china, linkedIn, microsoft, yahoo

Yahoo, Fed Up, Pulls Out of China

Stringent policies by the Chinese communist government in the areas of technology and Internet usage have made things hard for technology companies that are operating in the Asian country. In a development that could pose a setback to the communist-ruled country, Yahoo has decided to shut down all its operations in China. The company has ...

Jack Roberts

Yahoo corporate headquarters and sign in Sunnyvale, California.

Beijing’s Cyberwar Is Becoming a Severe Threat

China is actively engaging in a cyberwar on countries that it considers hostile. And Western experts think hacking attacks sponsored by China are on the rise. The U.S. and its ally nations have slammed China for unleashing an unprecedented form of cyberwar targeting Western countries. What is cyberwar? The definition of cyberwar has been honed ...

Max Lu

Cyberwarfare.

TikTok Takes Legal Action Against Trump Administration

On August 6, President Trump passed an Executive Order banning U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese corporation that owns TikTok. The ban will come into effect 45 days from the issue of the order. In retaliation, TikTok recently filed a lawsuit against the executive order in a California court, naming the U.S. Department of Commerce, ...

Jack Roberts

TikTok app on a smartphone.

Microsoft Wants to Teach Robots How to Think

Autonomous robots are all set to be integrated into all aspects of human life. This has already started with initial tests on self-driving cars, autonomous drones, and so on. Microsoft is now aiming to be the leader in developing software that will allow engineers to teach these autonomous robots how to think for themselves. Autonomous ...

Armin Auctor

A Microsoft Center.

Microsoft Blames the Government for WannaCry

WannaCry ransomware, which caused havoc in the summer of 2017, is a computer virus that infected and spread across 150 countries. According to Forbes, it affected the systems of 48 UK National Health Services centers, FedEx, Telefonica, Renault and Nissan plants, American universities, Russian government systems, and even Chinese ATMs. The WannaCry ransomware infects a ...

Armin Auctor

A ransomware-infected computer.