With companies temporarily closing their offices and with more people working from home with company data because of the Wuhan coronavirus, hackers are likely to take advantage of the situation, said cyber security experts. Government officials from the United States and Britain along with others have warned on the cyber security dangers of working remotely…
Microsoft Corp has joined the growing bandwagon of U.S. companies asking employees to work from home so as to limit their exposure to China’s coronavirus. Microsoft has asked many of its employees in the Seattle region and in the San Francisco Bay Area to work from home until March 25. “Taking these measures will ensure…
In a statement Visa Inc said, it has agreed to acquire privately held fintech startup Plaid Inc for $5.3 billion. The deal will increase Visa’s footprint in the booming fintech space. The deal underscores how traditional financial companies are willing to pay top dollar to acquire businesses which have established strong positions in the cashless…
As per a news report from the New York Times citing sources familiar with the deliberations at hand, the Trump Administration is set to extend a license which allows U.S. companies to continue doing business with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. An earlier reprieve issued by the U.S. Commerce Department is set to expire on Monday.…
In a development that paves the way for U.S. companies to use Brazil’s Alcantara base in the Northeastern-state of Maranhao to launch satellites, the Brazilian Senate has approved the ratification of an agreement signed earlier this year to safeguard U.S. space and defense technology. The agreement was earlier signed in March 2019 during an official…
206 U.S. companies have applied for the special licence. In an interview with Bloomberg, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has stated, licenses for U.S. companies to sell components to Huawei Technologies Co will come “very shortly,”. Licenses “will be forthcoming very shortly” and that the U.S. government had received 206 requests. “That’s a lot of…
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, general merchandise with no “national security influences or consequences” can be sold to Huawei, which continues to remain in the Entity List. In a significant development, the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stated, the U.S. government will issue licenses to companies seeking to sell goods to China’s Huawei where…
Facebook’s 150 personal information sharing contracts with tech companies is now under a grand jury scrutiny. Question is can you ever trust Facebook? As per a report by the New York Times, U.S. federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal probe into data deals that Facebook Inc entered into with some of the world’s largest tech…
SEBA Crypto AG aims to be the bridge between new age financial instruments and traditional institutions. It wants to build a bank that will offer cryptocurrency services to companies and investors while at the same time extend traditional banking services to firms. In an interesting development, SEBA Crypto AG, a Swiss startup, has raised $103…
Unable to match tariff for tariff hikes with the United States, China is increasing its scrutiny of business dealings of U.S. entities in the country. On Thursday, China’s News Service stated, Apple Inc is collaborating with Chinese telecom companies in order to bring down the levels of spam it receives through its messaging service. The…
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