Caught in the eye of a storm, the Israeli NSO Group has suspended some of its clients from using its spyware Pegasus. However there is no clarity on who these clients are. The move comes on the back of mounting pressure from the French government, which is extremely upset over reports that President Macron's phone may have been targeted for surveillance.

China’s onslaught of regulatory crackdowns on tech companies rattled global markets Monday when it announced some curtailing measures on after-school tutoring institutions and asked them to convert into not-for-profit companies. For more reasons on why China is attacking its consumer-focused internet companies, watch the accompanying video of CNBC-TV18’s Prashant Nair.

The ticket window is open again for space flights at Virgin Galactic, with prices starting at USD 450,000 a seat. The space tourism company said on Thursday it is making progress toward beginning revenue flights next year. It will sell single seats, package deals and entire flights.

Apple Inc on Thursday said it will implement a system that checks photos on iPhones in the United States for matches with known images of child sexual abuse before they are uploaded to its iCloud storage services. If enough child abuse image uploads are detected, Apple will initiate a human review and report the user to law enforcement officials, the company said.