Bank of America stops using his investment trademark ‘Merrill Lynch’. The financial group has announced that. This part of the bank will be called ‘BofA Securities’, while the asset management activities will be renamed ‘Merrill’.
In an open letter to the top of Microsoft, employees ask the company to stop supplying the HoloLens to the United States Army.
Facebook withdraws its VPN app Onavo from the Google Play Store. The company also stops accepting new participants for the controversial Facebook Research app, writes TechCrunch.
The next big version of Android gets more extensive control with gestures, so the familiar back button disappears at the bottom of the screen, reports XDA, which has an early version of Android Q in hands.
An unknown hacker or group of hackers has supplemented a large-scale database with leaked accounts to 841 million accounts. In total, the hacker offers leaked accounts from websites of thirty companies for sale, reports TechCrunch.
Facebook keeps a list of people that need extra attention, writes CNBC on the basis of several former employees of the company. The list includes users and former employees.
Apple speaks with publishers about a new subscription service for articles. In addition, the company would like to keep half of the income itself, writes The Wall Street Journal on the basis of insiders.
The social medium Instagram, which is part of Facebook, forbids all photos in which offensive self-mutilation can be seen.
Car maker General Motors has been profitable last year. Sales were also slightly increased. Including the introduction of the pick-up trucks Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra helped the company. In addition, the sales of so-called crossovers increased. GM sold a total of 8.4 million cars worldwide.
It is too expensive for many housing corporations to convert all their homes into zero-on-the-meter homes. That is what the consultancy firm Finance Ideas says based on research among about six hundred corporate directors. In average, respondents therefore focus on making housing more sustainable on energy label B.
