U.S. based- video game company Activision Blizzard was sued on Tuesday over a culture of constant sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The lawsuit filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against the company was a result of a two-year investigation that revealed top executives were aware and/or involved of unequal pay, promoting men over women, and widespread sexual harassment. The complaint highlights those male employees of the gaming company discuss sexual encounters […]
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Chinese ride-hailing titan Didi plunged by more than 11 percent in New York shares on Thursday, following whispers of impending new penalties by Beijing on the company. The ride-hailing giant is once more exposed to further pressure from the Chinese government leading to harmful impact on its revenues after trustbusters ordered it to be removed […]
Zomato, the Indian food delivery startup has jumped more than 70 percent in their stock market debut on Friday. The jaw-dropping stock market debut reflects investors increasing interest in the multinational restaurant aggregator. The developments in the tech world paved the way for several innovations, with food delivery applications being among them. Zomato’s success story encompasses two main […]
Imagine you arrive to The United Arab Emirates, expecting heatwaves and a humid climate. Seconds after stepping foot into what is supposed to be a desert climate, unforeseen raindrops appear on the side of the road. This year has definitely not been short of surprises. It would have been a common weather experience in countries based in Southeast Asia. However, this is the UAE, in the height of its summer season […]
Telcos have been reluctant to take up eSIMs. In some ways, who can blame them? After all, removing the physical SIM and embedding eSIM technology into a mobile device removes much of the hassle of changing service providers and makes it far easier for customers to switch, if they’re drawn in by a better deal. […]
The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority said Thursday it has fined TikTok 750,000 euros ($885,000) for not offering a privacy statement in Dutch, saying many children who use the popular video sharing app would be unable to understand the information. The agency said that by not offering a Dutch-language privacy statement, “TikTok failed to provide an […]
Ford Motor Co. and a self-driving vehicle company it partly owns will join with the Lyft ride-hailing service to offer autonomous rides on the Lyft network. The service using Ford vehicles and a driving system developed by Pittsburgh-based Argo AI will begin in Miami later this year and start in Austin, Texas, in 2022. It […]
French President Emmanuel Macron leads a list of 14 current or former heads of state who may have been targeted for hacking by clients of the notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, Amnesty International said Tuesday. “The unprecedented revelation … should send a chill down the spine of world leaders,” Amnesty’s secretary general, Agnes Callamard, […]
U.K. operator group Vodafone and Finnish kit vendor Nokia have partnered up to jointly develop an AI solution on Google Cloud to detect and remediate network anomalies before they impact customers. The new machine learning (ML) system was co-developed based on Nokia’s Bell Labs algorithm and the anomaly detection service product that runs on Google Cloud and is already being rolled out across Vodafone’s pan-European network. In a joint statement, the partners explained that […]
Cloud computing titan Salesforce announced on Wednesday its completed acquisition of workplace chat platform Slack for $27.7 billion, adding the messaging app to its long list of enterprise software. The deal began surfacing in 2019, commemorating one of the most significant acquisitions in the history of business software industries in recent years, resulting in Salesforce’s […]