Tag: Equifax
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has temporarily suspended a contract worth more than $7 million it recently awarded to Equifax Inc following a security issue with the beleaguered credit reporting agency’s website on Thursday. Equifax, which disclosed last month that cyber criminals breached its systems between mid-May and late July and […]
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 19 September 2017 Amazon working on smart glasses which sync with Alexa (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is working on its first wearable device – a pair of ‘smart glasses’, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The device, designed like a regular pair of spectacles, will allow Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa to be […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday she has begun an investigation into Equifax’s massive data breach, and along with 11 other Democratic senators, introduced a bill to allow consumers to freeze their credit for free. Equifax came under increased pressure from lawmakers and U.S. states on Friday, while Canada said that […]
News highlights for 11 September 2017 Pre-orders for Galaxy Note 8 beat previous models by two and a half times SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday said pre-orders for its Galaxy Note 8 premium smartphone have hit the highest-ever for the Note series, beating its predecessor Note 7 over five days by […]
News highlights for 10 September 2017 One year of Reliance Jio: How the telco’s launch disrupted India’s telecom landscape Reliance Jio Infocomm’s launch a year ago has disrupted India’s telecom landscape like never before, with consumers the ultimate winners as prices slumped amid intense competition that put pressure on the existing operators. Read more… Criticism […]
(Reuters) – Equifax Inc faced a storm of criticism on Friday over a hack that may have compromised personal data for some 143 million Americans, with consumers clamoring for answers and cyber security experts questioning the response to the massive breach. Lawmakers and regulators joined the chorus, scrutinizing the company’s follow-up as it encouraged potential […]
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