Beefing up its cybersecurity, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4B
Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday.
Mar 8, 2022
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Automotive
Sticking with gas-guzzlers over EVs could delay postal upgrade
The U.S. Postal Service is expected in coming days to reaffirm its plan to pay Oshkosh Corp. as much as $6 billion over 10 years to replace an aging fleet of red-white-and blue delivery vans with mostly gasoline-powered models ...
Feb 14, 2022
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AT&T, Verizon reject U.S. request to delay 5G wireless plans
Verizon and AT&T have rejected a request by the U.S. government to delay the rollout of next-generation wireless technology.
Jan 3, 2022
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'Holy moly!': Inside Texas' fight against a ransomware hack
It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city officials ...
Jul 26, 2021
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How safe are your data when you book a COVID vaccine?
The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Apr 15, 2021
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Business
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping away
Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will likely keep identifying new frontiers for the world's dominant e-commerce company. His successor, meanwhile, gets to deal with escalating efforts to curtail ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Cybersecurity firm FireEye says was hacked by nation state
Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with "world-class capabilities" broke into its network and stole offensive tools it uses to probe the defenses of its thousands of customers, ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Internet
Millions of US users to be hit by WeChat block
Washington's crackdown on WeChat will disrupt communications between millions of people in the United States and their friends, families and business partners in China.
Sep 19, 2020
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Cyberspace is critical infrastructure, and it will take effective government oversight to make it safe
A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The cartoon represents a digital past when people required few safeguards on the internet. ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Telecom
UK, Indian firm salvage satellite operator Oneweb
The UK government and Indian telecoms giant Bharti are to take control of the collapsed satellite firm Oneweb, they said Friday, as Britain seeks to expand its post-Brexit space capabilility.
Jul 3, 2020
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