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Apple closes all stores in mainland China on coronavirus concerns
Apple Inc. continues to be hard-hit by the Wuhan coronavirus, closing all of its stores in mainland China on Saturday for at least a week as the virus continues to spread. The company issued a warning about the virus in an investor call following its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, giving a wider range than usual on ...
Video allegedly shows hands-on with Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip
More details have come to light on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. latest folding phone, including an alleged hands-on video of the device. Previously reported to be called the Galaxy Fold 2, the phone is now believed to be known as the Galaxy Z Flip. That doesn’t preclude a direct successor to the original, troubled Galaxy ...
Bitcoin hits highest level since October as markets get skittish over coronavirus
Bitcoin Thursday hit its highest level since October as the cryptocurrency gained support amid global markets skittish about the effect the spreading Wuhan coronavirus may have on global trade. Heading toward $10,000, a level that was last seen in late September, bitcoin hit a high of $9552.53 as of 8 p.m. EST before declining to ...
Indian discount airline SpiceJet suffers data breach affecting 1.2M customers
Indian discount airline SpiceJet Ltd. has suffered a data breach, with 1.2 million customer records accessed. In a twist on the usual data breach stories, the data was accessed by a so-called “ethical hacker” who used a brute-force method that involved inputting commonly used passwords to gain access to one of SpiceJet’s systems. Brute-forcing involves ...
Google releases new open-source two-factor authentication security key platform
Google LLC has released a new open-source multifactor authentication security key platform that allows both hobbyists and hardware vendors to build their own security keys. Called OpenSK, the project has been released on GitHub and contains Rust-based firmware that can be installed on Nordic chip dongles. Rust is a system programming language focused on safety ...
Report: Uber and DoorDash held failed merger talks last year
Uber Technologies Inc. and delivery firm DoorDash Inc. are reported to have discussed a possible merger last year at the behest of SoftBank Group Corp., a key investor in both companies through its Vision Fund, but the talks did not result in a deal. The Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported today that SoftBank urged ...
30M payment card records stolen from Wawa listed for sale on the dark web
More than 30 million payment card records stolen in the hack of East Coast convenience store and gas station operator Wawa Inc. in December have appeared for sale on a “dark web” marketplace. The hack included all of Wawa’s 850 locations and involved the theft of customer names, card numbers and expiration dates at both at ...
Apple and Tesla warn of coronavirus’ financial impacts but won’t be the last
As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread through mainland China, Apple Inc. and Tesla Inc. have issued warnings that the virus could affect sales in the first quarter — and they’re unlikely to be the last companies affected by the virus. Apple was the first to issue a warning, noting during a conference call following ...
Interior Department grounds nonemergency drones over Chinese spying fears
The U.S. Department of Interior today grounded all of its nonemergency drones over concerns that the aircraft present a risk to national security. Though not specifically naming China as the risk, The Wall Street Journal reported that the decision stems from concerns that drones made in China or with Chinese parts could be used by the Chinese ...
Tesla stock surges on better-than-expected quarterly financial results
Tesla Inc. stock surged nearly 12% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the electric car maker beat analysts’ predictions for its fourth-quarter earnings. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, Tesla booked revenue of $7.38 billion, up 2% over the same quarter last year. Profit declined, though, to $105 million or 56 cents a share from $140 ...









