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Amazon Echo Speakers Are Back Online, but Amazon Basics Products Are Still Unavailable
Amazon's Echo smart speakers are back on the online marketplace, just hours after disappearing possibly due to the new e-commerce regulations. In December last year, the Indian government had tweaked…
Marriott Says Hack Was Smaller Than Originally Thought, but 5.25 Million Passport Numbers Were Stolen
Marriott disclosed Friday that fewer guests than originally thought were affected by a massive computer hacking attack but that more than five million passport numbers were stolen. Marriott said about million…
Huawei Launches HiSilicon Kunpeng 920 Server Chips as It Taps New Growth Channels
Huawei, which derives the bulk of its revenue from selling telecommunications equipment and smartphones, is seeking growth avenues in cloud computing and enterprise services as its equipment business comes under…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Spars With US Lawmakers on Bias, Privacy
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai parried US lawmakers Tuesday over complaints of political bias and intrusive data collection as the Internet giant came under heavy criticism from conservatives. "We build…
China to Punish IP Infringers After US Trade Truce
China announced Tuesday stiffer punishments for serious infringers of intellectual property -- including barring them from buying real estate or going on expensive holidays -- as Washington clamours for action…
Amazon Briefly Edges Out Apple for Most Valuable Company
briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street in intraday trade on Monday, days after Microsoft Corp <; dethroned long-time leader Apple. Amazon rose by percent at one point, putting…
Bitcoin Falls Below $5,000 for First Time Since 2017
The value of Bitcoin slipped Monday below $5,000 (EUR 4,366 or about Rs. lakhs) for the first time since October 2017 as a broad selloff gathered steam on the opaque…
Google Services Disrupted on Monday by Internet Traffic Hijack
An internet diversion that rerouted data traffic through Russia and China disrupted several Google services on Monday, including search and cloud-hosting services. Service interruptions lasted for nearly two hours and…
Alibaba Nets Record $30 Billion in Singles’ Day Haul, but Growth Rate Plunges
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding cashed a record CNY billion ($ billion/ Rs. 21,83,50 crores) in sales on Sunday during its 24-hour online retail frenzy Singles' Day, but the event's…
EU States Divided Over Digital Tax, Fear US Retaliation
EU governments are divided over a plan to tax big internet firms like Google and Facebook on their turnover, fearing retaliation from the United States, and could delay its application until a global deal…