1.Facebook: –Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Wednesday it had launched an inquiry into Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), after a dataset reported to contain personal data relating to some 533 million Facebook users worldwide was made public. Facebook said in a blog post last week that “malicious actors” had...
1.Google: –The judge hearing the Texas antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc’s Google put limits on what the search giant’s in-house lawyers can see in an order aimed at ensuring that confidential information used in an upcoming trial remains secure. The issue is a key one for companies that...
1.ALI EXPRESS :- Online retailer AliExpress Russia on Wednesday said an initial public offering was a possible step for the company, which reported gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $3 billion for the 2020-21 financial year. A joint venture launched in 2019 with China’s Alibaba and Russian partners, AliExpress Russia...
1.AMAZON – Amazon.com Inc has apologized to U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds. “We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms...
1.GOOGLE – Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it has won a deal to sell the U.S. Army augmented reality headsets based on its HoloLens product and backed by Azure cloud computing services. The contract could be worth up to $21.88 billion over 10 years, a Microsoft spokesman told Reuters....
1.GOOGLE -Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday. Google, an Alphabet Inc unit, said the feature would launch later this year in the U.S. and eventually reach other...
1.GOOGLE -Alphabet inc’s Google has sealed its first licence agreements in Italy with several publishers to offer access to some of their content on the U.S. tech group’s Showcase news platform. Google News Showcase is a global product to pay news publishers for their content online and a new...
1.AMAZON-Amazon.com is to cut its stake in British food delivery company Deliveroo to 11.5% in its upcoming initial public offering from 15.8% previously, according to a prospectus published by the company. Deliveroo this week began roadshows for a London IPO and set a price range of between 3.90 and...
1.HUAWEI -Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s U.S. extradition hearings on Monday are expected to focus on a former Canadian police officer who refused to testify despite being a key witness to the core allegations that Canadian and American authorities inappropriately coordinated Meng’s arrest. Meng, 49, is accused by...
1.Morgan Stanley -Morgan Stanley has become the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealth management clients access to bitcoin funds, CNBC reported on Wednesday. In an internal memo, the bank told its financial advisers it would launch access to three funds allowing ownership of bitcoin, CNBC reported, citing...