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U.S., UK cyber officials say state-backed hackers taking advantage of outbreak
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American and British cybersecurity officials are warning that state-backed hackers and online criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to fur...
Apr 08, 2020
Google bans Zoom software from employee laptops
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday banned Zoom video conferencing application from its employees' laptops, citing security concerns. "Recently, our security team informed employees using Z...
Apr 08, 2020
Google gifts two-months access to Stadia Pro as gamers stay at home
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would give two months of free access to the paid version of its cloud-based game streaming platform Stadia as people are confined to their homes ...
Apr 08, 2020
Italy working on coronavirus tracing app to help lockdown exit
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian authorities are working on introducing a smartphone app that would help health services trace the contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus as the government l...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. senators question Amazon CEO about firing of warehouse protest leader
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Five Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday wrote Amazon.com Inc to raise concern about its firing of a worker who protested warehouse operations during the coronavirus pandem...
Apr 08, 2020
U.S. Justice Department backs Google request to use part of U.S.-Asia undersea cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Justice Department on Wednesday recommended U.S. regulators approve Alphabet Inc's request to use part of an U.S.-Asia undersea telecommunications cable. Google agreed t...
Apr 08, 2020
Turkey to track citizens via mobile phones to enforce quarantines
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will monitor the mobile phones of those diagnosed with the new coronavirus to ensure they do not break quarantine, authorities said on Wednesday, marking the latest measure...
Apr 08, 2020
Zoom hires former Facebook security chief to beef up privacy, safety
(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc has hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and formed an advisory board to improve the video conferencing app's privacy and security i...
Apr 08, 2020
German foreign ministry restricts use of Zoom over security concerns: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German foreign ministry has restricted use of the video conferencing service Zoom , saying in an internal memo to employees that security and data protection weaknesses made it ...
Apr 08, 2020
EU to adopt pan-European approach on mobile apps to fight coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will on Wednesday adopt a pan-European approach on the use of mobile applications to track the spread of the coronavirus, according to a European Commission doc...
Apr 08, 2020
