Facebook is emphasising the built-in privacy features of the Alexa-powered Portal, which arrives immediately after a major data breach at the company
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Xilinx Aims Ultra-Programmable Accelerators At AI, 5G Workloads
Xilinx is looking to take large-scale, cutting-edge workloads to the next level with its upcoming family of programmable hardware accelerators
Apple, Amazon Deny Reported Chinese Server Hack
China is accused of implanting hardware in sensitive servers during the manufacturing process — a feat security experts consider to be next to impossible
Government Sets £9m Competition For UK Digital Health Projects
New competition looks for tech to solve health issues — including privacy questions around the exploitation of sensitive patient data
Dell Touts Possible IPO If VMware Stock Bid Fails
Dell confirms meeting with investment banks to explore initial public offering options
Instagram Back Online After Worldwide Outage
Normal service resumed after brief worldwide outage for the photo-sharing service
Amazon Latest In EU Regulatory Spotlight With Commission Data Probe
The Commission's preliminary investigation is to focus on Amazon's use of data from its third-party sellers, and whether it could be misused for anti-competitive purposes
Microsoft, SAP, Adobe To Back Common Data Model
Ignite 2018: The proposed standardised model could make it easier to carry out large-scale analytics on customer data drawn from different sources
Apple, Salesforce Team On Mobile Business Apps
Dreamforce 2018: The companies are to jointly redesign Salesforce's mobile app and provide business developer tools for apps running on iOS and Salesforce's Lightning Platform
IBM Introduces Open Source Tool For Monitoring AI Bias
Cloud-based Fairness 360 toolkit is the latest effort at dealing with transparency and liability issues in corporate AI models
MPs Call For Regulation Of ‘Wild West’ Cryptocurrencies
Regulators must bring in a minimum of oversight to provide consumer protection and stem money-laundering, argues an influential Parliamentary committee
Oracle Results Miss Expectations As Cloud Growth Slows
Software giant blames currency fluctuations for weaker than expected financial results
Google Expands Chilean Data Centre With $140m Investment
Data centre footprint to be expanded in South American country thanks to availability of solar power
Google Signs Wind Farm Deals To Power Finnish Data Centre
The 10-year deals include buying the entire output from a planned wind farm in western Finland, as corporate demand for renewables continues to rise
European Parliament Approves Controversial Copyright Reforms
'A good sign for the creative industries in Europe', say those in favour, while opponents call the outcome 'catastrophic'
Researchers Pin BA Hack On Notorious ‘Skimming’ Gang
The Magecart group modified site scripts to steal details directly from BA's site and app, even using a legitimate-looking security certificate
Europe’s Top Court Considers ‘Right To Be Forgotten’...
Google is contesting efforts to extend the right to be forgotten to non-European search domains, as well as tougher measures on the removal of sensitive data
New Cisco UCS Server Takes Aim At AI With Latest Nvidia GPUs
Nvidia's graphics processing chips can drastically reduce the time needed to train deep learning models, Cisco says
Jack Ma To Hand Over Alibaba Reins Next Year
The Alibaba co-founder, a former English teacher with no technical background, said he is stepping down so that he can 'try new things'
British Airways Hack ‘Compromises’ Customers’...
The incident involved the theft of payment card details over a period of two weeks at the height of the summer season
Fifteen Years After Launch, Skype Gets Call Recording
Skype gets the built-in ability to record calls into the cloud, with the option of downloading them for permanent storage
Microsoft Warns EU Copyright Proposal Could Stunt Digital Growth
The Windows giant said data-mining limitations could harm economic development and stop Europe from catching up with AI and data science competitors
Amazon Joins Apple After It Reaches $1 Trillion Value
Former bookseller briefly crosses $1 billion market valuation threshold as broadening portfolio drives growth
Google Hands Kubernetes Reins Over To Community
The search giant, which has developed Kubernetes since 2014, is also donating £7m in cloud credits to help defray infrastructure costs
Fraud Experts Warn Over Compromise Of Passport Data In Air Canada...
Hackers may have accessed detailed passport information on thousands of Air Canada customers after its app was compromised late last week
Document Scanning Firm Exposes More Than 140 Gigabytes Of Corporate...
Scanning and optical character recognition firm Abbyy left an Amazon-hosted server open for anyone to access
UK Data Complaints Double Under GDPR
New figures show the Information Commissioner's Office swamped with reports from individuals and companies alike
VMworld: AMD Introduces Radeon Pro V340 For High-Density Data Centres
The graphics board includes two Vega graphics chips along with enough memory to carry out heavy-duty remote workloads for up to 32 concurrent virtual users
Foreign Firms Could Share Data Storage Costs Under Proposed Russian...
The legislation would seek to force companies such as Google and Facebook to help pay the massive costs brought in by new data storage rules
Verizon Admits Throttling Firefighter Internet Access During...
The company said that effectively cutting off firefighters' internet access was a customer support mistake, as US states demand the return of net neutrality rules