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Gmail down for more than 1000 users – Downdetector
(Reuters) - Gmail, Google's e-mailing platform, was down for more than 1,000 users on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. The site, which tracks outages, showed there were about 1,100 incidents of...
Dec 15, 2020
Facebook to lift post-election political ad ban in Georgia
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it would lift a temporary post-election ban on political ads in Georgia from Dec. 16 due to runoff elections happening in the state. The ban on political ...
Dec 15, 2020
Facebook takes swipe at Apple while supporting draft EU rules
STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it hopes new draft rules by the European Union aimed at curbing powers of big U.S. companies could set boundaries for Apple Inc, its latest ...
Dec 15, 2020
Hackers at center of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds’ dominance against it
By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during his 11 years at t...
Dec 15, 2020
White House: U.S. taking any necessary steps in wake of cyber attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is taking any steps necessary to remedy the situation after a widespread cyber attack, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday. (Reporting by ...
Dec 15, 2020
Russian hacks weigh on private equity’s software investments
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest private equity firms, including Blackstone Group Inc, Silver Lake Partners LP and Thoma Bravo LP, own major stakes in the software firms whose ...
Dec 15, 2020
Mobileye looks to build its own lidar to drive down self-driving costs
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The chief executive of Intel Corp-owned Mobileye on Tuesday laid out plans for a self-driving car system for 2025 that could use house-built lidar sensors rather than uni...
Dec 15, 2020
Exclusive: Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their curren...
Dec 15, 2020
German economy minister welcomes new EU rules for big tech
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Tuesday welcomed new draft European Union rules aiming at curbing the powers of U.S. technology giants. "I am pleased that the European Com...
Dec 15, 2020
U.S. regulator issues final rule unveiling non-bank’s path to deposit license approval
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal banking regulator on Tuesday finalized new rules that should make it easier for non-bank companies to acquire a banking license, paving the way for ...
Dec 15, 2020
