In its annual threat assessment, Netherland’s intelligence agency had warned that China is targeting tech companies in the Netherlands for intellectual property theft, just like it does in other countries. In a significant development, Netherland’s ASML disclosed, it has become a victim of Chinese corporate espionage. Luckily the perpetrators who had stolen information did not…
A tariff dispute between the E.U. and the U.S. does not make business sense it will only benefit competitors, said France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. In a significant development, French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire warned, any escalation in the subsidy row involving Airbus and Boeing is fraught with dangers and risks since it…
4 Japanese carriers, including NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank Corp, and Rakuten Inc, have been allocated 5G spectrum. They will be investing a total of around $15.29 billion, a conservative figure, spread across 5 years to build their 5G networks. In a significant development that marks the a milestone in the impending launch of high-speed…
This is a threat since cyber-criminals are increasingly interested in monitoring the movement of influential business professionals as well as government employees. According to a research report released by Symantec Corp, two out of three hotel websites have inadvertently leaked guests’ booking details as well as personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics…
It is common knowledge that Facebook users receive notifications about deceased friends and loved ones which can be upsetting for the users. the social media platform now is planning to use artificial intelligence to stop such messages being delivered to users and causing emotional problems for them, the company has said. The company is hoping…
Following some levels of disinterest shown by Wall Street and international investors last year, Saudi Arabia again stunned analysts and investors after it announced that it had received more than $100 billion in orders for the maiden global bond for its oil giant Aramco. This incident is amongst the a handful few of companies managing…
To date Grab has raised nearly $8 billion since its inception nearly 7 years ago. According to Grab’s CEO Anthony Tan, the transportation network company is looking to raise another $2 billion in 2019 to ramp up its expansion plans. This announcement comes in the wake of its latest funding round in which it cornered…
The European Commission is looking to setup ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence which should be transparent, secure, have human oversight and have reliable algorithms. They should also be subject to privacy and data protection rules. The European Commission stated, companies working with artificial intelligence need to install accountability mechanisms that prevent the misuse of AI.…
The European Union’s data protection supervisor will investigate whether Microsoft Corp is in compliance with the EU’s new GDPR rules. In a significant development, the European Union’s data protection supervisor disclosed, it has launched an investigation into whether services and products provided by U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp to EU institutions are in compliance with…
US electric car maker Tesla is bailing out the Italian automaker Fiat Chrysler for the possibility of facing significantly large European Union fines for not being able to meet the tough new pollution standards by selling some of the emissions credits that the US car marker had amassed. According to documents published by the European…
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