WhatsApp said on Friday that it wouldn’t enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. Originally set to go into effect next month on February 8, the three-month delay comes following “a lot of misinformation” about a revision to its privacy policy that allows WhatsApp to Continue Reading
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Xbox Series S and X Delays to be Expected in South Africa – Tempemail
Attention all gamers! Microsoft Xbox Series S and X consoles – which were expected to be available in South Africa today – will be delayed at certain retailers. “Due to some unforeseen logistical challenges, some stores in South Africa may receive their stock of the Series X | S on Continue Reading
US Federal Court Delays TikTok Ban – Tempemail
Sourced from Cosmico TikTok has been awarded a life-line after a US federal court ruled to delay its impending ban. Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump said the popular Chinese video-sharing platform’s ability to handle user data as well as its relationship with parent company, ByteDance, raised national security Continue Reading
Google delays US office re-opening to September – Software- Tempemail
Google is delaying the reopening of its US offices by around two months because of a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in some states. All of Google’s US offices will now remain closed at least until September 7, Google spokeswoman Katherine Williams told Reuters. Google said in late Continue Reading
Oracle misses revenue estimates on virus-led order delays – Software – Finance- Tempemail
Oracle posted quarterly revenue below Wall Street estimates yesterday as the coronavirus crisis led clients in the hospitality, retail and transportation sectors to postpone purchases. Customers from industries hit hardest by the pandemic pushed back orders as businesses tightened spending to battle a sagging economy. Rival SAP SE had also Continue Reading
Sony Delays PS5 Reveal Event | Tempemail
Sourced from Wikimedia. Sony has announced that it has decided to postpone the PlayStation 5 reveal event, originally scheduled for 4 June. pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU — PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020 The company has decided to postpone the event and the new generation console’s reveal as rioting and civil unrest continues in Continue Reading
For cloud giants, usage soars but tech investment delays hobble revenue growth – Finance – Cloud- Tempemail
As lockdown orders force billions of people to work, learn and play from home during the novel coronavirus outbreak, usage has surged for the cloud computing services that power video conferencing, streaming television and online games. The world’s three leading cloud services providers – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Continue Reading
APAC firms set to face more carve-out acquisition delays- Tempemail
Read Article In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the APAC region are much more likely than those in other regions to experience carve-out acquisition delays (33 per cent), against 18 per cent of those in the Americas and 16 per4 cent in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle Continue Reading
NSW govt delays release of first-ever AI strategy – Strategy- Tempemail
The NSW government has pushed back the release of the state’s first-ever artificial intelligence strategy to give itself more time to consider the complex ethical implications of the technology. The Department of Customer Service began developing the strategy, as well as a complementary ethics policy framework, last year to govern Continue Reading
APRA delays core data platform overhaul by six months – Finance – Strategy – Software- Tempemail
Australia’s prudential regulator has delayed its once-in-a-generation overhaul of the data collection platform used to determine the financial health of banks and other financial institutions. The Prudential Regulatory Authority on Tuesday said it had temporarily suspended the project to replace its ageing core financial data system, dubbed Direct tor APRA (D2A), Continue Reading