Category: Technology

A judge in the United Kingdom has denied Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he faces espionage charges for his work running WikiLeaks. According to The Guardian the ruling was delivered in a criminal court this morning, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that the judge noted that the risk of suicide is […]

Washington – US web company GoDaddy apologised Thursday after an email that promised employees a Christmas bonus in the midst of the economic crisis turned out to be a computer security test. “GoDaddy takes the security of our platform extremely seriously. We understand some employees were upset by the phishing attempt and felt it was […]

US officials have warned that a sophisticated hacking campaign uncovered this week poses a “grave risk” to the government, critical infrastructure and the private sector. The US Treasury and commerce departments were among those attacked. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) said thwarting the attack would be “highly complex and challenging”. Many suspect […]

The National Labour Relations Board issued a complaint on Wednesday accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning several workers who were then fired for protesting against company policies and trying to organise a union. The U.S. labour found Google unlawfully placed employees on administrative leave and terminated them for accessing documents related to […]

Vietnam’s information minister on Tuesday accused foreign streaming companies like Netflix and Apple of skirting their tax responsibilities, saying it would create unfair competition for domestic firms. Foreign streaming firms, which have combined revenues of nearly one trillion dong ($43.15 million) from one million subscribers, according to the information and communications ministry, have never paid […]

Over the past several months, conservative groups – including associated of President Trump – were often not penalised by Facebook for violating its rules because people at the company worried about the perception of anti-conservative bias. Posts and ad spending along with internal Facebook documents were examined, and it was revealed accounts that included Donald […]

Facebook is being sued for failing to protect user’s personal data in the Cambridge Analytica breach. The scandal involved harvested Facebook data of 87 million people being used for advertising during elections. Mass legal action is being launched against Facebook for misuse of information from almost one million users in England and Wales. Facebook said […]

Russian hackers targeted this year’s GRU military intelligence carried out “cyber reconnaissance” against officials and organisations involved. The alleged attacks took place before the Games were postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Officials did not, however, specify the nature or extent of the cyber-attacks in detail. Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice announced […]

Yelp, a search and review website, is to label pages of businesses accused of racist behaviour. The platform, which lets users rate bars, restaurants and attractions, said the alerts would require “resounding evidence”, in the form of public attention and “floods of reviews”. Yelp will then link to a “credible news outlet” with more information […]

Bangkok – Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, tapping the country’s growing appetite for social commerce, said a top executive on Thursday. Among brands that opened official accounts on the messaging app are Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Volvo, which […]