Google desperate for deals in effort to avoid code
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Google has been offered an 11th hour path by which it could avoid being included in the proposed media bargaining code, but major publishers appear unlikely to strike deals before the legislation is passed as early as this week.
The tech giant has pushed for changes to the proposed law, which may be debated in Parliament on Tuesday, but is also continuing to negotiate with publishers in an effort to get deals signed before the code comes into force.
Google Australia boss Melanie Silva warns senators that Google may be forced to leave Australia if it’s forced to negotiate with media companies.
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AST Private Company Solutions Announces Opening of Two International Sales Offices
February 11, 2021 GMT
MENLO PARK, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 11, 2021
AST Private Company Solutions, Inc. (AST PCS) announces new sales offices in Dublin, Ireland and Tel Aviv, Israel. In both cases, experienced industry professionals are taking a leadership role. Avivit Ben-Avi, previously worked with law firms in Israel and Client Relations Director at Nasdaq Private Market, leads the Israel office. Maoiliosa O’Culachain, formerly Ireland Market Advisor with Nasdaq and non-Executive Director of various European start-ups, leads the European sales office based in Dublin.
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The Tier 1 telecom giant was caught up in a coordinated, wide-ranging attack using unpatched security bugs in the Accellion legacy file-transfer platform.
Singtel, Tier 1 telecom carrier throughout Asia and owner of Australian telco Optus, has been impacted by a software security hole in a third-party file transfer appliance targeted by attackers. Singtel is one of multiple organizations affected by the bug, including an Australian medical research institution.
The point of entry for the attack was software company Accellion, maker of (among other things) a legacy large file transfer product called File Transfer Appliance, or FTA. FTA is a 20-year-old product that was targeted by a “sophisticated cyberattack” on Dec. 23, according to a company notice in early February.
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In recognition of World Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) Awareness week, HD Medical Inc. today announces it has screened over 50,000 children for CHDs using HD Steth™. These screenings have been conducted at multiple locations in India, helping to save over 35 lives to date. HD Medical plans to expand the screenings to over 500,000 children worldwide. The children diagnosed with CHD were provided life-saving treatments and surgeries by the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospitals in India.
CHDs are the most common types of birth defects. One out of 100 babies are born with CHD worldwide and nearly 40,000 infants in the U.S. are born each year with CHDs. In India, each year approximately 300,000 children are born with CHD and approximately 25 percent die before their first birthday. The absence of early screening and sophisticated pediatric care is causing over 250 deaths among children every day in India. Conve
ETtech Morning Dispatch on Feb. 11, 2021: Twitter breaks its silence, Koo finds its voice
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It was another big day for Twitter, one on which it finally broke its silence after a week-long standoff with the government over accounts and tweets related to the farmer protests. After requesting the government for a meeting the previous day, Twitter published a 657-word blog post on Wednesday morning. The government wasn’t best pleased, but what happened next may surprise you.
Elsewhere, Indian startups are firming up plans to go public first up are Delhivery and Zomato.