European Union regulators have reached a broad agreement on new digital platform rules aimed at stopping unfair practices by online platforms and app stores, Reuters reported.
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Noon brings top US products to the Middle East with eBay tie-up
noon, the Middle East’s homegrown digital marketplace, is bringing the global marketplace of eBay closer to customers in the region with a new partnership.0 3477
Dubai’s Noon to take on Amazon, mulls online grocery business
UAE-based online shopping platform Noon aims to enter the online groceries business in the next six months, said the company’s founder Mohamed Alabbar said in a recent interview with CNN.
Amazon purges smart toys from online shelves amid privacy concerns
Amazon and eBay are among retailers pulling a brand of cuddly smart toys from sale after warnings they pose a cyber-security threat.
eBay ditches PayPal as payment partner
eBay has announced that it will stop working with PayPal as its back-end payments service in 2020, ending a 15-year partnership.
10 biggest data breaches of the 21st century
Data breaches happen daily, in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? We bring you 10 of the biggest or most prominent breaches of the 21st century.
WEF 2018: technologists and futurists take centre stage
The theme for this year’s meeting of business, political and academic elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is ‘Creating a Shared Future …
Meg Whitman departs HP’s board of directors
Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman has officially stepped down as the chairman of HP Inc’s board of directors, effective …
Internet companies dismayed by French law allowing warrantless access to live user data
The French Senate has passed a law giving government officials warrantless access to live login and user location data from ISPs and websites, angering internet companies and human rights groups.
PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website bug
A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website. Robert Kugler …
Google invests in digital signature company DocuSign
Google has staked some cash on the market for digital signatures on electronic documents with a venture capital investment in …