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Amazon’s Ring To Make Police Requests For Video Footage Public
Transparency move, as US police forces and fire departments increasingly use video footage captured from Ring doorbells and cameras
Your COVID Pivot: How Businesses Have Changed to Survive the Pandemic
How have businesses pivoted their use of technologies to cope with the impact the pandemic has had on their enterprises? Have some been companies more successful with pivoting to new services, technologies, and business practices than ...
Google Photos Ends Unlimited Storage – What To Do
No more unlimited free photo storage, as Google ends years of free cloud storage for photos. But is there an alternative unlimited service from a rival?
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos To Step Down 5 July
Jeff Bezos will step down at CEO on 5 July, on what he admits is a sentimental date after nearly 30 years in charge of Amazon
Microsoft’s Nadella Hints At Significant Windows Update
Major update is coming for the veteran Windows 10 operating system, CEO Satya Nadella teases at Microsoft Build conference
Google Approved To Build Mega Campus In San Jose
Positive news for California, after San Jose city council approves Google plan to build multi-billion dollar campus spanning 80 acres
US Senate Democrats Propose $52 Billion For US Chip Production
Democrat leader in the US Senate revises legislation to approve $52 billion plan to ramp up US semiconductor manufacturing
Amazon Extends Police Ban On Facial Recognition
With the deadline of its one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software fast approaching, Amazon makes ban 'indefinite'
The New Normal of Cyber Security
The leaked memo from Facebook that defines the 'normalising' data leaks is a worrying development. In this feature, we consider if a shifting attitude to data leaks making these incidents just a consequence of doing business could redu ...
Google Cloud, SpaceX Sign Deal For Enterprise Cloud Services
Elon Musk's SpaceX is to deliver Google Cloud services to enterprises at the 'network edge', via the Starlink constellation
BT Raises FTTP Target To 25 Million Premises
Despite a tough financial year, an extra five million premises has been added to BT's deployment of FTTP broadband, creating thousands more jobs
Chip Shortage To Last A Few Years, Warns Michael Dell
Head of one of the world's largest PC makers has warned the ongoing silicon shortage is likely to persist for several years
Pentagon Mulls JEDI Contract Cancellation Amid Legal Fight
The Pentagon may cancel the JEDI contract altogether and start over, due to the legal battle raging over Microsoft's award
IBM Claims Breakthrough With 2 Nanometer Chip
Research boffins at IBM are touting a major leap forward in performance and energy efficiency with a 'world first' 2nm chip
Intel To Invest $3.5bn To Expand New Mexico Factory
Chip giant Intel is to ramp up its manufacturing capability at its New Mexico factory, and will add 3D packaging manufacturing capabilities
Amazon Posts Record Results, As Prime Video Catches Netflix
E-commerce and cloud services giant Amazon is another pandemic winner, after it posted record profits and revenues thanks to strong growth
Chip Shortage Will Not End Soon, Forrester Warns
Analyst house Forrester warns global shortage of semiconductors is not going to end any time soon due to fabless chip manufacturing trends, supply hoarding
Judge Refuses To Dismiss AWS Claim Of Trump JEDI Interference
Failure for attempt by Microsoft and US DoJ to dismiss complaint from Amazon Web Services about Trump's JEDI contract interference
Amazon Now Largest Corporate Buyer Of Renewable Energy
With nine new wind and solar projects in UK, Europe and North America, Amazon becomes corporate buyer of renewable energy
Automation is Dead: Welcome to Hyperautomation
Describing the application of AI and ML to vastly increase the use of automation across more business processes and even augmented humans, Silicon UK assesses whether hyperautomation is the future of digital transformation and how busi ...
Government Intervenes In ARM Sale To Nvidia, Citing National Security
UK's digital secretary issues 'public interest intervention notice' over £29bn ARM sale, citing national security implications
Jeff Bezos Urges Amazon Staff Focus In Final Shareholder Letter
World's richest man Jeff Bezos urges Amazon to focus on its 1.3 million staff in his final letter as CEO to shareholders of the firm
Dell To Offload Ownership Stake In VMware
The valuable 81 percent ownership stake in VMware held by Dell Technologies is to be spun off, generating a $12 billion shareholder dividend
Nvidia Unveils Data Centre ARM CPU Dubbed ‘Grace’
New 'Grace' server chip from GPU giant Nvidia is designed to take the fight to Intel and AMD in the data centre CPU segment
FBI Arrest Man Over ‘Plot To Blow Up Internet’
Texas man allegedly sought to 'kill off about 70 percent of the internet' to deal blow to 'oligarchy' by blowing up AWS buildings with C-4 explosive
Microsoft Focuses On Healthcare With $20bn AI Buy
Microsoft's purchase of speech recognition pioneer Nuance Communications gives it leading cloud AI tools that are widely used in healthcare industry
How Good is Your Enterprise’s Contingency Planning?
The recent fire at the French cloud service provider OVHcloud, which resulted in many websites going offline, illustrates the vulnerability of physical data infrastructures. Businesses often focus their attention on protecting their da ...
Google Loses Dispute Over Data Centre Working Conditions
Google and contractor Modis forced to reinstate suspended worker who had complained about working conditions and discussed unionisation
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military