Adapting to an increasingly volatile regulatory environment is the top priority for privacy executives, with only approximately 4 in 10 confident in their current abilities to keep pace with new requirements, according to Gartner.

Huawei is planning to cut jobs at its U.S. subsidiary, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation, according to Bloomberg.

FTC approved a record privacy settlement against Facebook requiring the company to pay about $5 billion to resolve an investigation stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to Bloomberg.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its annual Living Progress Report for 2018.

Usage is still going up, but dating app audiences have been growing slower than expected in recent years.

The SEAT factory in Martorell is the first Spanish plant to receive components via drone delivery.

South Central Ventures added another company to its portfolio in Montenegro.

Oracle lost its legal challenge to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, clearing the way for the government to award the contract to Amazon or Microsoft, according to Bloomberg.

Interest in blockchain continues to be high, but there is still a significant gap between the hype and market reality, according to Gartner.

IBM has appointed Johannes Maurer as the new General Manager for South East Europe.

Despite rising regulatory scrutiny to combat privacy breaches, Gartner predicts that, by 2023, 75% of large organizations will hire AI behavior forensic, privacy and customer trust specialists to reduce risk.

Huawei is planning to cut jobs at its U.S. subsidiary, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation, according to Bloomberg.

FTC approved a record privacy settlement against Facebook requiring the company to pay about $5 billion to resolve an investigation stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to Bloomberg.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its annual Living Progress Report for 2018.

Nokia announced that China Unicom has chosen their optical fronthaul solution to power its 4G and 5G networks in Beijing, supporting the operator’s ambitious commitment to deliver 5G in the 2019 timeframe.

TIM is switching on its 5G network in Italy and has chosen Ericsson 5G commercial hardware, software and solutions for the initial deployment of the new technology.

Ericsson and RCS&RDS have launched a 5G commercial service in the busiest parts of Bucharest, Romania.

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health  announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of health care.

To give businesses more choice, convenience and flexibility, Intel now offers the Intel Unite solution in the cloud, as well as on premise.

IBM announced a major upgrade to the Db2 database designed to enable enterprises to infuse AI and data science into their database management processes.

The SEAT factory in Martorell is the first Spanish plant to receive components via drone delivery.

Bosch Sensortec announced a new variant of its high-performance BMA456.

IBM announced at the World Conference of Science Journalists the expansion of the IBM Q Network in Europe to include additional universities and an international research organization.