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Hackers steal Zomato data on 17 million users

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Thu, 18 May 2017 17:35:03 +0000

Hong Kong (CNNMoney) — Popular restaurant app Zomato says the records of about 17 million users have been stolen in a security breach. The Indian startup, which covers more than one million eateries across 24 countries, said Thursday that names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords were taken from its database. The company, which competes with

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Apple considering legal action over Trump’s travel ban

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:08:58 +0000

Hong Kong (CNNMoney) — Apple could be the next big tech company to take legal action against President Trump’s travel ban. The iPhone maker is considering legal options regarding Trump’s executive order, which has affected hundreds of its employees, CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Cook didn’t provide details

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Samsung blames batteries for Galaxy Note 7 fires

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:39:23 +0000

Hong Kong (CNNMoney) — Samsung is blaming poorly designed and manufactured batteries for the overheating problems that caused some its Galaxy Note 7 phones to catch fire. “Our investigation, as well as the investigations completed by three independent industry organizations, concluded that batteries were found to be the cause of the Note7 incidents,” the world’s

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The world’s biggest flash drive can store more than 160 HD movies

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:27:31 +0000

Kingston’s DataTraveler Ultimate GT can hold a whopping 2 terabytes of data.

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Italy wants $21 billion to prop up its wobbly banks

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:20:26 +0000

Hong Kong (CNNMoney) — Italy is looking to add another $21 billion to its massive debt burden in order to keep its struggling banks afloat. The Italian government said late Monday that it is asking parliament to let it borrow as much as €20 billion ($20.8 billion) for a potential bank rescue plan in the

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Facebook and other tech giants are setting up a database for terrorist content

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:47:17 +0000

Hong Kong (CNN) — Four of the world’s biggest tech companies are collaborating to crack down on terrorist content on their platforms. Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and Google’s YouTube say they will set up a shared database to help them track and remove “violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos.” The database will contain the digital

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Samsung’s Note 7 crisis is wiping out billions in profit

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:28:10 +0000

Hong Kong (CNN Money) — Samsung’s decision to kill off its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is already hurting its profits. The world’s biggest smartphone maker on Wednesday slashed billions of dollars off its sales and profit estimates for the three months to Sept. 30. The move came a day after it permanently halted production

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Beijing is censoring searches about the Panama Papers

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:39:07 +0000

Hong Kong (CNNMoney) — China would rather its citizens didn’t talk too much about the Panama Papers. A coalition of news organizations has seized global attention with a barrage of reports based on a massive document leak from a law firm in Panama. The reports, which CNN hasn’t been able to independently verify, allege top

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Hong Kong has least affordable housing in the world

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:35:45 +0000

Hong Kong (CNN Money) — Hong Kong’s stratospherically expensive housing market is so unaffordable it’s set a new global record. The median price of a home in Hong Kong is 19 times the city’s median annual household income, according to the latest survey by the public policy firm Demographia. That eye-watering multiple is the highest

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China’s richest man buys Hollywood studio

Jethro Mullen, CNN Money — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:41:53 +0000

(File photo) Wang Jianlin

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