After a long week at work, the perfect way to unwind is a nice, cold beer – perhaps with a bag of nuts or some potato chips, for many. But with people becoming more health conscious and starting to drink less, tut tastes are changing. For example, roughly 10.6 million people or 20.9 percent of…
Andy Maguire has discovered that customers are twice as likely to trust a robot for heart surgery than for picking a savings account as he faces a challenge while he is tasked with upgrading HSBC Holdings Plc’s digital-banking systems. “I do find it slightly odd,” said the chief operating officer of Europe’s largest bank, referring to…
There is a boom in China in so-called pet wearables, like smart collars, leashes and feeders and electronic device makers such as Hong Kong-listed SUGA and other start-ups are looking to cash-in on this boom. Gaining popularity again among the country’s growing middle class is pet ownership which was once denounced as a decadent and…
A fresh challenge was posed for established PC players in a market that has suffered two years of falling sales volumes by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei which announced on Tuesday that it was planning to start a global expansion into computers. A 15.6-inch screen notebook, a 2-in-1 tablet and notebook hybrid and an ultra slim,…
The past week could have been bad for Kris Hagerman, chief executive of UK-based cyber security firm Sophos Group Plc. Forcing some hospitals to turn away ambulances and cancel surgeries, the WannaCry “ransomware” attack hobbled some of its hospital customers in Britain’s National Health Service. A boast on its website that “The NHS is totally…
For the big ambitions of Saudi Arabia’s young deputy crown prince, who is trying to steer the kingdom’s fortunes away from oil, U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia could be a boost. While affirming its decades long support as Saudi Arabia’s regional power struggle with Iran intensifies, the U.S. brings an arms deal worth…
For providing “misleading information” about its acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook has been fined 110 million euros ($122 million) by European regulators. The fine was announced on Thursday by the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm. “Today’s decision sends a clear signal to companies that they must comply with all aspects of EU…
Under a bill proposed by two lawmakers on Wednesday, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) could be required to make public any security flaws it finds in software that it exploits to spy on users. Issues related to whether a vulnerability discovered by the NSA should be disclosed to the companies concerned or the public,…
Analysts and experts have noticed that digital currency is being manufactured even as a computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global “ransomware” attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers. The development provides another piece of evidence that a North Korea-linked hacking group may be behind the attacks and adds to…
The airline industry’s global lobby group has said that travelers could be cost more than $1 billion by the widening of a U.S. ban on carrying electronic devices aboard aircraft to include flights from Europe. The International Air Transport Association estimates that extending the ban to the 28 European Union states plus Switzerland, Norway and…
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