Amid lockdown, Kenyan medical startup brings clinic to your home
Nathalie Maikere sat at her dining table, her two children playing video games a few feet away, as a doctor in a lab coat unpacked...
Facebook German privacy case referred to European Court
The German Federal Court on Thursday referred a lawsuit filed by a consumer protection watchdog alleging privacy violations by Facebook to the Court of Justice...
From bikes to blockchain: Shipping industry goes digital in lockdown
The coronavirus lockdown has accelerated a digitalisation drive in a global shipping and logistics sector that still routinely delivers many documents by bike messenger in...
Alibaba extends its reach in China as coronavirus outbreak opens doors
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is emerging as one of China’s biggest corporate winners of the coronavirus crisis, gaining the opportunity to expand its businesses and...
Trump’s executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter , Facebook and Alphabet’s Google from being...
Democrats urge probe of allegations regarding TikTok and children’s privacy
Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the...
Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking, phishing related to COVID-19
Security experts at Alphabet Inc’s Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking...
Tencent raises $6 billion in largest Asian corporate debt deal this year
Tencent Holdings Ltd has raised $6 billion in debt, the Chinese technology company said on Thursday, in the largest debt deal by an Asian corporate...
U.S. state of Arizona files consumer fraud lawsuit against Google
Arizona on Wednesday filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google alleging that the company used “deceptive” and “unfair” practices to obtain the location...
Huawei CFO Meng loses key court fight against extradition to United States
Huawei Technologies Co’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to...
