The agreement potentially also includes tweaking game titles for U.S. laptops powered by Qualcomm’s processors which will connect to the internet vide 5G rather than use Wi-Fi. Qualcomm Inc, the largest supplier of mobile phone chips stated, it will collaborate with China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd on projects that could include making Tencent’s video games run…
It would appear that Paige Thompson wanted to get caught: she posted extract of the data that she hacked on GitHub, a publicly available coding platform. In a significant development, Capital One Financial Corp disclosed that a hacker, who has been arrested, had managed to obtain the personal information, including names and addresses, of around…
One of the largest food delivery companies in the world would be created following the merger of Just Eat and its Dutch rival Takeaway.com. the former has agreed in principle to of the combination according to the companies. After the merger, the total value of the two companies together would be about £8.2 billion and…
A potential could be announced as early as next week. According to a report from Bloomberg, Exact Sciences Corp, a cancer diagnostics company, is in advanced negotiations to acquire Genomic Health Inc for around $2.8 billion in order to strengthen its cancer testing unit. The potential deal could be announced as early as next week;…
Complicating the negotiations is the fact that a July 19 deadline that was set by CFIUS has lapsed. Further, the U.S. government has also joined in as a trustee to oversee the sale. In a significant development, according to sources familiar with the matter at hand, following a U.S. national security panel asking Pamplona Capital…
Facebook Inc. will no longer allow any kind of sale and advertising of alcohol and tobacco between users on its two platforms of Facebook and Instagram. “We are updating our regulated goods policy to prohibit the sale of alcohol and tobacco products between private individuals on Facebook and Instagram. Our commerce policies already prohibit the…
The new exchange for tech stocks in China that has been recently launched is the aim for the Chinese budget smartphone maker Transsion, whose Tecno brand is a dominant force already in the African market. It has already got the preliminary permission this week for listing of its shares at the Star Market, China’s answer…
Nubank was valued at more than $10 billion in its latest funding round. In a statement Brazilian fintech startup Nubank stated, it has raised $400 million in a new funding round led by TCV, a U.S. investment firm. Its existing investors include China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd, Ribbit Capital, DST Global, Dragoneer, and Sequoia Capital. Thrive…
There has been a significant drop in the shares of United States electric car maker Tesla following its reporting of a second quarter loss despite touching a record number of deliveries in the period along with higher than usual levels of revenues and production. The graph for Tesla’s stock price has been like a roller…
First half profit at the French auto maker Renault saw a drop because of subdued demand for cars globally and a 95 per cent drop in the profits of its alliance partner Nissan following the Carlos Ghosn episode. That prompted Renault to issue a warning of a drop in revenue for the complete year. In…
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