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…

Tokyo Electron to honor U.S. Entity’s List

While market share and profits are key factors in growth, maintaining business relations with the U.S. ie equally if not more important. In a significant development, the world’s third biggest supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Japan’s Tokyo Electron, stated it will stop supplying its Chinese clients that have been blacklisted by Washington. China is locked…

Positive Diabetes Prevention Study Helps Raise Provention Bio Shares By Over 300% In A Day

An experimental medicine developed by a New Jersey-based drug company – Provention Bio, appeared to postpone the onset of type 1 diabetes in a clinical trial which pushed the shares of the company, which listed itself on the share market last year, more than tripped on the news. According to the results of the clinical…

$120 Billion Aerospace & Defence Giant To Be Created By Merger Of United Technologies And Raytheon

The largest ever merge in the aerospace industry worth $121 billion could be created by the merger of the aerospace business of United Technologies Corp after it agreed to merge that business unit with that of US contractor Raytheon Co. The competitive landscape of the aerospace industry would be altered if the deal goes through…

Facebook to launch new video chatting devices in 2019 Autumn

The chat devices fits snugly into Facebook’s focus towards private messaging by encryption of conversations on more of its messaging services. In the autumn of 2019, Facebook Inc plans to release new versions of its Portal video chatting devices, said Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of AR/VR, in an interview at the Code Conference in…

Staff Of Some Tech Firms Asked No To Engage With Counterparts From Huawei: Reuters

In the wake of the recent blacklisting of the Chinese tech company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd by the United States, employees of some of the biggest tech companies of the world have been asked by their respective companies not to discuss anything about technology and technical standards employees from Huawei, claimed a report published by…