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Facebook Fined $1.4 Million for Collecting Personal Information in Spain

Facebook Fined $1.4 Million for Collecting Personal Information in Spain

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been fined $1.4 million for allegedly collecting personal information from users in Spain that was probably used for advertising. Similar cases were also found in other countries such as Germany, France, Belgium, and th..

Equifax Shares Tumble After Data Breach

Equifax Shares Tumble After Data Breach

Credit Rating Agency Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) on Thursday said the cyberattack may affect about 143 million U.S. customer, sending the stock down over 12 percent.According to a press release of Equifax, the information that were accessed includes na..

U.S. House Passes Bill to Speed Up Deployment of Self Driving Vehicles

U.S. House Passes Bill to Speed Up Deployment of Self Driving Vehicles

On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed a unanimous vote of 54-0 for a bill to speed up the deployment of self driving vehicles. Many auto manufacturing companies are already in a competition to be the first to develop an efficient and working self auto..

Layoffs in Lego Land; First Reported Losses in Over a Decade

Layoffs in Lego Land; First Reported Losses in Over a Decade

Lego announces today that they will be laying off up to 1,400 of their 18,200 employees worldwide  – Roughly 8 per cent of the company’s staff – as they plan to revamp a business model that, while it has helped keep Lego relev..

Amazon and Microsoft Team up to Integrate Their Voice Assistants

Amazon and Microsoft Team up to Integrate Their Voice Assistants

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Wednesday announced that they are partnering to allow integration between their digital assistants.Customers now are able to activate Microsoft’s assistant Cortana whe..

Catalent Inc Shares Up After Strong Earnings

Catalent Inc Shares Up After Strong Earnings

Catalent Inc (NYSE: CTLT) shares jumped more than 13% Tuesday after the company announced fourth quarter and full year 2017 results. Catalent provides delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologic, and consumer and animal healt..

Tech Companies Push for Cellphone Privacy

Tech Companies Push for Cellphone Privacy

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) as well as many other high technology companies have requested that the U.S. Supreme Court make it harder for government officials to access people’s sensitive cellphone data. A 44-page brief was filed wi..