The Star Online |
Former AVG executives beef up cyber security investment fund
The Star Online PRAGUE: A group of former executives and investors from antivirus software maker AVG Technologies have raised an additional US$ 55mil (RM235.73mil) for their fund that invests in cyber security companies, its managing partner said. Evolution Equity … |
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is meeting this week in New York with top tech executives, including Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Larry Page and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, according to news reports.
Invitations to the meeting were signed by Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, chief of staff Reince Priebus, and billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley figure who came out openly early on in favor of Trump.
The relationship between Trump and Silicon Valley companies has been difficult with some senior tech executives openly backing his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the presidential elections. The president-elect and tech companies also appear to have differing views on issues such as immigration, outsourcing abroad, clean energy, net neutrality, encryption, surveillance and on restoring lost manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
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ZDNet |
Executive's guide to mobile security (free ebook)
ZDNet To help you understand the expanding threats — and evaluate the solutions that may help — we collected the latest mobile security insights and analysis from ZDNet and TechRepublic. Topics include best practices for managing security on BYOD phones … |
The Seattle Times |
Internet security a priority, Chinese president tells tech executives
The Seattle Times Internet security a priority, Chinese president tells tech executives. Originally published September 23, 2015 at 12:35 pm Updated September 24, 2015 at 7:38 am. Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, talks with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on … China: On cybersecurity, US must not rock the boat China President Xi Jinping meets with Big Tech execs |