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From our press centre we select the top industry news stories from the leading online publications and wire services and bring them straight to you.
News highlights for 8 October 2017 U.S. Treasury investigates illegal surveillance allegations: watchdog WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An internal watchdog at the U.S. Treasury said on Friday it is investigating allegations the department illegally looked at financial records of U.S. citizens. Read more… Drug chains tumble on reports Amazon eyeing their pie (Reuters) – Shares of […]
News highlights for 5 October 2017 Russian hackers stole U.S. cyber secrets from NSA: media reports WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified U.S. cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer, two newspapers reported on Thursday. Read more… Social media executives to […]
News highlights for 3 October 2017 UK says WhatsApp lets paedophiles and gangsters operate beyond the law MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Britain said WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption communication services allowed paedophiles and organised crime groups to operate beyond the reach of the law and called on the messaging service to move faster to help governments catch […]
News highlights for 2 October 2017 European telecoms companies’ hopes of lighter regulation dashed by EU BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers have dashed large telecoms companies’ hopes for lighter regulation as part of efforts to encourage investment in superfast internet networks. Read more… Indian government weighing options to help weak telcos exit smoothly The […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has championed a manufacturing drive, under the slogan ‘Make in India’, to boost the sluggish economy and create millions of jobs. Among the headline-grabbing […]
News highlights for 1 October 2017 Greek plan to regulate taxi apps draws customers’ ire ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek government plan to regulate taxi-hailing apps, such as Taxibeat and Uber, has angered many consumers who are worried it could disrupt a popular service for their daily commute. Read more… Google relaxes rules on free […]
News highlights for 28 September 2017 Kremlin backed media outlet defends advertising on Twitter MOSCOW (Reuters) – The editor-in-chief of Kremlin-backed media outlet RT said on Friday its purchase of advertisements on Twitter was standard commercial practice that was being falsely presented as Russian meddling in U.S. affairs, RIA news agency reported. Read more… South […]
News highlights for 27 September 2017 Snap’s Discover news hits 10 million users in France (Reuters) – Snap Inc, searching for ways to reinvigorate a slowing growth rate and increase advertising revenue for its Snapchat messaging app, said this week it has racked up 10 million users for its Discover news and video feature in […]
News highlights for 26 September 2017 Amazon says Google has blocked YouTube on Echo Show SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service. Read more… […]
News highlights for 25 September 2017 Apple teeters on the edge of a correction SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shares of Apple Inc dipped on Monday and flirted with correction territory following a report that the company had told suppliers to scale back shipments of parts for its upcoming iPhone X. Read more… Carnegie Mellon professor […]
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