The Japanese stock market ended slightly higher on Wednesday. The hope that an agreement could still be reached in Washington on a new support package for the US economy caused optimism among investors. The other major stock exchanges in the Asian region also showed gains predominantly. The Nikkei in […]
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Google Will Recognize Humming Songs
Google comes with a new Shazam-like feature that lets you hum, whistle or sings a song. The search engine will then look up the number for you. It is an extension of existing systems that try to search for songs based on, for example, a sound patch. The feature […]
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Co-Founder OnePlus Leaves the Company
Carl Pei, one of the two founders of OnePlus, has left the company. He is said to have plans to start his own company. Pei founded OnePlus together with CEO Pete Lau in 2013 as a subsidiary of Oppo. The company focuses on devices that are close to high-end […]
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Microsoft: Russia is Behind Most Cyberattacks by Countries
Most cyber-attacks on Microsoft customers ordered by a country are the work of Russia, Microsoft reports based on its own data. The software company sent 13,000 alerts to customers about hacking attempts by countries in the last 2 years. Of the incidents between July 2019 and June 2020, 52 […]
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Amazon Recruits 100,000 People in North America
The American online store giant Amazon is expanding significantly in the United States and Canada. 100,000 people will be hired, both part-time and full-time, the e-commerce giant announced Monday. Amazon plans to open 100 new business buildings in logistics centres, sorting centres and other sites by this month. The […]
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Pentagon Still Wants to Work With Microsoft for A Billion-Dollar Contract
The United States Department of Defense says it has re-evaluated the JEDI cloud contract. In doing so, it comes back to Microsoft, much to Amazon’s dismay. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract (JEDI) is to modernize the Pentagon in terms of technology thoroughly. But it is also a […]
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Thailand Has Facebook Block Group of Protesters
Facebook, on behalf of the Thai government, has blocked a group of one million members who criticize the king of the country. Facebook says it will take legal action against the blockade. In the Thai capital Bangkok, tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets for […]
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Users of Gmail, Meet, Docs and Drive Reporting Problems for Hours
Users of Gmail and G Suite services such as Meet, Docs and Drive have been reporting problems for hours. The outage may have to do with the cloud services of the tech giant. For some Gmail users, it has not been possible for a while to send emails with […]
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Germany Investigates Amazon’s Competitive Practices
Germany is going to investigate whether and how Amazon has affected the pricing of third-party sellers on its platform. Amazon banned some third-party sellers from its website in the first months of the corona crisis. It did so because they overcharged prices for certain goods. But that approach now […]
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Canon May Be Affected By The Major Ransomware Attack
A day-long breakdown at camera and printer manufacturer Canon may be the result of a ransomware attack. In addition, 10 TB of data would have been stolen. Mail, internal applications and the American website were unavailable for a few days. Canon’s cloud storage service image.canon has been out of […]