehicles. The move is part of a larger…
Tesla has hired Snap Inc’s Stuart Bowers who will now be its vice president of engineering. Electric carmaker Tesla Inc stated it has hired Stuart Bowers, Snap Inc’s vice president of monetization engineering, as its VP of engineering. He will work on Tesla’s Autopilot software and other projects. In recent days, several senior executives have…
Given the impetus and the focus that China has laid on ZTE in the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations, is probably indicative of the role played by the Chinese firm in its strategic China 2025 policy. China will also need to come of age in the semiconductor industry if it wants to be at par with…
Iran was warned with the “strongest sanctions in history” by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. European companies were also issued a warning by the U.S. against maintaining business relationship with Iran indicating a stiffening of stance against Iran ever since U.S. president Donald Trump took the company out of the Iran nuclear deal.…
In what is the latest development in the acquisition battle between Comcast and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, Britain will most likely oppose the proposed takeover of British satellite broadcaster Sky by American cable giant Comcast, said Britain’s culture secretary on Monday. He does not have storing intentions to interfere in the $30.7 billion deal…
Known as Speculative Store Bypass or “Variant 4”, these new vulnerabilities have a low risk profile assigned to them partly due to the patches that were released earlier this month for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Alphabet’s Google and from Microsoft Corp have unearthed new security vulnerabilities that impact a broad range…
The acquisition is aimed at bolstering Adobe’s Experience Cloud business. In what is stated to be Adobe Systems Inc’s biggest deal in a decade, the U.S. software company disclosed it would be acquiring Magento Commerce, an e-commerce services provider, from private equity firm Permira for $1.68 billion in cash. Following the news, shares of Adobe…
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