The affected units were sold between September 2015 and February 2017. Following Apple Inc’s recall of MacBook Pro laptops for posing fire risks, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned them on flights. “The FAA is aware of the recalled batteries that are used in some Apple MacBook Pro laptops,” said the agency’s spokesman…
Tech companies are coming under increasing scrutiny over data privacy issues revolving around their voice assistants. According to a report from Bloomberg which cites sources familiar with the matter at hand, Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from subscribers of its services. In a statement, Facebook confirmed that it had…
Scout24 will update investors on its review on November 26. Elliot is also pushing Scout24 to ramp up its share buyback program. On Tuesday, Scout24, a German classified listings group stated it would explore options for its autos platform following pressure from activist investor Elliott Management to sell the business. “We have commenced a strategic…
Amazon is being pressured into being more transparent with its system of awarding the “Amazon’s Choice” badge onto certain products. In a development pregnant with multiple outcomes the sum of which may not favor Amazon.com Inc, two U.S. senators have questioned Amazon.com Inc’s Chief Executive Jeff Bezos on how it awards the “Amazon’s Choice” badge…
With vehicles getting increasingly digital, carmakers are warming to White Hat cyber security professionals who scour for vulnerabilities in transportation systems before Black Hat hackers exploit them for commercial or other gains. In a significant development, carmakers are boost efforts to discover lurking vulnerabilities in their increasingly digital car offerings from helpful and friendly hackers.…
Researchers say that one can be allowed to “put words in people’s mouths” with the help of a new tool that the recently released and which exploits a vulnerability in Facebook’s Whatsapp. How alteration of the text within quoted messages can done with the help of the tool was demonstrated by a team from cybersecurity…
There has been a surge in the rental rates of older planes as airlines turn to such crafts to cater to the growing demand for the industry given the global grounding of the 737 Max planes of Boeing has now entered in the sixth month. “Used 800s are like a gold dust at the moment,”…
Employees of Foxconn engaged in making popular Amazon devices were being forced ot work for long hours and the company was engaged in worker abuse and poor pay as well, claimed a report prepared by China Labor Watch. An investigation in this regard has been initiated by it, Amazon has said. This is the second…
According to the claims of the cybersecurity firm FireEye, cyber spying activities for the Chinese government in 14 different countries had been undertaken by a group of state-sponsored hackers in China even as the group also conducted hacking for making personal gains. The Chinese hacking group is called APT41, according to the cyber security company,…
Faecbook wants to publish news content of news publishers on its social media platform and is reportedly holding talks with such companies. Reports have suggested that the largest social media company is ready to “millions of dollars” to get the rights to the news content materials. For years, Facebook has been criticized by many because…
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