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Smartwatch maker Garmin taken offline after suspected cyber attack

According to reports, firm has had to shut down production after a suspected hack breached it corporate network.

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Cloudflare DNS goes down, taking a large piece of the internet with it

Many major websites and services were unreachable for a period Friday afternoon due to issues at Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service. The outage seems to have started at about 2:15 Pacific time and

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Privacy.com, a virtual payment card startup, raises $10.2M in Series A

Virtual card payment startup Privacy.com has raised $10.2 million in a Series A fundraise, the company announced Wednesday.The round was led by Teamworthy Ventures, with participation from Tusk Ventur

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China shuts down over 12,000 illegal, harmful websites in H1

China shut down over 12,000 illegal and harmful websites in the first half of 2020, according to the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications on T

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Singapore launches probe into Citadelle, Senjo after Wirecard review

VCG Photo Singapore authorities launched an investigation into Citadelle Corporate Services, Senjo Group and its subsidiaries after scrutinizing collapsed German payments firm Wirecard's local

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Factbox: China's progress in fight against drugs

Remarkable progress has been achieved in China's fight against narcotics in the past five years. The following facts and figures were released by Chinese narcotics con

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Concert ticket prices 'may go up' if Viagogo and StubHub merge, regulator warns

Viagogo and StubHub are the UK's two largest secondary ticketing firms and hold more than 80% of the country's market share.

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Klarna launches rewards program

Fintech startup Klarna is launching a rewards program called Vibe this summer. If you use Klarna as your payment method, you’ll start earning points for every $1 you spend. You can then redeem your p

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After a spate of device hacks, Google beefs up Nest security protections

Google has added its line of Nest smart home devices to its Advanced Protection Program, a security offering that adds stronger account protections for high-risk users like politicians and journalists

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A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks

Thailand’s largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users.Security researcher Justin Paine sai

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Hims & Hers launch Spanish language telemedicine services

Hims Hers, the startup focused on providing access to elective treatments for things like hair loss, skin care, and erectile disfunction and online telemedicine services, is expanding its services to

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Home Chef confirms breach after 8 million user records found on the dark web

Meal delivery service Home Chef has confirmed a data breach, two weeks after a data breach seller listed a database of 8 million customer records on a dark web marketplace.The Chicago-based company sa

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China, WHO launches charity fundraising program to fight COVID-19

Donated medical supplies from the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Chuntao)The fund w

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Headless CMS company Strapi raises another $10 million

Strapi, the company behind the popular open-source headless CMS also called Strapi, has raised a $10 million Series A round led by Index Ventures. The company previously raised a $4 million seed round

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Azure Cognitive Services learns more languages

It wouldn’t be a Microsoft Build without a bunch of new capabilities for Azure Cognitive Services, Microsoft’s cloud-based AI tools for developers.The first new feature is what Microsoft

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21 art institutions from 15 countries to join NCPA's online concert

A total of 21 art institutions from 15 countries will attend an online concert organized by China's National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), which will be broadc

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Hubei to reopen litigation service locations

Central China's Hubei Province, once hit hard by the novel coronavirus disease, will reopen its litigation service locations from May 6, the Higher People's Court of t