Congress seeks answers on Juniper Networks breach amid encryption fight
A group of U.S. lawmakers preparing to fight a legislative attack on encrypted communications is trying to establish what happened when encryption was subverted at...
Twitter, Square to make June 19 a holiday to support racial diversity
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as ‘Juneteenth’, would be a permanent company-wide holiday in...
Volkswagen says deliveries of ID.3 electric car to start in September
Volkswagen on Wednesday said its “first edition” ID.3 electric car will go on sale for under 40,000 euros ($45,484.00) next week, with deliveries due from...
Reddit names Michael Seibel to board after Ohanian’s call for black candidate
Social network company Reddit on Wednesday named venture capital investor Michael Seibel to its board, days after co-founder and former director Alexis Ohanian resigned and...
Israel’s Bezeq to convert pay phones into defibrillator stations
Israel’s main phone company said on Wednesday it would collaborate with the country’s ambulance service in replacing thousands of public phone booths with defibrillator stations....
China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication
China’s internet regulator on Wednesday ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what...
Dutch study shows hyperloop may be substitute to short-haul flights
Passenger-packed pods speeding through vacuum tubes linking Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to European cities could prove a viable low-carbon alternative to short-haul flights, according to a...
Angry Birds maker Rovio looks to women to solve growth puzzle
Rovio Entertainment launched “Small Town Murders”, a new puzzle game aimed at women over 35, on Wednesday in its latest attempt to reduce its reliance...
Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight, EU says
Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia...
Robots At Work: Replacing Japan’s greying workforce
Mira Robotics developed its “Ugo” robot to reinforce greying Japan’s shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat persists, the Japanese startup is offering its machine...
