Internal documents of defence public sector undertaking BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) have been leaked on marketplaces in the dark web, US-based cybersecurity research firm Cyble said on Tuesday. The actual leak of the documents took place on May 25, it said, suspecting that a hacktivist or a Pakistan-based threat actor called ‘R3dr0x’ has targeted […]
Archives for June 2020
Stock futures hold steady after S&P 500 turns positive for the year
A man walks past the Wall Street Charging Bull in New York, the United States, March 24, 2020. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes held steady at the start of the overnight session Monday evening as investors hoped to extend the S&P 500’s gains […]
Nasdaq ends at record, confirms bull market on economic recovery hopes
(Reuters) – The Nasdaq posted a record closing high on Monday, becoming the first of the major indexes to confirm a new bull market, while the S&P 500 ended in positive territory for the year as expectations for a swift recovery from a coronavirus-driven downturn increased. Rising technology and communication stocks have driven gains in […]
AICPA recommends changes to e-signature requirements
The AICPA Tax Executive Committee (TEC) has sent the IRS a letter requesting the Service update and modernize its e-filing signature requirements in four areas in response to the COVD-19 pandemic but with the aim of adopting the changes permanently to make it easier for all taxpayers and tax practitioners to use electronic signatures. In […]
Partial PPP loan forgiveness remains if 60% threshold not met
Borrowers under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) can qualify for partial loan forgiveness if less than 60% of the PPP loan is used for payroll, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury said Monday. Legislation signed June 5 lowered to 60% from 75% the minimum percentage of PPP funds borrowers have to spend on […]
ETtech Top 5: Kalyan Krishnamurthy interview, Arkam Ventures’ first close, Scootsy shutdown & more
Happy Monday! The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way consumers think about essentials. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, essentials were mostly grocery items and consumables. But with everyone spending most of their time at home, people have moved to a new definition of essentials. That’s according to Kalyan Krishnamurthy, group chief executive at Flipkart. In […]
Airbnb joins vacation-rental sites seeing surge in summer demand
By Olivia Carville Antsy city dwellers seeking to escape their Covid-19 refuges are road-tripping to nearby vacation rentals in surprisingly strong numbers, showing the first signs of life for an industry that essentially ground to a halt in March. “People, after having been stuck in their homes for a few months, do want to get […]
Coronavirus-related searches see a drop, people back to Googling for films, weather
After dominating the conversations for weeks, coronavirus seems to be falling off the popularity charts as netizens in the country went back to searching for topics like films and weather on Google in May. According to Google search trends, the search volume for coronavirus in May was half of that in April even though the […]
Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels
Didi Chuxing, China’s biggest ride-hailing company which counts SoftBank as a backer, saw its ride sharing orders in China this month recover to levels seen over the same period a year earlier, its founder and Chief Executive Cheng Wei said. Didi’s peak daily ride sharing orders surpassed 30 million, Cheng said in a statement on […]
Imprivata: Trusted Digital Identity Management for Clinicians, Patients & Connected Medical Devices – Episode 325
In episode 325, Douglas Brown interviews Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Douglas and Wes discuss Imprivata’s trusted digital identities solution for clinicians, patients, and connected medical devices. Wes shares his views on the changing world we find ourselves in, what this means for healthcare IT, how they work with IGEL technologies, and much […]