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• IBM Quantum Computing is Now Available for Industry Partners; Computing Breakthrough is Expected

  The ‘Big Blue’ brings its quantum computing research to production for the next generation of computing on Monday.

• IBM Gets the Patent for ‘Out of the Office’ Email Responder

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted IBM the patent for “Out of the Office” email auto responder, in the year 2017.

• EU-US Privacy Shield Data Agreement May Not Push Through

  Recent reports reveal that the on-going talks between the European Union (EU) and the United States in Privacy Shield agreement, which is anticipated to occur within the next two years, may not likely be pursued.

• Securities and Exchange Commission pursues trial for two Euro Pacific Capital ex-traders

  The Securities and Exchange Commission will pursue case of Euro Pacific Capital ex-traders Daryl Payton and Benjamin Durant. The case involved alleged placing of trades prior to a deal announcement from IBM with SPSS.

• China’s new anti-terrorism law requires tech companies to surrender encrypted data to authorities

  Various companies operating in China are worried as to how the newly passed anti-terrorism law will affect their customers and businesses.

• China summons Western tech firms, revives bank cyber rules

  China has resumed work on a set of banking cyber security regulations it suspended earlier this year, reviving a potential source of friction with the United States just weeks before Xi Jinping makes his first trip to Washington as China's president, people with knowledge of the matter said

• IBM uncovers new, sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam

  IBM has uncovered a sophisticated fraud scheme run by a well- funded Eastern European gang of cyber criminals that uses a combination of phishing, malware and phone calls that the technology company says has netted more than $1 million from large and medium-sized U.S. companies.

• Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program

  The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.

• Alibaba's Jack Ma seeks to reassure employees over U.S. lawsuits

  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Executive Chairman Jack Ma urged employees to relax about U.S. lawsuits against the firm over possible failure to disclose information to investors, in a letter to staff posted on his official microblog on Friday.

• Big companies disclose too little on operations abroad -watchdog

  The world's biggest companies disclose little or no financial details about their operations abroad, according to a report by Transparency International, which singled out Chinese companies but pointed to U.S. tech giants like Amazon and Google as well.