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Russia, China Greatest Cyber-Security Threats, But Iran Is Growing: US
Russia and China present the greatest cyber-security threat to the US, but Iran is trying to increase and spend more on its capabilities, the Navy admiral in charge of the military’s Cyber Command told Congress…
Daimler Confirms Here in Talks With Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon and Microsoft are in talks about taking a minority stake in Here, a digital mapping business controlled by Germany’s luxury carmakers to help develop self-driving cars, Daimler said on Wednesday. Germany’s luxury carmakers including…
Google Brings Calendar Reminders to the Web
Google back in December last year added the ‘Reminder’ feature in its Google Calendar app for Android and iOS. Now, the Mountain View based tech giant has decided to bring the same feature on the…
PayPal Withdraws Project Over US State’s ‘Anti-LGBT’ Law
US online payment giant PayPal dropped plans Tuesday to invest millions of dollars in North Carolina, joining a growing chorus of protests by major companies against recently passed state legislation targeting transgender people. PayPal’s move…
Medium Rolls Out Tools to Woo Publishers; The Awl, Others Join Platform
Medium, the popular online publishing platform founded in 2012 by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is making efforts to attract more publishers to its platform. Medium on Tuesday announced that it will roll out new branding…
Amazon Resets Some Users’ Passwords After Hackers Leak Credentials
Amazon on Tuesday (Wednesday early morning in some parts of the world) sent out password reset emails to some of its Amazon account holders. The company said it had found “a list of email addresses…
Saavn Launches Original Programming Series, Announces Artist-in-Residence Program
Music streaming service Saavn announced Tuesday that it will be expanding the scope of its services through original long form audio programming, with ten new shows on May 1st. The ten new shows are through…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Defends Workplace Culture in Shareholder Note
Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos defended his company’s workplace culture and costly growth strategy in a letter to shareholders made public Tuesday. The work atmosphere at Seattle-based Amazon became a hot topic last…
Mozilla Co-Founder’s Brave Browser to Pay Ad-Viewing Users in Bitcoin
When Mozilla co-founder and former CEO Brendan Eich revealed the Brave Web browser back in January, the idea behind the browser was to block intrusive ads that slowed down the performance and the loading speed…