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AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have agreed to delay their 5G expansion plans a day after both rejected a U.S. government request to do so. The request for both to delay their 5G rollouts came from the U.S. Department of Transportation and …
Israeli media outlets hacked on anniversary of death of Iranian general
Two Israeli media outlets have been hacked with a threatening message left in relation to the killing of an Iranian general two years ago. The two targets were Jerusalem Post, an English language newspaper, and the Twitter Inc. account of the Hebrew …
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four fraud charges
Former Theranos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty today on four of the 11 counts she was being tried on, putting an end to one of the most sordid and downright strange tales of venture capital-funded tech startups to date. …
Portuguese media group Impresa knocked offline in ransomware attack
Portuguese media group Impresa has been struck by a ransomware attack over the New Year’s holiday, taking its websites and online streaming services offline. Impresa Sociedade Gstr D Prtcps Socsl SA, Portugal’s largest media company, is the owner of the SIC television channels …
Apple 2022 predictions: new AirPods, Macs and iPhones with hole-punch displays
Apple Inc. will release a range of new products in the year ahead, including updated AirPod earphones, Macs and iPhones with hole-punch displays, according to some of the best-known Apple watchers. Leading the pack is famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. His first …
Microsoft addresses Exchange bug that blocked emails starting on New Year’s Day
Microsoft Corp. has released an emergency fix for a bug that prevented on-premises Exchange servers from sending emails. According to a blog post from the Exchange team, the bug struck on Jan. 1 and related to a date-check feature with the change to …
Vice Society hacks Norwegian newspaper, takes credit for Spar attack
The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.K. Spar wholesaler earlier this month and is being linked to an attack on a Norwegian newspaper this week. The first attack targeted Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co. …
Tesla issues recall notice over faulty trunk latches and rear-view cameras
Shares of Tesla Inc. dropped today after the company issued a voluntary recall for hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles. The recall affects 356,309 2017-220 Model 3s and 110,009 2014-2021 Model S vehicles. The issues involve faulty latching of the vehicle’s hood …
Substandard living conditions prompt shutdown of iPhone plant in India
An iPhone manufacturing plant in India run by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, has been temporarily shut down following complaints of substandard living and working conditions. The workers at the factory in Tamil Nadu went on strike …
Apple and Google asked to remove ‘Play to Earn’ games in South Korea
The South Korean government has asked Apple Inc. and Google LLC to remove “Play to Earn” games from their respective stores and to block the release of new ones. So-called “P2E” gaming involves players earning cryptocurrency rewards and nonfungible tokens of NFTs …