NEW YORK/BENGALURU: A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker’s schoolwork on Friday morning as he and kids all over the world woke up to the news that their favorite game, Fortnite, had been taken down from Apple’s Store and Google Play store. “It’s basically the only game I play,” said Erricker, […]
Business
About 5,500 Canada Revenue Agency accounts were targeted in this and another attack, the authorities said. TORONTO: Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said yesterday. The attacks targeted the GCKey service, used by some 30 federal departments and […]
Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, such as by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok. Asked at a […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House’s disfavour toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app. Triller is one of several TikTok alternatives that have experienced a surge of downloads since Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 6 that […]
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Aug 15) he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok. Asked at a news conference whether there were other particular China-owned companies he was considering a ban on, such […]
This is not a completely new feature though. Microsoft did talk about this back in May and said it will reach Android in future. While Google’s Gmail has been getting regular updates and integrations, Microsoft is also not behind with its email client – Outlook. The newest feature that has […]
IPL 2020 is all set to roll from September 19 and millions of cricket fans will be tuning in. However, in case you did not know, Hotstar, the official streaming partner for the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decided to move the match live streams behind a paywall this season. […]
SINGAPORE: After 43 years, Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant will spin no more. According to an 8world News report on Friday (Aug 14), the restaurant said that its closure was due to the impact of COVID-19. Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant was closed on Apr 6, a day before “circuit breaker” measures […]
SHANGHAI: Alibaba-owned supermarket chain Freshippo said today it has shut 21 off its Shenzhen stores and was requiring all its employees in the city to undergo tests for the novel coronavirus after three cases were found at one of its outlets there. Freshippo said two brand promoters and one staff […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday (Aug 14) ordered the Chinese company ByteDance to divest its interest in video-sharing app TikTok’s operations in the United States within 90 days. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the […]