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
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Tencent Music Aims To Raise $1.2bn In US Market Debut
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
Biggest NHS GP IT Supplier To Shift 40m Patient Records To Amazon Cloud
Emis Group, used by six in 10 GPs, plans to shift the back-end of its dominant web software to UK-based AWS servers
Google Chief Sundar Pichai Faces Congressional Hot Seat This Week
In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment of hostile political scrutiny
Amazon Adds Apple Music To Echo Devices In Time For Christmas Season
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
Data Regulator Probes ‘Colossal’ Four-Year Marriott Breach
The hack exposed personal data and card information on up to 500m customers of Marriott's Starwood hotels dating back to 2014
ICO Fines Businesses Over Failure To Pay New Data Protection Fees
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
Amazon AWS Puts Custom ARM Server Chip Into The Cloud
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
US Senators Demand Probe Into ZTE Work On Venezuela ID Card
The Venezuelan 'homeland card' has been accused of being used as a tool for putting pressure on voters
IT Life: Labhesh Patel, Jumio
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
Public Ranks Digital NHS Services Last In Spending Study
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
China Finds ‘Massive Evidence’ Of DRAM Price-Fixing
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
Bitcoin Plunges Below $5,000
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
Zendesk Targets Sales, Launches ‘Sunshine’ Application Platform
Relate 2018: Zendesk Sell integrates salesforce automation into Zendesk's customer service tools, while Sunshine targets developers and Explore adds data analytics
New Fibre Breaks Petabit-Per-Second Data Barrier
The fibre, developed in Australia and Japan, is slightly narrower than standard fibre-optic cable but has 12 times the capacity
Google To Take Over Controversial NHS App
The search and advertising giant is accused of 'trust demolition' after announcing that it plans to take direct control of London-based DeepMind Health
Amazon Selects New York, Virginia For HQ2
Go east! Amazon has headed to the US East coast and will split its second headquarters between two locations
France, Germany Support EU Digital Tax On Tech Giants
Germans and French follow British lead and signal strong support of EU digital tax on tech giants
Cisco To Help Cloud Customers Use Amazon Data Centres
Networking giant teams up with AWS to offer containers that can be used in internal and Amazon data centres
Study Finds Lukewarm Corporate Engagement With Open Source
Companies expect developers to use open source tools at work, but few make substantial contributions in return
Cloud Security Demand Boosts Fortinet Results
Fortinet's sales grow 21 percent year-on-year as firms battle security fears on their networks and in the cloud
Supreme Court Cuts Short Battle Over Net Neutrality Regulation
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal that could have gutted regulators' authority to impose net neutrality rules — as conflict over the issue continues elsewhere
Tim Berners-Lee ‘Disappointed’ At Online Data Scandals
The web inventor says the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the spread of divisiveness via social media show the 'optimism has cracked'
Eurostar Resets All Customer Passwords After ‘Attempted’ Hack
The incident, which took place in mid-October, follows major breaches at several airlines — but this time around no payment details were affected
Samsung Sees Record Quarter But Predicts End Of Memory Chip Boom
Semiconductor sales helped Samsung reach record profits for the third quarter in spite of weak smartphone performance
IBM Spends $34bn To Secure Open Source Giant Red Hat
Big Blue's biggest acquisition sees it acquire open source cloud giant to expand subscription-based software
Intel Pleases With Profit, Revenue Growth
Positive third quarter results for chip giant thanks to data centre growth and PC demand
Super Micro To Test For Chinese Spy Chips
World's largest motherboard maker is to review its hardware to check reports on Chinese spy chips
Facebook May Use Data From Portal Video Device To Target Adverts
Facebook says Portal was designed with privacy in mind — but that's not necessarily so for the Facebook Messenger infrastructure it's built on
GitHub Introduces ‘Revolutionary’ Automation Features
Developers will now be able to automate workflow processes by running actions directly on the site — as well as sharing actions with more than 31 million other users