Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei Qualcomm Inc on Friday received a license from the U.S. government to sell 4G mobile phone chips to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, an exemption to U.S. trade restrictions imposed…

Biden aide Bill Russo attacks Facebook’s post-election role Mr. Russo, who is deputy press secretary to the US president-elect tweeted that Facebook is not doing enough to rein in pages that promoted conspiracy theories, calls to violence and disinformation in…

Net neutrality and broadband expansion possible under Biden presidency Of the many changes expected to come about in a Biden presidency, tech industry watchers are expecting a return to net neutrality and broadband access, reinstating Obama-era rules that allowed the…

Instagram banner mistakenly advertises Wednesday as Election Day for some subscribers On Tuesday, a subset of Instagram subscribers saw a notification that stated “Tomorrow is Election Day” which could have led to confusion as to whether Tuesday or Wednesday was…

Cybersecurity specialists list their election week fears Calling it the Super Bowl for malicious actors, cybersecurity specialists have a long list of fears over election day security. These include disruption to local, municipal support services, ransomware attacks that lock up…

TikTok partners with Shopify on social commerce The deal aims to make it easier for Shopify’s over one million merchants to reach TikTok’s younger audience and drive sales by creating, running, and optimizing their TikTok marketing campaigns directly from the…

New Emotet attack urges recipients to upgrade Microsoft Word Emotet operators have started using a new template that pretends to be a Microsoft Office message urging a Microsoft Word update. As one of the world’s most infamous malwares, this version…

Justice Department charges Google in antitrust lawsuit The suit alleges that Google uses anti competitive tactics to preserve a monopoly for its flagship search engine and related advertising business, maintaining its status as gatekeeper to the internet through an unlawful…

text Google offers details on Chinese hacking group that targeted Biden campaign Google on Friday offered new details on tactics used by alleged Chinese government-linked hacker group APT31 that has been targeting Joe Biden’s campaign using malicious code hosted on…

Security experts warn of Amazon Prime Day scams With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, security experts are warning of a deluge of phishing activity designed to capitalize on a major Amazon promotional event taking place this week, in this…