The past year has seen some of the largest data breaches and ransomware attacks being reported in recent history, but 2018 could see larger, more frequent attacks, technology firm A10 Networks warned Tuesday. The company’s founder and chief executive Lee Chen added that cryptocurrencies could become the main target of hackers as they gain in […]
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Trump's 'ill-advised' move over Jerusalem has set back peace process, former secretary of defense says
President Donald Trump‘s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was “ill-advised” and has probably “significantly” set back the peace process , former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told CNBC Tuesday. “I think it was ill advised,” Robert Gates told CNBC, “I’m not quite sure if there’s a strategy behind it or […]
Read moreDigital businesses can’t afford to ignore Southeast Asia, according to a new report by Google and Singaporean state investment vehicle Temasek. Home to fast-growing economies such as Indonesia and the Philippines, Southeast Asia boasts a massive internet user base that’s overwhelmingly focused on mobile. That will push the region’s internet economy to hit $50 billion […]
Read moreMany reports that track corporate deal-making have confirmed a global slowdown in 2017, but one country has bucked the trend, according to advisory firm Duff & Phelps. Malaysia recorded $17.57 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions from 408 deals in 2017 — the highest level in five years, the latest Duff & Phelps’s Transaction Trail […]
Read moreIf you’ve lost sleep worrying about the growing power of the alt-right — that shadowy coalition that includes white nationalists, anti-feminists, far-right reactionaries and meme-sharing trolls — I may have found a cure for your anxiety. Just try using its websites. In recent months, as sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have cracked down on […]
Read moreGoogle used to be the main source of referral traffic for web publishers. Then Facebook eclipsed it. And now, Google is back on top again. Over the course of 2017, the search engine has become publishers’ main source of external page views, according to new data from Parse.ly, a digital analytics company. It’s basically a […]
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