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, a bug in the website allowed unauthorised access to the digitised records of anyone who has been sent a document link via email. (Photo: ANI)

Security flaw exposes 885 million First American real estate documents

These digitised records include bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers...

27 May 2019 10:49 AM IST

While the Dirty Secret of Network Firewalls survey indicated that 30% IT managers think their organizations current defenses are not sufficient to block cyberthreats they have seen in the past year.

Product defect could have caused customer data exposure: First...

First American said it had shut down access to the application and was evaluating the impact of the defect.

27 May 2019 8:28 AM IST

Washington has long suspected deep links between Huawei and the Chinese military, and its moves against the company came amid the churning trade dispute. (Photo: AP)

Will oppose Chinese retaliation against Apple: Huawei founder

Ren said that he would protest against any step if it were to be taken by Beijing.

27 May 2019 8:27 AM IST

Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of the USD 50 million that it committed to spend on computer science education last year.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Amazon facial recognition ban won just 2 per cent of shareholder vote

Amazon's marketing of facial recognition has resulted in intense scrutiny.

25 May 2019 4:31 PM IST

Huawei would spend $2 billion as part of efforts to address security issues raised in a British government report earlier this year. (Photo: AP)

Global tech companies shun Huawei after US ban

The United States has effectively banned its companies from doing business with Huawei.

25 May 2019 4:21 PM IST

Even if companies can continue to sell components without being subject to US restrictions, any disruption to Huaweis operations will have a knock-on effect on its suppliers. (Photo: AP)

China denounces US 'rumours' and 'lies' about Huawei ties to Beijing

The United States placed Huawei on a trade blacklist last week, effectively banning US firms from doing business with...

25 May 2019 12:54 PM IST

Amazon entered into a nationwide legally binding agreement to block the sale of childrens school supplies and jewellery without affirmation from lab reports about the products being non-toxic. (Photo: ANI)

Amazon wants to 3D scan your body

Those who are willing to get scanned will be required to participate in a 30-minute session at Amazon's office.

25 May 2019 12:37 PM IST

Other new features include data saving mode to help you save data on video calls, and the ability to personalise video messages by adding text, emoji, or doodle.

Google Duo now lets you add up to 8 people in group video chat

The new feature is available globally on both iOS and Android.

25 May 2019 12:27 PM IST

Huawei has been blocked in the US since 2012. (Photo: AP)

US startup accuses Huawei executive of involvement in trade-secrets...

Huawei said in a statement on Thursday the allegations against Xu were groundless .

25 May 2019 12:08 PM IST

The app uses Computer Vision APIs and leverages the smartphone camera to teach new words from the world around.

Microsoft app teaches English words using smartphone camera

The Android app is aimed at low literacy and English Learning adults who want to improve their skills by building a...

25 May 2019 11:04 AM IST

Alexa Cast is only limited to Amazon Music and its not yet known whether other third-party audio streaming services will get support for it in the future. (Photo: Echo Dot)

Amazon wants you to have a human-like conversation with Alexa

The system would allow capturing and processing portions of a spoken utterance, before a wake word.

25 May 2019 10:50 AM IST

The United States has been looking since at least 2016 into whether Huawei shipped US-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of US export and sanctions laws, Reuters reported in April.

ARM supply halt deals fresh blow to Huawei

Huawei, like Apple Inc and Qualcomm, uses ARM blueprints to design the processors that power its smartphones.

24 May 2019 4:25 PM IST