Elements attributed to Russia are trying to weaponise information through a campaign of disinformation and misinformation while trying to influence national policies through the globe. As per the results of a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University, French voters are increasingly being flooded with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential…
Drivers will need a flying license to operate the vehicle in flight mode. Customers can expect deliveries starting from 2020. In what could be a significant breakthrough, a Slovakia-based company has unveiled a commercial design for a flying car with a price tag of more than $1 million, saying it was ready for pre-orders with…
A day when people can control almost any piece of software with their voice is what Amazon.com Inc’s chief technology officer is working toward. CTO Werner Vogels said in an interview that to enable developers so they can build chat features into their own apps, the company on Wednesday rolled out the technology powering Alexa,…
There are allegations that Bose Corp violates the privacy rights pf the listeners and user by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged and the company spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to. An injunction to stop Bose’s “wholesale disregard”…
Bose, with an annual turnover of $3.5 billion, is once again facing a privacy violation issue. As per a complaint filed by Kyle Zak in a federal court in Chicago, Bose Corp has been charged with spying on its customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to.…
Unlike BlackRock, very few companies in the world have been able to build a successful index fund franchise like its iShares. The world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, has reported a double digit profit in its first quarter report of this year with investors ploughing in their money into its index funds. Despite the good news,…
A large number of companies across the globe are in the process of stripping down their data centers and taking advantage of emerging cloud technologies and it is such companies that have helped Amazon Web Services to win business worldwide. However, there is a very different reason for some companies to change from a server based…
Verizon is shoring up its resources and is strategically placing itself to launch 5G services in the next year. Verizon Communications Inc has agreed to buy optic fibre from Corning Inc for at least $1.05 billion over the next three years. The purchase is aimed at improving its network infrastructure, said the No. 1 wireless…
With China’s communist party’s leadership not bringing forth bold policies vis-à-vis electric vehicles has forced Ford to take a more cautious approach to the electric and hybrid-plugin car market in China. Despite a headlong plunge into the plugin-hybrid and electric vehicle markets by carmakers, Ford Motor Co has stated it prefers a more tepid approach…
The International Monetary Fund predicted on Tuesday that the overall global economic growth is set to reach 3.5 percent this year and 3.6 percent in 2018. As that was a growth in the investment levels in advanced economies and as the macro economic conditions eased for commodity exporters, the Fund has raised its growth forecasts…
