Tech News and Updates

TikTok Poses Potential US Security Risk

November 3, 2019

TikTok, the mini-video sharing app based in China, is currently being investigated by the US Department of Defense as a potential threat to national security. The company acquired American media app Musical.ly in 2018, and the merger has raised ...

Guidelines for Military AI Use from Tech Executives

November 3, 2019

The Defense Innovation Board has handed down a series of guidelines the advise the military on how AI in military conflict should operate. The initiative comes from an understanding that precautions should be taken to minimize damage to ...

Guidewire Software Partners With MirrrorMe

November 3, 2019

Guidewire is a global network of specific organizations that provide its clients with services such as consulting services and solutions to help them enhance, extend, and complement the capabilities of Guidewire products. They recently ...

WhatsApp Sues Israeli Tech Company Over their Spyware

October 31, 2019

Vulnerabilities in modern tech are unavoidable. However, in the recent past, tech vulnerabilities relied to some extent upon the interaction of the user. Today's tech exploits may not even need that interaction, as WhatsApp's suit against an ...

Tech Disruption of the Finance Industry May be at Risk

October 31, 2019

With Facebook's announcement of their upcoming blockchain-based cryptocurrency called Libra, the financial sector has begun to take a vested interest in what Big Tech is doing to disrupt their industry. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has gone on ...

SureCheck is Acquired by Procurant

October 31, 2019

Procurant, a known Silicon Valley technology focused company, recently announced their completed plans to fully acquire SureCheck which is a mobile food safety solutions and monitoring business. Procurant delivers specific services such as reducing ...

New Global Forum will be Established with NTT, Intel and Sony

October 31, 2019

“NTT has a long history in photonics-related R&D and has achieved cutting-edge results in fields like silicon photonics and optoelectronic convergence. Based on these technologies, NTT aims to power the next generation of technology innovation ...

US and South Korea Partner for Technology Development

October 30, 2019

South Korea announced a partnership with the US today for the development of technology that stands to benefit both countries into the future. Technology research is centered on dealing with disasters, such as fire, storms, flooding, and ...

Will European Government Set Control on 5G Band Access?

October 30, 2019

The European Space Agency (ESA) has hinted that the continued rollout of 5G technology is likely to hamper their research projects. The projects in question include critical climate change research that could potentially benefit the entire planet. ...

Breedon Group with Rimilia Enhance Transformation of Financial Processes

October 30, 2019

Matthew Schmid, Head of Credit Services for Breedon Group, said: “We handle a huge variety and volume of transactions across our three divisions: Cement, GB and Ireland. Our business spans quarries with a smaller volume of high-value transactions, ...

Alibaba Cloud and Animal Logic Announce Collaboration

October 30, 2019

Alibaba Cloud, the widely known data intelligence unit of the Alibaba Group, was established in 2009. Since inception, the unit has been listed among the world’s top three IaaS providers, according to Gartner. It is also known as the largest global ...

Google Making Offer to Acquire Fitbit

October 29, 2019

Internet giant Google’s parent company Alphabet is supposedly in talks to acquiring one of the biggest wearables company, Fitbit, according to a Reuters Monday report. As per the several sources familiar to the talks, Google has made a formal ...