Its entire fleet of the iconic Boeing 747 airplanes is being retired earlier than expected by British Airways primarily because of the novel coronavirus pandemic induced slump in the global airline industry. British Airways is the largest operator of Boeing 747 in the world currently. The original plan of the British Airways, owned by International…
According to a report published by the Observer, the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturing giant Huawei has been privately told by the British government that it was being banned from 5G telecom networks in the country because of “geopolitical” reasons after being exposed to intense pressure from United States President Donald Trump. The report claimed that…
Growing concerns over the new and controversial national security law imposed on Hong Kong by China has forced a number of virtual private network (VPN) providers of the United States and Canada to shut down their servers in the city. VPNs are used by internet users to conceal and protect their privacy while avoiding any…
Russia based and backed hackers have been trying to steal information about the research on vaccines against the novel cooronavirus with the pandemic surging again across the world, alleged the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. So far more than 585,000 people have been killed so far while infecting a total of more than…
Social media company Twitter confirmed on Friday that the latest hacking incident of its platform had targeted 130 accounts in the unprecedented attack. The company added that “for a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts”. Passwords of the accounts…
A new report has claimed that incidents of piracy have doubled across Asia which has caused “deep concern”. In the first half of the year, there were 50 incidents in the region compared to 25 such incidents in the same period a year ago. Between January and June, there have been 16 incidents in the…
Netflix Inc has elevated its content manager, Ted Sarandos, to the position of co-CEO making the 20 year veteran a clear successor to co-founder Reed Hastings. The development comes in the wake of Netflix’s forecast that the growth rate of subscription is likely to slow down during the third quarter, sending its shares tumbling by…
Following, the recent hacking incident on its platform wherein several high-profile accounts were compromised, Twitter Inc said, it is delaying the launch of its new Application Programming Interface (API). “We have no evidence the incident had anything to do with our API, but we decided to move the launch to a more appropriate time,” said…
In a statement, Dell Technologies Inc said it is weighing its options on spinning off its 81% stake in VMWare, while adding if it were to choose this route, it would occur after September 2021. The evaluation of the potential sale was in early stages, said Dell while adding, it was looking at options which…
In a significant development, the twitter account of high-profile figures, including U.S tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, former U.S. President Barack Obama, among many others have been hacked and used to solicit digital currency. In a sign that marks the seriousness of…
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