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Legal Changes Could Mean More Privacy Restrictions For Facebook, Skype

A legal opinion and a vote by MEPs could signal more restrictions on what social media and digital communications firms can do with users' data

Microsoft To Offer Cray Supercomputers On Azure Cloud Platform

Microsoft and Cray are to link supercomputers directly into Azure data centres, providing high-end scalability for AI workloads

From Kickabout To Boardroom: Microsoft’s Bid To Transform Sport

Microsoft outlines its plan to transform sport at every level, from the elite in the boadroom to jumpers for goalpoasts in the park, using tech

Tech Quiz: Microsoft In 2017

We've been speaking to Microsoft about enterprise mobility, devices, sports and the future this month. So test your knowledge here!

IT LIFE: Lee James, Rackspace EMEA CTO

Rackspace's Lee James talks about his journey from the market stall to becoming a CTO

Government Surveillance Regime Lacks Oversight

GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 are sharing mass personal data with mininal privacy safeguards, Privacy International has told a tribunal

Government Review Lays Out Steps To Boost UK’s AI Industry

'Data trusts' should be formed to ensure information is shared securely, while guidance should be developed on how to explain AI to a wary public

Boxworks 2017: Box Adds ‘Skills’ Machine Learning Tools To Cloud Platform

Box details first machine learning tools powered by IBM Watson, Azure and GCP at Boxworks 2017, alongside Box Skills tool kits for custom processes

Tech Quiz Of The Week: What Do You Know About Oracle?

ORACLE OPENWORLD: What do you know about the software house Larry built?

Oracle Unleashes Cloud Blockchain Service And New AI Apps & Tools

ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle CEO Mark Hurd doubles down on cloud with enterprise Blockchain platform, AI applications and AI developer too

Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Can Patch And Adjust Itself

ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle CTO Larry Ellison details self-tuning, self-protecting cloud database and how customers can save money compared to AWS

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Returning To Our Roots Has Given Us Purpose

IN-DEPTH: Satya Nadella talks about his first three years as Microsoft CEO, leadership, technology and cricket

VIRTUS Plans Two New London Data Centres

VIRTUS says fifth and sixth London data centres will establish it as leader in capital colocation

Google Cloud IoT Core Goes Live For GCP Users

Google Cloud IoT Core aims to simplify the management of an IoT environment.

Microsoft Quantum Programming Tools Aim At Future Computers

IGNITE 2017: Microsoft announced a quantum computer programming language integrated with Visual Studio on the first day of the Ignite conference

Microsoft & Facebook Lay Highest Capacity Transatlantic Cable

Microsoft and Facebook lay 160Tbps subsea cable between Virginia and Bilbao to protect Transatlantic traffic against natural disasters

HPE ‘Set To Cut’ 5,000 Jobs Worldwide

Reports suggest HPE plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce amid intensifying IT competition

Oracle Diary: Oracle ‘Simplifies’ Cloud Pricing With Licence Mobility & Universal Credits

ORACLE NEWS: Oracle promises its new pricing models will make it cheaper to move to the cloud without sacrificing features

Aruba Adds Machine Learning Security Platform To Networking Range

The analytics-based Aruba 360 Fabric integrates with the firm's own built-in security capabilities, but will work even if no Aruba gear is in place

Outlook.com Users Hit By Day-Long Outage Across UK, Europe

An issue with load-balancing software caused messages to pile up, with some still undelivered on Tuesday morning

New Citrix Cloud Region Will Serve EU Customers

Citrix wants to support European cloud customers with local data centres

Slack Integrates With Dropbox Paper To Combine Content And Communications

Slack secures another tech partnership in pursuit of enterprise growth

VMworld 2017: VMware Delivers Hybrid Cloud & NFV Updates For Businesses, Cloud Partners And Telcos

VMware delivers a slew of announcements, including NFV platforms, cloud services and mobile security

Rackspace To Acquire Datapipe In Largest Deal To Date

The deal is aimed at rapidly expanding Rackspace's ability to manage business workloads across multiple public and private clouds

VMworld 2017: IBM Extends Enterprise VMware Workloads To Its Cloud

IBM shows off the fruits of an interoperability deal announced last year, as well as new enterprise cloud features, at VMworld Europe 2017

VMworld 2017: IBM & Vodafone Team Up To Ease Hybrid Cloud Migration

IBM and Vodafone service to make it easier to migrate VMware workloads from private to public cloud

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (8 September)

What can you remember about the past seven days in tech?

Amazon Sparks City Bidding War For New North American HQ

Amazon invites North American cities to host new HQ, which will be equal to its base in Seattle. But what does it want?

Networking Sales Help HPE Results Beat Expectations

Spin-off of HPE's software assets (including Autonomy) fail to dent quarterly results as sales beat expectations