The issue has been rectified as of September 17. In yet another instance that highlights the growing breach of privacy by social media sites, Twitter Inc has disclosed that email addresses and phone numbers uploaded by users “to meet security requirements may have been ‘inadvertently’ used for advertising purposes”. The issue was rectified by September…
Tech companies are coming under increasing scrutiny over data privacy issues revolving around their voice assistants. According to a report from Bloomberg which cites sources familiar with the matter at hand, Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from subscribers of its services. In a statement, Facebook confirmed that it had…
The $10 billion deal could be announced later today. On Thursday, sources familiar with the matter at hand stated, Broadcom Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Symantec Corp’s enterprise business. Sources have cautioned that it is possible that a deal may be reached by the time Symantec announces its earnings. Negotiations could also last…
IBM has proposed changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA 230). If its proposals are incorporated into law, they will materially impact social media companies including Facebook, Facebook’s WhatsApp and Instagram as well as Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, to name a few. In a significant development, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp has proposed…
Huawei and ZTE are striving to increase transparency regarding their products in order to mitigate allegations of espionage. It is not clear whether these lab tests will cover re-routing of data through servers located in China, thus compromising unencrypted data. In a significant development, embattled Chinese telecom vendor ZTE opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels,…
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…
Three members of the Saracen group have so far been arrested in Indonesia. On Friday, in a significant development, Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, groups and pages from its social network following the discovering that they were linked to an online group accused of spreading fake news and hate speech. In 2016,…
Qualcomm, the biggest smartphone chipmaker, fell victim to the U.S.-China trade war after it failed to gain approval from Chinese regulators in its $44 billion deal to acquire NXP Semiconductors. On Monday, U.S. chip maker Qualcomm Inc stated, it considers the prospects of acquiring NXP Semiconductors as closed. “While we were grateful to learn of…
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…
Of the 250 banks that earlier allowed companies to transact in cryptocurrencies, only two are active. While much of the business has gone to Liechtenstein, Swiss authorities are bent on taking back the crown. Regulators in Switzerland are stepping up their efforts to halt the exodus of cryptocurrency projects from the country. Currently only two…
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