U.S. moves to stop Huawei from exploiting U.S. patent courts

Senator Marco Rubio files legislation which prevents certain companies from seeking damages in U.S. patent courts. In a significant development, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has filed legislation aimed at preventing Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from seeking damages in U.S. patent courts. The move comes after the Chinese company demanded that Verizon Communications Inc pay $1…

China’s Great Firewall blocks news of Hong Kong protests

China’s firewall although broadly effective, is not 100% full proof, content posted on individual accounts were not immediately censored. In a significant development, Chinese censors are working hard to block and erase news of the Hong Kong protests on social media and search platforms. There has been a surge of interests from mainland Chinese users…

FB’s cryptocurrency get major backing

Backers include PayPal, Visa Inc, Uber Technologies Inc and Mastercard Inc. In a significant development, Facebook Inc’s cryptocurrency has received backing from more than a dozen companies including PayPal Holdings Inc, Visa Inc, Uber Technologies Inc and Mastercard Inc. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, each company will invest nearly $10 million…

Trump meets Apple CEO Tim Cook ahead of imposing new trade tariffs on China

The new wave of tariffs which could go into effect from August 1, is likely to cover consumer electronics, including smartphones and tablets. With U.S. President Donald Trump deliberating whether to make good on his threat to impose tariffs on the remaining un-tariffed Chinese exports to the United States, Trump met Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…

Chinese IP Addresses Of Hackers Revealed By Telegram For Attack During HK Protests

China was the country of origin for the hacking of and a massive cyber attack on the messaging service of Telegram, said the company’s founder Pavel Durov. Confirmation of the company being the victim of a “powerful” Distributed Denial of Service attack was made by Telegram on Wednesday. The company said that the attack managed…

Nestle, Mcdonald’s Partnership For Nestle’s Vegan Meat Could Be Go Beyond Germany

The Swiss food giant Nestle wants to add on to the number of partners for its plant-based burger sales in addition to its partnership with fast food chain McDonald’s as well as seeking to expands its partnership with McDonald’s outside of Germany, said the company’s chief on Tuesday. “McDonald’s is an exciting and big customer,…