First joint projects in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data has bene launched by India and China. While on Sunday, a platform based on big data-focused IT cooperation was launched in the southwestern city of Guiyang in China by both the countries, the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian was the place where…
The raid was in connection to Samsung Securities’ recent fat finger error in which in accidentally issued shares worth 2.8 billion to its own employees. On Monday, South Korean prosecutors raided the head office of Samsung Securities in relation to the brokerage firm’s recent fat finger error. As reported here earlier, Samsung Securities had accidental…
One probable reason for the rejection could be a conflict centering in-app purchases. In a move aimed at protecting its ability to make money from in-app purchases from games on its mobile devices, Apple Inc blocked Steam, a leading online store for downloaded games, from extending its reach into its iPhhones. Steam had wanted to…
Hailed as a model for personal data protection, the GDPR ramps up protection for online privacy for citizens across the European Union. On Friday, new privacy regulations will come effect across the Eurozone. Companies will now have to comply with tougher privacy rights of their customers and provide them ways to better handle and control…
Honda Motors and Contemporary Amperex Technology will work together to develop electric vehicles. The Japanese car maker sees electric vehicle as crucial for future growth and that is why it is partnering with the largest battery maker in the world. New electric cars would be the primary users of the batteries and the related technology…
It was about two months ago that a pedestrian was killed in an accident that involved a driverless test car of Uber in Arizona, U.S., following which the company announced the closure of its self-driving car operations there this week. But the company said that it might restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania some time this…
The development is aimed at enabling Toyota to expand its line of next gen emission free vehicles. On Thursday, as part of a strategic move Toyota Motor Corp plans on building a manufacturing plant for hydrogen fuel cell stacks, a key component for next generation fuel cell vehicles. The move is part of a larger…
Tesla has hired Snap Inc’s Stuart Bowers who will now be its vice president of engineering. Electric carmaker Tesla Inc stated it has hired Stuart Bowers, Snap Inc’s vice president of monetization engineering, as its VP of engineering. He will work on Tesla’s Autopilot software and other projects. In recent days, several senior executives have…
Given the impetus and the focus that China has laid on ZTE in the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations, is probably indicative of the role played by the Chinese firm in its strategic China 2025 policy. China will also need to come of age in the semiconductor industry if it wants to be at par with…
Known as Speculative Store Bypass or “Variant 4”, these new vulnerabilities have a low risk profile assigned to them partly due to the patches that were released earlier this month for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Alphabet’s Google and from Microsoft Corp have unearthed new security vulnerabilities that impact a broad range…
