Korean workers who were once forced to work for the Japanese company Mitsubishi during the colonial-era now want a court to pass a verdict which would allow compensation of their ordeals for forced labor back then from the sale of assets of their former Japanese employer. It has been years that the issue has been…
The rising trend of a large section of health conscious consumers who want to stay away from sugar is forcing many companies to adapt. The global soft drinks industry is one such example which is striving to offer new products that have much less sugar compared to earlier products. And now this trend is being…
After France decided to impose a tax on tech giants for revenues made in the country – which would impact American tech companies such as Google and Facebook, and Britain introducing a very similar bill in its parliament, a formal investigation into some activities of the American e-commerce giant Amazon has been now launched by…
The plan of United States tech giant Google to launch a search engine limited by censorship in China has been cancelled by the company, said an official of the company. The project faced criticism from various corners including in the US and had collected some controversy. While there were reports that had suggested that the…
This interesting turn of events is likely to set a legal precedent especially in critical areas of core IT infrastructure such as 5G. In a significant development, the U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to pause the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling against Qualcomm Inc citing support from the Department of…
Visa’s investment was during Go-Jek’s ongoing F Series funding round. On Wednesday, Visa Inc stated, it has invested an undisclosed amount in Indonesia’s Go-Jek in the ride-hailing company’s ongoing Series F fundraising round. In a statement the U.S. payment processor said, both companies will collaborate to provide more options for cashless payments for consumers across…
The Swedish furniture company Ikea is on a cost cutting spree and would be shutting down its only factory in the United States in December this year. The factory is situated in Danville, Virginia and all production work in the factory would be shifted to Europe. The company says that the logic behind the decision…
Servers of Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) have been targeted. The Bulgarians realized it only after a purported hackers, claiming to be Russian, sent an e-mail to the local media, with the aim of selling the stolen data. On Tuesday, in a significant development, the Bulgarian government stated, hackers have managed to steal the personal…
Vodafone is following a dual vendor strategy for its 5G networks; given its security concerns consumer data could probably be at stake especially if it is routed through Chinese servers. On Tuesday, Vodafone stated it was launching 5G services in Germany. The development sees Vodafone offering cheaper deals than industry leader Deutsche Telekom; its services…
Media reports in the United States claim that a record fine of $5 billion on Facebook was approved by the regulators of the country in pursuit of settlement of an investigation that was being conducted against the social media platform over alleged violation of data privacy. The case relate to the data of up to…
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