By Zheping Huang Tencent Holdings picked up millions of new gamers during the global coronavirus outbreak — yet that surge in mobile play may be slowing as the world’s No. 2 economy goes back to work. The quest for entertainment among millions confined to home translated into a big boost for Tencent’s marquee games, Honor […]
Archives for March 2020
Azure Container Registry: Preview of customer-managed keys
The Azure Container Registry team is sharing the preview of customer-managed keys for data encryption at rest. Azure Container Registry already encrypts data at rest using service-managed keys. With the introduction of customer-managed keys you can supplement default encryption with an additional encryption layer using keys that you create and manage in Azure Key Vault. This […]
The $6trn importance of security standards and regulation in the IoT era
We live in an era of digital transformation where more and more devices are connecting to bring new and innovative levels of service and efficiency. This transformation spans across all markets and the rate of progress is breath-taking, says David Maidment, director, secure device ecosystem at Arm. This change brings huge benefits, but it also […]
BA-owner, easyJet make drastic cuts to try to survive coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) – The owner of British Airways and easyJet, Europe’s no.3 and no.4 airlines, said they would ground aircraft on an unprecedented scale in a battle to survive the travel restrictions and European lockdowns now convulsing the industry. Britain’s government said it would discuss how to protect the industry from the coronavirus pandemic after […]
Treasury yields fall after Fed cuts rates to zero
At around 2:45 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at 0.6968%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also down at 1.2893%. In a bid to mitigate slow economic growth resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Fed on Sunday announced a 100-basis […]
Under lockdown, Italy’s social and family life goes virtual
As 60 million Italians face a coronavirus country-wide lockdown, many daily interactions among family, friends and colleagues have moved to messaging platforms such as Facebook’s WhatsApp and Microsoft’s Skype. Users in Italy are placing 20% more calls and sending 20% more messages on WhatsApp compared to a year ago, the company told Reuters. A spokeswoman […]
Banks are adopting account aggregator framework on data
Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, IDFC FIRST Bank, HDFC Bank, Indusind Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and State Bank of India are in various stages of adopting the account aggregator (AA) framework, according to an industry body, ahead of a public rollout of the new technology product in May. Account aggregators are responsible for transferring, […]
Spotlight is on telemedicine in the season of flu
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi As the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to rise in India, telemedicine or online consultation has become the first point of contact for many who suspect they’ve contracted the disease. Companies such as Practo, 1mg, Medlife, mfine and a few others are reporting a several-fold increase in online consultations for […]
Consumer goods flying off the shelves
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Ecommerce platforms, retail chains and kirana stores reported a sharp surge in sales of staples, daily necessities and personal hygiene products in the past few days as panic buying took hold across India amid the fear of closures as Covid-19 cases rise. Deliveries have been delayed and some items such as sanitisers […]
Pentagon reconsiders Microsoft contract after Amazon protest
The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated […]