Category: NEWS

Microsoft announced that all physical Microsoft Stores will be closed. The change is part of a “strategic change” and will see Microsoft push more effort and money into its digital storefronts. Microsoft announced the change in a new post today. Microsoft will “reimagine” some spaces, repurposing them...

Apple Inc. is closing an additional 14 U.S. retail stores Friday because of recent increases in Covid-19 cases. Of the 18 Apple Store locations in Florida, only two currently remain open, one in Jacksonville and another in Sarasota,  Bloomberg reported. The tally of closed US Apple...

Amazon is reportedly on the verge of announcing a deal to acquire self-driving startup Zoox for over $1 billion, Theinformation Reported The deal would give Amazon control of the nearly 1,000-person startup that has been developing an electric self-driving vehicle. The deal could be announced as...

The tech giant Google is changing the default settings to automatically delete the collected data of its users. Website search, page visited and location data including users’ web and app activity will now be automatically deleted from Google servers after 18 months. Currently this change...

Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger payment feature in the country, Bloomberg reports. The decision aims to “preserve an adequate competitive environment, that ensures the functioning of a payment system that’s interchangeable, fast, secure, transparent, open and cheap,” the monetary authority said in...

Google has opened its first cloud region in Indonesia, offering three cloud zones and its usual suite of services including Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Google Kubernetes Engine, and BigQuery, the tech giant announced in a blog post. “The launch of our new Jakarta region (asia-southeast2)...

After browsing for a new movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, people may throw something on before deciding 10 minutes in they’re just not that interested. Netflix’s new “remove from row” feature is designed to make it easier for people to remove those...

The micro blogging site Twitter has permanently suspended the @DDoSecrets Twitter account for violating its policy about the distribution of hacked data after the account shared links to hacked data stolen from US law enforcement agencies, ZDNet Reported. Prior to the ban, enforced earlier today,...

Amazon on Tuesday announced it has set up a $2 billion fund dedicated to investing in technologies that help companies reduce their carbon footprint. The fund is part of Amazon’s “Climate Pledge,” which was first introduced by CEO Jeff Bezos last September, with the goal of getting...

Intel today introduced its 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and additions to its hardware and software AI portfolio, enabling customers to accelerate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics workloads running in data center, network and intelligent-edge environments. As the industry’s...

Amazon said its AWS Shield service mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, stopping a 2.3 Tbps attack in mid-February this year. The attack was a so-called Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol reflection-based attack. A CLDAP reflection attack involves an attacker sending a CLDAP request to...

The tech giant company Google announced $175 million+ economic opportunity package to support Black business owners, startup founders, job seekers and developers. In addition to YouTube’s $100 million fund to amplify Black creators and artists. This new commitment includes: $50 million in financing and grants for...

In the coming weeks, you’ll soon notice a new Meet tab on your phone’s Gmail app where you can see upcoming meetings scheduled in Google Calendar, and easily join them with a single tap. Erika Yamasaki, Product Manager announced on a blog post. In the...

Signal iOS now includes a new feature that makes it possible to switch to a brand-new iPhone or iPad while securely transferring Signal information from your existing iOS device, Signal announced on a blog post. As with every new Signal feature, the process is end-to-end...

Germany’s health minister said Sunday that its contact tracing smartphone app will be launched this week, Reuters reported. The app uses bluetooth short-range radio to detect and contact people at risk of infection by coronavirus and does not rely on a centralised database. Deutsche Telekom...

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly committed suicide on Sunday and reports claim he was found hanging at his Bandra residence. The actor was living alone during the lockdown. Police have reached his apartment but the reason has not been revealed yet. It is said...

Car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack, according to a report published by the BBC, and later confirmed by the company in a tweet. Another similar attack, also disclosed on Twitter, hit Edesur S.A., one of the companies belonging to Enel Argentina which operates in the...

The micro blogging site Twitter announced on Wednesday that it will test a new feature that will prompt users to open up a link to an article before sharing it, which appears to be a move to further combat the spread of misinformation on the...

Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. According to the blog post, ” We’re implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology. We will continue...