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Hacker meddled with pro-Trump social media platform GETTR on its launch day

By James Farrell Jul 5, 2021

A Twitteresque social media platform, GETTR, was hacked on Sunday shortly after it was launched, with its founder, Jason Miller, saying the invasion was brief and harmless. Miller, who was a senior adviser to…

Infra

China-backed Nexperia bids to acquire U.K.’s largest semiconductor fab in cut-price deal

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2021

China is looking to get its hands on more semiconductor manufacturing technology through a cut-price deal that will see the Dutch chip maker Nexperia B.V. acquire U.K.-based Newport Wafer Fab. Nexperia, which is owned…

Apps

SoftBank inks $1.6B deal to buy Yahoo trademark rights from Verizon

By Maria Deutscher Jul 5, 2021

SoftBank Group Corp. is paying Verizon Communications Inc. 178.5 billion yen, or about $1.61 billion, for a perpetual license to use the Yahoo and Yahoo Japan trademarks. The deal was announced today by SoftBank’s…

Apps

Report: Apple’s April privacy update led to major drop in iOS ad spending

By Maria Deutscher Jul 5, 2021

Brands have reduced their spending on iOS ads by about a third since the start of June alone, according to market data made public in a Wall Street Journal report today. Industry insiders have tied the…

Cloud

Andy Jassy officially becomes CEO of Amazon

By Maria Deutscher Jul 5, 2021

Andy Jassy this morning officially became the chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., three months after being named to succeed company founder Jeff Bezos in the role. Bezos, who led Amazon as its CEO…

Blockchain

Tech Mahindra joins with StaTwig to implement global VaccineLedger blockchain

By Kyt Dotson Jul 5, 2021

New Delhi-based information technology company Tech Mahindra Ltd. today announced a partnership with distributed ledger blockchain startup StaTwig to develop VaccineLedger, a product that will provide supply chain traceability for vaccines globally. By bringing…

Security

Nine apps stealing Facebook login credentials pulled from Google Play

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2021

Google LLC has removed nine Android apps from the Play store, including one with millions of users, after they were discovered to be stealing users’ Facebook Inc. login credentials. Discovered and detailed July 1 by…

Security

Swiss supermarket chain offline as REvil campaign targets Kaseya VSA

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2021

A chain of supermarkets in Switzerland is one of possibly thousands of potential victims in a new REvil ransomware gang attack that has targeted companies using information technology management software from Kaseya Ltd. The…

Emerging Tech

Days after Didi goes public, authorities ban it from app stores in China

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2021

The Chinese government has ordered the removal of the Didi Chuxing app from app stores in mainland China on security grounds days after parent company Didi Global Inc. went public on the New York…

Cloud

Startup EduTech helps Costa Rica government reduce school dropout and improve education

By Silvia Fregoni Jul 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic showed that technology can be a powerful tool in education – online systems allowed students to migrate to homeschooling in a matter of weeks as governments tried to contain the spread…

explore news

Hacker meddled with pro-Trump social media platform GETTR on its launch day

China-backed Nexperia bids to acquire U.K.’s largest semiconductor fab in cut-price deal

SoftBank inks $1.6B deal to buy Yahoo trademark rights from Verizon

Report: Apple’s April privacy update led to major drop in iOS ad spending

Tech Mahindra joins with StaTwig to implement global VaccineLedger blockchain

Nine apps stealing Facebook login credentials pulled from Google Play

Swiss supermarket chain offline as REvil campaign targets Kaseya VSA

Days after Didi goes public, authorities ban it from app stores in China

Startup EduTech helps Costa Rica government reduce school dropout and improve education

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