Last week, Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) announced that, effective immediately, its CEO John Cryan would be replaced by Christian Sewing. While this is perhaps positive for the company and its valuation, as it means that Deutsche Bank may speed up its… Continue Reading
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Oracle Corp co-CEO Safra Catz said on Monday she expects an acceleration in the company’s cloud business after the software maker last month reported sales from its cloud business that fell short of Wall Street expectations.… Continue Reading
Things have gone from surreal to the bizarre. The President points blame directly at Putin for a chemical attack in Syria. Russia threatens to shoot down any missiles fired into Syria. President Trump tweets “Get ready Russia, because [missiles] will… Continue Reading
About two hours, or 20 percent, into Mark Zuckerberg’s marathon testimony before Congress this week, the Facebook CEO had a slightly awkward exchange with senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn wanted to know what happens to people’s data when they delete… Continue Reading
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Sina Weibo will remove gay and violent content, including pictures, cartoons and text posts, during a three-month clean-up campaign, the microblogging platform said. FILE PHOTO – A man holds an iPhone as he visits Sina’s Weibo… Continue Reading
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – In the not too distant future, surveillance cameras sitting atop over 100,000 lampposts in Singapore could help authorities pick out and recognize faces in crowds across the island-state. FILE PHOTO: SenseTime surveillance software identifying details about people… Continue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg’s marathon date with Congress is over. It might as well never have happened. For two days, Facebook’s CEO stuck to his bland talking points, claimed a degree of ignorance about his company’s operations that strains credulity, and made… Continue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Cyber security software firm Avast said on Thursday it will apply to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange in what sources previously told Reuters would be a blockbuster float expected to value the company at… Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s data protection body said on Monday it had opened an investigation into whether companies possibly linked to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica broke the country’s data protection laws. The nameplate of political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica, is… Continue Reading
A coalition of more than 20 child-health, privacy, and consumer groups is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether YouTube is violating a federal law designed to protect children on the internet. The groups are expected to file a… Continue Reading