With the aim of preventing any misuse of the social media platform Facebook for triggering discrimination related controversies, the social media company has decided to remove over 5000 categories in its ad section, the company said. These options can be put to use by unscrupulous elements to exclude certain religions and ethnic and minority communities…
Despite pressure om the share price and questions being raised by its long-term business model, expectation beating second-quarter earnings was reported by Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi. Following its initial public offering in July, this is the first occasion that the company has issued its results publicly. The newly public company reported revenues of 45.24 billion yuan…
Consumers are increasingly taking to gaming in their smartphones rather than stick to traditional devices such as consoles and computers. Subscription models and cloud gaming could be the new engines for growth for gaming companies. With the annual Gamescom trade fair opening its doors in the German city of Cologne, the online entertainment and the…
While hackers were able to get access to Superdrug’s customer database containing client’s name, address, date of birth and phone numbers, they did not manage to get their hands on Superdrug’s clients’ payment info. Superdrug, a British pharmacy, has disclosed that hackers had, in all probability, managed to access the personal information of some of…
Websites in Europe may have to delete extremist content on their sites within an hour or face a fine according to a plan by the European Commission. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among others are one who would be impacted by such a regulation. Such a regulation would be a shift by the EU away from…
The hackers used spear fishing to target the website of the Hudson Institute, that of the International Republican Institute and Microsoft’s Office 365 website. In a momentous development, Microsoft Corp disclosed, it has recently thwarted cyber attacks by hackers associated with the Russian government. The hackers were attempting to steal user information from groups that…
Analysts covering the sector opine Huawei will have to either reduce its margins or raise prices. Huawei Technology Co’s upcoming launch of a solar-panel control device in the United States is expected to collide with the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electronics. As a result this is likely to undermine the product that analysts…
The development underscores the strict rules companies have to comply in to operate in China with Beijing’s regulator trying to create a cyberspace with enhanced censorship policies. Apple has stated it has withdrawn lottery apps from its App Store in China midst tightening regulations and a barrage of criticism from China’s state media. According to…
Growth is being given predominance over profit by Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi just like his predecessor. But because the ride-hailing service has reached a global scale, therefore it is finding it difficult to make growth gains. A second-quarter loss of $891 million was recently reported by Uber. While the loss is…
In 2006, Google had entered China only to leave in 2010 over an escalating dispute with regulators that was capped by what security researchers identified as state-sponsored cyberattacks against Google and other large U.S. firms. According to a transcript of a meeting between Google’s CEO and its employees, the search engine giant is not close…
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