Google, Big Tech Say New Cyber Security Rule to Make Doing Business in India Tougher

Google, Big Tech Say New Cyber Security Rule to Make Doing Business in India Tougher

India’s new directive which mandates reporting of cyberattack incidents within six hours and storing users’ logs for 5 years will make it difficult for companies to do business in the country, 11 international bodies having tech giants like Google, Facebook and HP as members said in a joint letter to…

Elon Musk Says No Plant in India Until Tesla Allowed to Sell, Service Imported Cars

Elon Musk Says No Plant in India Until Tesla Allowed to Sell, Service Imported Cars

Hinting that Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in India the carmaker’s chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk said on Friday tweeted that until the company is first allowed to sell and service imported cars in the country there will be no setting up of the bases.Responding to an…

Siberian Tundra Could Virtually Disappear Due To Rising Global Temperatures, Says Study

Siberian Tundra Could Virtually Disappear Due To Rising Global Temperatures, Says Study

Global warming is posing an existential threat to the Siberian tundra, the frozen lands near the Arctic Circle, researchers have said in a new study. The researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, prepared a computer simulation of how global warming could affect the tundra…

Binance Says It Has Registered With Italy Regulator, Seeks to Gain Traction in Europe

Binance Says It Has Registered With Italy Regulator, Seeks to Gain Traction in Europe

Binance said on Friday its legal entity in Italy had registered with the regulator in the country, as the major cryptocurrency exchange seeks to gain traction in Europe. The registration of Binance Italy, which was established in recent months, could potentially make the company more accountable and reduce the prospects…

Tether Expands Into Latin America With Peso-Pegged Stablecoin Launch

Tether Expands Into Latin America With Peso-Pegged Stablecoin Launch

Tether, the firm behind the most popular stablecoin linked to the US dollar, USDT, has debuted a new stablecoin pegged to the Mexican peso marking the company’s entrance into the Latin American crypto market. The company operating the blockchain-enabled platform announced that the new stablecoin would get added to Tether’s…

SpiceJet Says Q4 2021 Earnings Delayed Due to Ransomware Attack on IT Systems

SpiceJet Says Q4 2021 Earnings Delayed Due to Ransomware Attack on IT Systems

No-frills airline SpiceJet on Friday said the announcement of its audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, will get delayed due to a ransomware attack on its IT systems. In a regulatory filing, SpiceJet said it has postponed its board meeting on…

Indian Hackers Reportedly Used by Israeli Private Investigator in Job for Russian Oligarchs

Indian Hackers Reportedly Used by Israeli Private Investigator in Job for Russian Oligarchs

An Israeli private investigator currently in U.S. custody used Indian hackers to conduct surveillance operations for ultra-wealthy Russians, a reporter said in a court filing late Wednesday. Independent journalist Scott Stedman told a court in New York that jailed private detective Aviram Azari worked “on surveillance and cyber-intelligence operations at…

Elon Musk to Explain Delay in Reporting Twitter Stocks Buy, Says US Regulators

Elon Musk to Explain Delay in Reporting Twitter Stocks Buy, Says US Regulators

US market authorities have asked Elon Musk to explain an apparent delay in reporting his Twitter stock buys, the agency revealed Friday, the latest questions on the methods and intent of his troubled bid for the platform. Musk became a major Twitter stockholder following the purchase of 73.5 million shares…

Texas Shooter Discussed Buying Guns in Direct Messages, Says Texas Authorities

Texas Shooter Discussed Buying Guns in Direct Messages, Says Texas Authorities

Texas authorities said Friday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in buying a gun in private online conversations, but backed away from earlier descriptions that he made public threats less than an hour before the attack. Texas Governor Greg Abbott…