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Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Wednesday it was upgrading the encryption features on its video conferencing app to better safeguard meeting data and offer protection against tampering. The new version of the app, Zoom 5.0, will release within the week, the company said in a statement.

U.S. stock markets opened higher after a two-day selloff on Wednesday as upbeat quarterly earnings reports lifted sentiment following a record crash in oil prices, although companies warned of more pain in the coming months.

Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it plans to raise about US$1 billion in debt, a day after the streaming pioneer doubled its own projections for new customers as stuck-at-home users binged on original shows.

WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives will pass Congress' latest coronavirus aid bill on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, paving the way for nearly US$500 billion more in economic relief amid the pandemic. Pelosi, in an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, said House lawmakers were ...

Delta Air Lines Inc reported on Wednesday its first quarterly loss in eight years as the coronavirus crisis devastates air travel demand, and warned that a recovery could take two to three years. "We should be prepared for a choppy, sluggish recovery even after the virus is contained," Chief...

Kimberly-Clark Corp on Wednesday suspended its forecast for the year and said sales of tissue rose 13per cent in the first quarter as consumers stocked up in preparation for the coronavirus pandemic.

Transatlantic exchange operator Nasdaq Inc reported a 23per cent rise in adjusted quarterly profit on Wednesday, benefiting from the coronavirus-fueled market volatility that led to a surge in trading volumes in March.

DUBAI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Wednesday it had successfully launched the country's first military satellite into orbit, at a time of heightened tensions with the United States over Tehran's nuclear and missile programmes. U.S. officials have said they fear long-range ballistic ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's largest supermarket chain will roll out an initiative called FairPrice on Wheels, to allow residents in selected areas to buy groceries without venturing too far from home during the extended COVID-19 "circuit-breaker" period. From Thursday (Apr 23), a FairPrice van will ...

EU antitrust regulators have resumed their investigation into Boeing's bid to buy the jetmaking arm of Embraer , with a decision due by Aug. 7, a European Commission filing showed on Wednesday.