TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
OVH's director of cloud Hiren Parekh talks about the challenges of large-scale data processing, why he likes to keep different technologies in the mix and how the BBC Micro helped launch his career
European Data Protection Board seeks comments on its guidance as firms expect the GDPR's impact to make itself felt in the coming year
Amazon's use of experimental chatbots on its Alexa AI platform has led to some disturbing conversations and a security breach, a report finds
The lack of security means tens of thousands of hot tubs could be remotely controlled by attackers from anywhere in the world
Scality chief technology officer Giorgio Regni talks about cloud apps, collaborative development and the surprising way he found to improve his smartphone's battery life
The engineer's practical joke comes as Amazon invests heavily into improving the security of parcel deliveries
The search and advertising giant is looking to double its staff in the city to around 14,000
Google has officially designated its Irish subsidiary as being legally responsible for users' data under the GDPR, as impact of new regulations continues to make itself felt
The expansion is part of a £277bn plan to create more US jobs, amidst pressure from President Trump
RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks to shed light on the issues
The hack exposed personal data on 100 million users, as well as information from linked accounts such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn
The latest proposal would see the likes of Google and Facebook pay a 3 percent tax on advertising revenues, while leaving the likes of Apple, Amazon and Airbnb in the clear
The service aims for a valuation of $22bn to $31bn in New York, taking advantage of a temporary trade ceasefire between the US and China
Emis Group, used by six in 10 GPs, plans to shift the back-end of its dominant web software to UK-based AWS servers
In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment of hostile political scrutiny
Apple's popular music service, said to be neck-in-neck with Spotify in the US, debuts on Amazon's smart speakers in mid-December
The hack exposed personal data and card information on up to 500m customers of Marriott's Starwood hotels dating back to 2014
Organisations face fines of up to £4,350 for failure to pay the new fees, which came into force this year to fund the GDPR's broad regulatory approach
re:Invent 2018: AWS says the custom-built 'Graviton' chip, based on a design originally aimed at high-end smartphones, can slash costs when running scale-out workloads like containerised microservices
The Venezuelan 'homeland card' has been accused of being used as a tool for putting pressure on voters
Labhesh Patel, chief technology officer and chief scientist at Jumio, talks about AI, the challenges of data protection and how he learned to go offline for 25 minutes at a stretch
Cancer care, staff retention and mental health considered most important for budget increase spending, with access to digital services at the bottom of the heap
The country's anti-monopoly agency has made 'important progress' in its probe into Samsung, Hynix and Micron, which control up to 95 percent of the memory chip market
The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency is down about 75 percent since a high of nearly $20,000 late last year, as investors show concern over latest fork
Relate 2018: Zendesk Sell integrates salesforce automation into Zendesk's customer service tools, while Sunshine targets developers and Explore adds data analytics
The fibre, developed in Australia and Japan, is slightly narrower than standard fibre-optic cable but has 12 times the capacity
The search and advertising giant is accused of 'trust demolition' after announcing that it plans to take direct control of London-based DeepMind Health
Go east! Amazon has headed to the US East coast and will split its second headquarters between two locations
Germans and French follow British lead and signal strong support of EU digital tax on tech giants
Networking giant teams up with AWS to offer containers that can be used in internal and Amazon data centres