WASHINGTON (Reuters) – xThe Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States from all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, a move that would worsen strained relations between the United States and China. FILE PHOTO: The flags …
Read More »Twitter stepped up search to complete top security job before hacking
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) had intensified its search for an information security chief in recent weeks, two people familiar with the effort told Reuters, before the high-profile account breach on Wednesday raised alarm about the platform’s security. The FBI’s San Francisco division is leading an investigation into Twitter’s hacking, …
Read More »Wall Street is optimistic about Dell’s spin-off of its VMware stake
Text size Denis Doyle / Bloomberg Analysts at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are optimistic about the announcement by Dell Technologies that it is considering a spin-off of its valuable 81% stake in VMware., It is now worth more than all of Dell’s market value. Dell shares (ticker DELL) rose …
Read More »Massachusetts launches the latest legal headache for Uber and Lyft
Tuesday, Massachusetts It became the second state this year to sue the Uber and Lyft companies for treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. State attorney general Maura Healey told reporters that the Covid-19 pandemic prompted her to ask a state court judge to enforce a 2004 labor …
Read More »‘Hands-free’: automakers race to the next level of non-autonomous cars
DETROIT (Reuters) – Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Carmakers have many names for new systems that enable hands-free driving, but there are no safety or performance standards to follow as they implement the most significant changes in technology of the vehicle in one generation. A GM test driver sits in a 2021 …
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