While hackers were able to get access to Superdrug’s customer database containing client’s name, address, date of birth and phone numbers, they did not manage to get their hands on Superdrug’s clients’ payment info. Superdrug, a British pharmacy, has disclosed that hackers had, in all probability, managed to access the personal information of some of…
The lingering impact of its Brazilian dam collapse Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts and a huge write-down against the US onshore oil and gas assets of the company impacted the profits for BHP which fell by 37 per cent, announced the company on Tuesday. An “exceptional loss” of $US5.2 billion ($7.1 billion), after tax, ate…
Websites in Europe may have to delete extremist content on their sites within an hour or face a fine according to a plan by the European Commission. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among others are one who would be impacted by such a regulation. Such a regulation would be a shift by the EU away from…
The hackers used spear fishing to target the website of the Hudson Institute, that of the International Republican Institute and Microsoft’s Office 365 website. In a momentous development, Microsoft Corp disclosed, it has recently thwarted cyber attacks by hackers associated with the Russian government. The hackers were attempting to steal user information from groups that…
Analysts covering the sector opine Huawei will have to either reduce its margins or raise prices. Huawei Technology Co’s upcoming launch of a solar-panel control device in the United States is expected to collide with the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electronics. As a result this is likely to undermine the product that analysts…
American could end up paying more for virtually everything they use in their daily lives – from cradles to coffins, if US president Donald Trump goes on to impose the threatened tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, claimed a broad cross-section of U.S. businesses. While the earlier list for tariffs were drawn up carefully…
The development underscores the strict rules companies have to comply in to operate in China with Beijing’s regulator trying to create a cyberspace with enhanced censorship policies. Apple has stated it has withdrawn lottery apps from its App Store in China midst tightening regulations and a barrage of criticism from China’s state media. According to…
Growth is being given predominance over profit by Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi just like his predecessor. But because the ride-hailing service has reached a global scale, therefore it is finding it difficult to make growth gains. A second-quarter loss of $891 million was recently reported by Uber. While the loss is…
US retailing giant Walmart reported a 40 per cent increase in its online sales in the last quarter which drove its overall revenues to $128bn for the period. There was jump of 10 per cent in share of the company at the New York stock market. “We’re leveraging stores and e-commerce to make shopping faster…
In 2006, Google had entered China only to leave in 2010 over an escalating dispute with regulators that was capped by what security researchers identified as state-sponsored cyberattacks against Google and other large U.S. firms. According to a transcript of a meeting between Google’s CEO and its employees, the search engine giant is not close…
