Silicon UK Podcast: The State of Global Digital Skills

The UK lags behind in global and European rankings for data and technology skills, according to Coursera’s latest Global Skills…

3 years ago

Tech Giants Could Withdraw Services Over Hong Kong Doxxing Bill

China's bill that will clampdown on 'doxxing' in Hong Kong, could force Facebook, Google, Twitter and others tech giants to…

3 years ago

UK’s Largest Chip Fab, Newport Wafer Fab, Acquired By Chinese Firm

National security? Newport Wafer Fab in Wales sold to Dutch chip firm, which in turn is owned by China’s Wingtech

3 years ago

Twitter Loses Protection Liability Over User Content In India

Tense standoff for Twitter in India continues, after government strips the platform of its user content liability protection

3 years ago

Kaseya Hackers Demand $70 Million Ransom

Number of organisations affected by damaging Kaseya ransomware attack grows from just 50, to roughly 1,500 businesses globally

3 years ago

Trump Supporting Social Media App Hacked

Arrival of Gettr social networking app, from former senior advisor to Donald Trump, is impacted by hack on its 4th…

3 years ago

British Airways Settles Data Breach Claims Case

Costly exercise. British Airways pays an undisclosed settlement to passengers and staff impacted by massive 2018 data breach

3 years ago

ARM CEO Insists Nvidia Purchase Better Than IPO

Head of ARM strongly defends Nvidia acquisition, which he says is a much better alternative than being a standalone public…

3 years ago

President Biden Orders Investigation Into Kaseya Ransomware Attack

Ransomware attack on hundreds of American businesses over 4 July weekend prompts US investigation of possible Russian involvement

3 years ago

Jeff Bezos Steps Down As Amazon CEO

The king is dead, long live the king. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos steps down today and is succeeded…

3 years ago

Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic To Beat Jeff Bezos To Space

Beating Bezos. Surprise from Virgin Galactic that its first spaceflight will carry Richard Branson to space before Jeff Bezos

3 years ago

Nissan To Build EV Battery ‘Gigafactory’ In UK

Nissan's £1 billion investment in electric vehicle hub in Sunderland, includes a Gigafactory for car batteries built by Envision

3 years ago

UK NCSC, US Agencies, Warn Of Russian Cyber Campaign

America's NSA, CISA, FBI, alongside the United Kingdom's NCSC have warned about an ongoing brute force campaign by Russia's GRU…

3 years ago

OneWeb Gains Additional $500m Funding From Bharti

Busy period for OneWeb with additional funding, launch of more satellites, and signing deal with BT for rural broadband provision

3 years ago

Jeff Bezos Selects 82-Year-Old Woman To Join Spaceflight

A 82 year-old woman who trained for NASA's Mercury program in the 1960s chosen by Jeff Bezos for a seat…

3 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee’s NFT Source Code Sells For $5.4m

Auction of an NFT of Tim Berners-Lee's original source code for the World Wide Web sells for $5.4 million at…

3 years ago

NSA Denies Spying Allegation Made By Tucker Carlson

US intelligence agency denies surprising allegation by right wing Fox News host Tucker Carlson that NSA is spying on him…

3 years ago

Softbank Pauses Production Of Pepper Robot – Report

Japanese conglomerate Softbank seems like it is officially retiring its friendly and diminutive robot that was nicknamed Pepper

3 years ago

Data On 700 Million LinkedIn Users For Sale On Dark Web – Report

LinkedIn denies the personal data of 700 million users for sale on Dark Web was a result of a data…

3 years ago

Shared Rural Network Update Issued By Government

Progress report on £1 billion Shared Rural Network shows Scotland, Wales, North East England benefiting from 4G rural coverage

3 years ago

Government Welcomes EU Data Protection Agreement

Personal data will continue to 'seamlessly flow' between the United Kingdom and Europe, after European Union agreement

3 years ago

Mexico Bans Cryptocurrency Trades Or Services

Mexico's central bank and the country's finance ministry says financial institutions are not allowed to utilise cryptocurrencies

3 years ago

Facebook Joins Trillion Dollar Club, As FTC Complaint Dismissed

Social network Facebook wins dismissal of US states and FTC antitrust lawsuit, which triggers share rise above $1 trillion

3 years ago

Chip Shortage Sees Land Rover ‘Pause’ Production Of Defender 4×4

Another car maker (Jaguar Land Rover) reveals production halt at factory, as chip shortage continues to batter the automotive sector

3 years ago

Apple Updates Magnet Warning For Pacemakers

Updated list of Apple devices that should be kept a safe distance away from pacemakers and other implanted medical equipment

3 years ago

Court Denies HSBC Publication Ban In Meng Wanzhou Case

Canadian court denies Huawei request for publication ban on documents received from HSBC, as Meng Wanzhou extradition case continues

3 years ago

China’s Envision Invests In French EV Battery Factory

Investment by China's Envision AESC into electric vehicle battery factory in northern France could create at least 1,000 jobs initially

3 years ago

SolarWinds Hackers Steal Microsoft Customer Data

Nation-state backed SolarWinds hackers stole 'basic' data on some Microsoft customers after hacking customer-support system in May

3 years ago

Mobile World Congress Returns To Barcelona With ‘Hybrid’ Event

Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona for Europe's first major tech conference since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, with talks from…

3 years ago

Ratings Agency Warns Over El Salvador Bitcoin Move

Fitch warns El Salvador's move to make Bitcoin legal tender could open floodgates to money laundering, increase banks' exposure to…

3 years ago