Raising concerns over national security, the New Zealand’s intelligence agency refused allowing the use of 5G equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd as requested by the country’s telecom industry. The reasoning offered by the agency would be reviewed before further steps are taken by it, said New Zealand’s telecommunications services provider Spark New Zealand…
The move is significant as it marks Amazon.com’s growing ambition to tap contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense. Amazon.com Inc, the world’s biggest online retailer and also the world’s top cloud computing company, stated it was starting a new antenna service for uploading and downloading data from satellites; the move underscores its efforts to…
The security incident occurred at Atrium Health’s third-party provider AccuDoc Solutions. In yet another massive data breach, Atrium Health, previously known as Carolinas HealthCare System, stated data of nearly 2.65 million patients, including their dates of birth, addresses, and social security numbers, may have been compromised at its third-party provider AccuDoc Solutions. Incidentally, Atrium provides…
The Government Communications Security Bureau has effectively banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment from New Zealand citing significant risks to national security. On Wednesday, Spark New Zealand stated, the Government Communications Security Bureau has declined its proposal to use Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment citing significant risks to national security. This decision effectively…
Disney could soon get access to a market with over one billion people and own a vast TV network and the leading video streaming service from its bet on Fox. The Indian market that is one of the world’s lucrative media markets with over 700 million people could soon be at the disposal of Disney…
Following suggestions from a mediation panel, South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics announced that every employee, both former and current, who has been taken ill because of work related issues at its South Korean chip and display factories would be compensated by the company. The company also expressed grief on the death and illness of…
Tesla has been facing some serious headwinds in selling its models in China. The price cuts should add to the allure of its models. In a strategic decision, Tesla Inc stated, it is slashing the price of its Model S and Model X cars in China in order to boost their sales that potentially have…
Budget UK airlines Ryanair is feeling no impact of the possibility of a no deal Brexit if one considers the number of bookings that the airline is taking in for the days at the end of March when the Brexit is scheduled to officially set in. According to the company, it has been taking in…
The reported concerns of the possible slowing of the demand for iPhone sale has forced Foxconn Technology Group, amongst the largest of the iPhone component supplier of Apple Inc., to plan extensive cost curtailment which would run into billions of dollars. According to news report published in Bloomberg News, in 2019, the Taiwanese manufacturer plans…
The HoloLens augmented-reality headset which was launched by Microsoft about four years ago and was meant for retail customers and which was not as successful that the company had expected, is now being used by an unlikely set of customers – the car makers. The car manufacturers are hopeful that the use of augmented-reality headsets…
