John RibeiroBangalore Correspondent, IDG News Service
John Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breaking news from India for the IDG News Service.
Trump appoints net neutrality critics to FCC transition team
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed two opponents of current net neutrality rules to his team charged with overseeing the transition in the Federal Communications Commission.
Apple offers new battery for iPhone 6s phones that suddenly shut down
Apple has said that a few iPhone 6s smartphones are unexpectedly shutting down, confirming a problem reported by a Chinese consumer protection group.
Symantec will acquire identity protection firm LifeLock in $2.3B deal
Aiming to boost its consumer security business, Symantec is acquiring LifeLock, a vendor of identity protection services, for US$2.3 billion in enterprise value.
Facebook is working with fact-checkers to weed out fake news
Returning to the controversy over fake news on the social networking site, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said over the weekend that the company was working with fact-checking organizations to put in place third-party verification of the authenticity of news on its site.
Apple offers to fix iPhone 6 Plus ‘touch disease’ bug for $150
Apple is offering to repair at a reduced price iPhone 6 Plus smartphones with display flickering or multi-touch issues.
US lawmakers introduce bill to delay enhanced government hacking powers
U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to delay the coming into force on Dec. 1 of a rule change that aims to expand the government's ability to search computers and other digital devices across many jurisdictions with a single warrant.
Facebook acquires facial image analysis startup FacioMetrics
Facebook has acquired a facial image analysis firm FacioMetrics as it tries to give users new features to add special effects to photos and videos.
Snapchat parent reportedly headed for an IPO
The company behind the Snapchat messaging app has reportedly filed papers for an initial public offering that could value it at up to US$25 billion, according to news reports.
Google and Facebook won't place ads on sites peddling fake news
Google and Facebook plan to prevent placement of ads on websites distributing fake news.
Apple may be eyeing Google Glass-like wearable AR glasses
Apple is working on wearable digital glasses that would connect to the iPhone and show content in the wearer’s field of vision, according to a news report.
412 million FriendFinder Network accounts said to be exposed in hack
Over 412 million accounts on dating and entertainment network FriendFinder Networks have been exposed, the second time that the network has been breached in two years, according to a popular breach notification website.
China still has the two most powerful supercomputers in the world
China’s Sunway TaihuLight and Tianhe-2 have maintained their lead in supercomputers, according to the Top500 supercomputer rankings.
Zuckerberg says fake news on Facebook didn’t tilt the elections
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as “crazy” the criticism that fake news on its news feed to users had tilted the vote in the U.S. presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.
Yahoo investigating if insiders knew of hack
Yahoo said investigators were looking into the possibility that some people within the company knew at the time about the late 2014 theft of information of at least 500 million user accounts.
China passes controversial cybersecurity law
China has passed a new cybersecurity law that gives it greater control over the internet, including by requiring local storage of certain data
Articles by John Ribeiro
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