Amazon's $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot gets UK approval
British antitrust regulators have cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot
2023-06-16 19:26
Commerce Department announces nearly $1 billion in grants for 'middle mile' internet access
The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist
2023-06-16 17:45
Energy Department among federal agencies breached by Russian ransomware gang
U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments
2023-06-16 06:56
Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday
2023-06-16 04:45
Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says
The U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant says suspected state-backed Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries
2023-06-16 02:57
TikTok planning to fuel e-commerce business in Southeast Asia with billions in investments
TikTok is planning to pour “billions of dollars” in Southeast Asia over the next few years, aiming to drive growth in one of its biggest markets amid heightened scrutiny in the U.S. The company’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, made the announcement Thursday during a speech at a TikTok forum in the Indonesian capital Jakarta
2023-06-15 23:47
Twitter worst among major social media platforms when it comes to LGBTQ safety, GLAAD says
All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday
2023-06-15 21:45
Security firm: Chinese hackers broke into email security appliance in spying campaign
The U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant says suspected state-backed Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries
2023-06-15 21:17
Swiss Citizens Prepare for Rare Vote on Net-Zero Climate Law
Marco Weibel lived through one of his darkest days in June 2021. It was then that Swiss voters
2023-06-15 12:59
France's Macron wants to boost AI, calls for rules that don't impede tech growth
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for boosting the development of artificial intelligence in Europe
2023-06-15 02:17
Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
European Union regulators have hit Google with fresh antitrust charges, saying the only way to satisfy competition concerns about its lucrative digital ad business is by selling off parts of the tech giant’s main moneymaker
2023-06-14 23:53
Pan-African Approach Needed to Ensure Food Security: New Economy
A pan-African approach is needed to solve the continent’s food-security dilemma given the high cost of developing agricultural
2023-06-14 23:20