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Skypod firm in UAE tied to investment company flagged abroad

The small, four-seat pod glides above the sands of a test track in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, a futuristic transit solution promoted by a Belarusian firm that hopes to secure contracts here in the near future. Inviting journalists to see their test track Thursday, firm uSky showed off what they described as an […]

Zuckerberg fires back against claims of profit over people

Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday addressed during Facebook’s third-quarter earnings call the escalated allegations, as the CEO attempted to drift recently surfaced claims from his social networking platform. According to the Big Tech platform’s CEO, the storm hitting his company arising a wave of bad press was led by “a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked […]

Seagate violated sanctions by selling hard drives to Huawei, says Senate committee

A major U.S. data-storage equipment provider violated U.S. export rules by continuing to sell hard-disk drives to Huawei Technologies Co. after the Commerce Department tightened export restrictions last year, a report by a group of Senate Republicans claimed. The report released by the Republican minority staff of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation […]

Microsoft profit up 24% in quarter, driven by cloud growth

Growth in Microsoft’s cloud computing business helped push its profit up 24% in the July-September quarter over the same time last year. The Redmond, Washington-based tech company on Tuesday reported quarterly profit of $17.2 billion, or $2.27 per share, beating Wall Street expectations of $2.08 per share. Microsoft profits have soared throughout the pandemic thanks […]

UK follows U.S. footprints to hack cybercriminal entities

In an endless fight to counterattack ransomware threats, the United Kingdom has shown intentions of developing a cyber command team to “hunt” and infiltrate cybercriminal groups, according to high-level government officials. The director of Britain’s signals intelligence agency (GCHQ), Jeremy Fleming, elaborated on the country’s plans at this year’s US Cipher Brief threat conference on […]

Facebook’s ad revenue takes hit from Apple ATT update

Following Facebook’s financial results released on Monday, the social networking giant is anticipating a damaging effect rising from Apple’s iPhone privacy alterations led by Snap Inc’s missed revenue targets. In April, the iOS developer incorporated additional privacy updates to prohibit advertisers from monitoring iPhone users without their permission. Apple’s move fueled fear in digital ad […]

STC Solutions finalizes $53 million NEOM contracts

Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co., also known as Solutions by STC, signed Sunday numerous contracts with the Saudi Telecom Company to advance the creation of a modernized data center for smart city, NEOM. With a valuation estimated at around $53.7 million, the contracts will set the initial groundwork to establish the needed infrastructure for […]

Chinese tech regulations morph U.S. firms’ course of action

U.S. Big Tech legion seems to be torn between two economic powerhouses. In a battle for dominion between the East and the West, Big Tech companies are forfeiting from the Chinese market to prevent getting caught in the conflict, except for Apple, according to the BBC. Last week, Microsoft announced news of shutting down its professional […]

U.S. intel warns China could dominate advanced technologies

U.S. officials are issuing new warnings about China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence and a range of advanced technologies that could eventually give Beijing a decisive military edge and possible dominance over health care and other essential sectors in America. The warnings include a renewed effort to inform business executives, academics and local and state government […]

Supernational fronts retaliate against cybercrime group REvil

Cybercrime group REvil was infiltrated by U.S. governmental agencies and obliged to go dark after cybercrime operation attacking from supernational fronts, reported by Reuters.  Speculations circulating the group’s recent absence following Recorded Future security specialist Dimitry Smilyanets went to Twitter to reveal various messages from the account of a famous REvil operator, ‘0_neday.’ The messages displayed […]