The Cyber Administration of China (CAC) uncovered on Sunday a draft rule requiring tech firms listing in Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) to succumb to a cyber security review for share sales jeopardizing national security. Beijing’s watchdog has played its card in its overdue battle with its tech sector, with a maneuver that will endanger […]
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Cybersecurity spam alerts reached Friday and Saturday the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) external email servers by unleashing a wave of fake emails addressing a misleading cyberattack warnings to thousands of people and companies. In a statement, the FBI revealed that the spam alerts emitted from its Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP) system, utilized for […]
Since the rise of the fourth industrial revolution, digital innovation acted as one of the main pillars for global evolution, the future of machine learning with various tech companies adopting algorithm-based artificial intelligence (AI) will heighten the industry’s universal value. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are both associated as they are the most adopted technologies to […]
What would it be like to walk around the ancient religious sanctuary of Olympia when the Olympic Games were held? An unusual partnership between Microsoft and Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sport is offering visitors the answer, launching an immersive tour Wednesday at one of the world’s major archaeological sites. The program at ancient Olympia […]
Yahoo Inc. is leaving the China market, suspending its services there as of Monday amid what it says is an “increasingly challenging” business and legal environment. Foreign technology firms have been pulling out or downsizing their operations in mainland China as a strict data privacy law specifying how companies collect and store data takes effect. […]
Three years ago, Google was pressured by its employees to drop a Pentagon project using artificial intelligence (AI), now, the Big Tech giant is chasing after another massive contract that will work on cloud computing to the military, according to The New York Times. In 2018, Google backed away from Project Maven with the Department of […]
Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment. The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already blocked by China’s digital censorship. But recent government moves to expand its control over tech companies generally, including its domestic giants, may have tipped the scales […]
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. is providing smart services and 5G technology to industries such as healthcare, creating new revenue streams that might offset the damage to its smartphone business from U.S. sanctions. In the southern city of Guangzhou, the company teamed up with the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital to equip it with 5G technology […]
The U.S. national security panel has launched an examination into Tencent’s acquisition of UK-based gaming company Sumo Group, exposing the Chinese giant to ferocious scrutiny. Earlier in July, Tencent Holdings’ $1.27 billion acquisition of Sumo Group granted the conglomerate an 8.75 percent stake in the British company. Sumo is deemed a prominent video gaming maker […]
Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes harm? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry? Those ideas have captured official attention in the U.S., Europe, U.K. and Australia as controversy has enveloped Facebook — which on […]