Facebook and Twitter accounts that were reportedly linked to Iran and Russia were removed by the social media platforms because those accounts were either “inauthentic” or were engaged in “manipulating” behavior, said the company, According to founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, over 650 Facebook pages and groups had been identified to be “misleading”. On…
It will be interesting to seen how the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will impact Chinese companies in the EU. In March 2018, when William Zhang’s car insurance was about to expire he did not have to bother looking for renewal options. Two months before the expiry of the policy, Zhang used to…
The development could be related to the fact that Chinese laws require organizations as well as citizens to support, assist and cooperate with its intelligence network. The United States has also banned Huawei citing national security concerns despite strenuous denials by Huawei. On Thursday, the Australian government stated, it has banned China’s Huawei Technologies Co…
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…
