Cloud

Amazon ‘Developing Robot For Consumers’

The move follows the $1bn acquisition of smart doorbell maker Ring, as Amazon delves further into the home

7 years ago

Russia’s Telegram Ban Shuts Down Google Services

Amazon and Google have been caught in the crossfire as Russia's regulator RKN tries to keep Russians from using Telegram

7 years ago

EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into Apple’s Shazam Buy

Competition officials fear Apple could use data from Shazam to place rival streaming services at a 'competitive disadvantage'

7 years ago

Facebook Building Team To Design Own Chips – Report

Artifical intelligence move? Facebook is reportedly building a team to design its own semiconductors

7 years ago

IBM Disappoints As Q1 Profit Slips

Big Blue grows revenues, but shares in the firm fall after first quarter margins miss Wall Street expectations

7 years ago

Proposal Gives EU Judges Power To Demand Data Across Borders

The 'e-evidence' law would force tech firms to hand over data within as little as six hours

7 years ago

Top Cloud Infrastructure Vendors Set To Take Lion’s Share Of Market

The growing dominance of a few cloud infrastructure players could put pressure on enterprises, argues Gartner

7 years ago

Great Western Railway Resets Passwords After Hackers Access Accounts

The company said about 1,000 users' accounts were breached using duplicate passwords harvested elsewhere on the web

7 years ago

Apple’s Facilities ‘Now Run Entirely On Renewable Energy’

But the move only scratches the surface, argues Greenpeace, since the vast majority of pollution occurs in the manufacturing supply…

7 years ago

Nginx Aims To Make Microservices Easier To Deploy

Nginx Unit, available this week, consolidates the infrastructure for microservices-based apps into a single tool

7 years ago

Global IT Spending To Rise 6.2 Percent, Gartner Predicts

Good news for tech industry with prediction of significant rise in IT spending thanks to weak US dollar

7 years ago

Double Fibre Network Rupture Downs Online Services Across The UK

Two separate network breaks cut off access to data centres run by cloud firm Iomart, affecting a wide range of…

7 years ago

Apple Updates Data Privacy Controls As GDPR Looms

New software adds privacy information to mobile gadgets, with web-based controls on the way for managing data

7 years ago

Bristol To Develop Smart Operations Centre Data Services

The council wants to use data gathered by the new Smart City Operations Centre to improve urban services

7 years ago

US Regulator To Probe Facebook Over Data Concerns

News of the latest investigation has wiped 5 percent off Facebook's share price, as the Cambridge Analytica data row continues…

7 years ago

Information Commissioner ‘Assessing’ Evidence From Cambridge Analytica Raid

Data protection enforcement officers searched the firm's premises into the early hours of Saturday morning as Facebook data probe continues

7 years ago

Report Alleges IBM Age Discrimination With Layoffs

Big Blue allegedly flouts rules against age bias, axing mostly older staff and moving jobs overseas

7 years ago

Government Boosts Fintech Sector With Cryptocurrency Task Force

The government's first Fintech Sector Strategy aims to boost domestic financial tech companies ahead of Brexit

7 years ago

Data Regulator’s Cambridge Analytica Raid Delayed

The Information Commissioner's Office has had to wait for a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's offices for controversial Facebook data…

7 years ago

Google Ramps Up Cloud Security With New Features

The company may also be working on a blockchain-style digital ledger to further secure the Google Cloud

7 years ago

Salesforce’s £4.6bn MuleSoft Buy Underscores The Rise Of Data

Salesforce said it would use MuleSoft's application network platform to power its own Integration Cloud

7 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Plots Swiss Data Centre To Allay Russia Concerns

Russian firm to open 'transparency centre' in Switzerland to handle US and European data

7 years ago

Norfolk Council Testing Alexa Devices For Social Care

The county wants to use voice-activated Amazon gadgets to help social care recipients stay independent

7 years ago

IBM Targets Businesses With Watson Voice Assistant

IBM now plans for Watson to power digital assistant apps from retailers, banks, hotels, cars and home gadgets

7 years ago

BlackBerry, Microsoft Sign Security Agreement

BlackBerry partners Microsoft to provide secure environment for Microsoft Office apps

7 years ago

Quarter Of IT Leaders Unsure Of Regulatory Compliance Needs

Managing compliance is above the pay-grade of humble IT management, Pulsant survey finds

7 years ago

Crimeware ‘Cloud’ Takes Cues From Enterprise Services

The BlackTDS malware distribution network automates attacks with ease-of-use inspired by legitimate cloud platforms

7 years ago

Microsoft Azure Expands Into Switzerland, Middle East

Along with expansion in Germany, Microsoft said it's planning new data centres for Switzerland and its first cloud facilities in…

7 years ago

EU, France Take Action Against ‘Abusive’ Google, Apple App Stores

The European Commission has drafted stricter rules for app stores, e-commerce sites and search engines, while French legal action targets…

7 years ago