Technology

CEO of Dozens of Companies and Entities Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1 Billion in Fraudulent and Counterfeit Cisco Networking Equipment A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned an indictment last week charging a resident of Florida with running a massive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment...

Amazon to showcase its transportation drive at world's largest tech show From making cars talk using Alexa’s voice to managing data from factories full of robots, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) wants a big piece of the action in transportation, and next week at CES will unveil more about its strategy to achieve that goal than ever before. The Seattle retail and cloud...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. "Over the years, our disclosure regime has evolved to reflect evolving risks and investor needs," said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. "Today, cybersecurity is an emerging risk with which public...

Warning Issued For Millions Of Google Chrome Users Google’s seamless Chrome updates are one of its most appealing features thanks (unlike Windows 10) to their reliability. Until now. The latest version of Chrome has already automatically rolled out to hundreds of millions of users around the world is causing some serious problems for Android users. Picked up by 9to5Google and expanded...

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP...

Issuers rejoice as the SEC Raises Reg CF to $5 million and Reg A+ to $75 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission delivered new proposals to change the limits issuers can raise through Reg CF and Reg A+. The new changes will dramatically change and impact platforms that offer online securities and increase the benefits for smaller issuer companies looking...

Defendants’ Separate Campaigns Both Targeted Software and Hardware for Operational Technology Systems The Department of Justice has unsealed two indictments charging four defendants –all Russian nationals who worked for the Russian government– with attempting, supporting and conducting computer intrusions that together, in two separate conspiracies, targeted the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018. In total, these hacking campaigns targeted...

BioTech and Healthcare will be big players in 2020 US stocks have rocketed 28% this year. This is the second largest annual gain since 1999. And the tenth straight year stocks have climbed higher. This has a lot of investors worried that stocks could tank soon. But this bull market is far from over. My research shows stocks should continue to rise until...

Uber and Postmates Sue To Challenge California’s New Labor Law SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ride-share company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates sued Monday to block a broad new California law aimed at giving wage and benefit protections to people who work as independent contractors. The lawsuit filed in U.S. court in Los Angeles argues that the law set to...

Uber and Lyft will shut down their ridesharing services in California on August 20th. Drivers of Uber and Lyft are used as pawns by ridesharing company in an attempt to operate in California. Uber and Lyft should have been more proactive all along. Both Uber and Lyft have decided to make this a messy divorce and seem like parents who have...