Senate to grill Facebook over plans for Libra cryptocurrency
U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are set to grill Facebook Inc on its cryptocurrency plans on Tuesday, as the project continues to...
Amazon offers $10 to Prime Day shoppers who hand over their data
Amazon.com Inc has a promotion for U.S. shoppers on Prime Day, the 48-hour marketing blitz that started Monday: Earn $10 of credit if you let...
Power tools firm Husqvarna CEO sees battery restraints for another decade
The head of Husqvarna, the world’s biggest gardening power tools maker, said it could take another decade before batteries on the market have enough range...
Hackers hit Bulgaria, leak data from Russian email: government
Hackers stole millions of Bulgarians’ personal and financial data and distributed it from a Russian-based email in an attack one minister linked to the purchase...
Factbox – Blockchain projects: A status update
Banks, exchange operators and other companies are investing billions of dollars to find uses for blockchain, a digital ledger used by cryptocurrencies like bitcoin....
Wall Street finds blockchain hard to tame after early euphoria
Two years ago Nasdaq Inc and Citigroup Inc announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private securities transactions more efficient. Nasdaq...
Hackers hit Bulgaria, send data from Russian email: government
Hackers stole thousands of Bulgarians’ personal financial data and distributed it from a Russian-based email in an attack possibly related to the purchase of new...
Experian’s quarterly revenue rises 4% on North America boost
Experian, the world’s biggest credit data company, reported a 4% rise in revenue on Tuesday, owing to strong demand for its products in North America,...
Australia watchdog says Vodafone misled customers over digital purchases
Australia’s competition watchdog said https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/vodafone-to-compensate-customers-over-direct-carrier-billing-charges on Tuesday Vodafone had admitted that it misled thousands of customers for five years by charging them for digital content...
Indonesia drafting rules to apply VAT on online products and services
Indonesia is drafting new rules to impose value added tax to online products and services provided by offshore companies, as authorities target a bigger slice...