More than 170,000 twitter accounts that were allegedly linked to an operation to spread pro-China messages have been removed by Twitter, the social micro blogging site has been has said. Making the announcement, the social media platform said that some of the accounts were engaged in posting about the coronavirus outbreak. “A core network” of…
In a significant development Twitter said, it had removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that tried to deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government including those related to the coronavirus. Twitter suspended a core network of 23,750 highly active accounts along with a larger network of nearly 150,000 “amplifier”…
Following a statement from California-based Zoom Video Communications Inc wherein it said it had suspended user accounts to meet demands from China, three U.S. lawmakers have asked Zoom to clarify its data-collection practices as well as its relationship with the Chinese government. Zoom’s action has come under heavy scrutiny after three U.S. and Hong Kong-based…
On Friday, a spokesman for Japan’s Honda Motor Co stated, production at its automobile and motorcycle plants in the United States and other countries have resumed following a suspected cyber attack earlier this week. The suspected attack comes less than a month after Honda reopened its vehicle assembly plants in North America following closure of…
The process of development of crypto currencies by the central banks, known as central bank digital currencies or CBDCs, has been accelerated by the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic globally. The pandemic related crisis has not only forced millions to stay at home in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus but…
The deep slump in demand for air travel because of the novel coronavirus pandemic globally has forced German airline Lufthansa to say that it will be slashing 22,000 jobs. While expecting the very slow recovery in demand for air travel, the German anticipates that it will be left with about 100 fewer aircraft after the…
Allegations against the video conferencing company Zoom had temporarily shut down the account of a United States based group that supports human rights in China after the group had organized an event on the platform to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre of China. The group described the incident of blocking their account as outrageous. The…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill which aims to provide more than $22.8 billion in aid to U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers. The development comes at a time when the Trump Administration is making efforts to spurr the construction of chip factories in the United States. Chip factories come with a hefty price…
A new study has suggested that the novel coronavirus pandemic could have hit the Chinese city of Wuhan as early as in late summer of 2019. This was the conclusion of the study that was conducted by Harvard and Boston University and was based on an analysis of satellite imagery and search engine trends. The…
A new report on the airline industry of the United Kingdom has warned that a jobs crisis in British aviation industry that is comparable to the scale of the coal mining industry’s collapse during the 1980s was on the cards because of the grounding of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic. This report from the…
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