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Online Safety Bill May Pose Risk To Startups, Suggests Regulator BossOnline Safety Bill May Pose Risk To Startups, Suggests Regulator Boss

Online Safety Bill May Pose Risk To Startups, Suggests Regulator Boss

UK's forthcoming online safety bill risks stifling start-ups, the UK tech regulator chief who will help oversee its eventual implementation

3 years ago
Meta Pleases Investors After Daily User Number Growth ReturnsMeta Pleases Investors After Daily User Number Growth Returns

Meta Pleases Investors After Daily User Number Growth Returns

Shares in Meta rose 20 percent in relief with modest daily and monthly user growth, despite mixed financial results in…

3 years ago
Anger As Musk Engages With Tweets Criticising Twitter ExecsAnger As Musk Engages With Tweets Criticising Twitter Execs

Anger As Musk Engages With Tweets Criticising Twitter Execs

Bad form? Controversy over Elon Musk's Twitter takeover continues, after he engages with critical tweets of two high-ranking Twitter staffers

3 years ago
Apple Opens ‘Self Service Repair’ Online StoreApple Opens ‘Self Service Repair’ Online Store

Apple Opens ‘Self Service Repair’ Online Store

Right to repair victory? Apple finally begins to allow users to purchase genuine parts so they can repair an iPhone…

3 years ago
Amazon Won’t Face Federal Action Over Tornado Warehouse CollapseAmazon Won’t Face Federal Action Over Tornado Warehouse Collapse

Amazon Won’t Face Federal Action Over Tornado Warehouse Collapse

No citation or penalities to be issued by federal agency, after December tornado flattened Amazon's DLI4 warehouse, killing six people

3 years ago
Amazon Faces Union Vote At Second State Island FacilityAmazon Faces Union Vote At Second State Island Facility

Amazon Faces Union Vote At Second State Island Facility

Second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island begins voting on whether to join grassroots trade union formed by fired Amazon worker

3 years ago
Twitter CEO Tells Staff Future Is UncertainTwitter CEO Tells Staff Future Is Uncertain

Twitter CEO Tells Staff Future Is Uncertain

Company wide town hall meeting sees CEO Parag Agrawal tell Twitter employees future direction of the platform is uncertain

3 years ago
Meta Begins Appeal Against UK Order To Sell GiphyMeta Begins Appeal Against UK Order To Sell Giphy

Meta Begins Appeal Against UK Order To Sell Giphy

Closely watched appeal. UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it will defend its Giphy sale order 'vigorously'

3 years ago
Twitter To Be Sold To Elon Musk For $44 BillionTwitter To Be Sold To Elon Musk For $44 Billion

Twitter To Be Sold To Elon Musk For $44 Billion

Now what? Board of directors agrees to sell Twitter to the world's richest man, who has frequently criticised the platform…

3 years ago
CNN Shuts Down Streaming Service One Month After LaunchCNN Shuts Down Streaming Service One Month After Launch

CNN Shuts Down Streaming Service One Month After Launch

New corporate parents of CNN news network to shut down CNN+ streaming service only one month after it launched, amidst…

3 years ago
Japan Aims To Ramp EV Battery Production Amidst Stiff CompetitionJapan Aims To Ramp EV Battery Production Amidst Stiff Competition

Japan Aims To Ramp EV Battery Production Amidst Stiff Competition

Japan aims to boost domestic battery production capacity tenfold as country loses market share to Chinese and South Korean rivals

3 years ago
Amazon No Longer Facing Union Vote In New JerseyAmazon No Longer Facing Union Vote In New Jersey

Amazon No Longer Facing Union Vote In New Jersey

Trade union seeking to organise represent Amazon staff in New Jersey facility withdraws its petition, but doesn't give any reason

3 years ago
Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Security for Remote WorkforcesSilicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Security for Remote Workforces

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Security for Remote Workforces

Learn how businesses can develop robust security for their remote workforces. Also, businesses are re-drawing their digital transformation roadmaps to…

3 years ago
Google To Open Product Development Centre In NairobiGoogle To Open Product Development Centre In Nairobi

Google To Open Product Development Centre In Nairobi

Utilising local talent as Google says is to open a product development centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, to better…

3 years ago
Amazon To Carry Out Racial Equity AuditAmazon To Carry Out Racial Equity Audit

Amazon To Carry Out Racial Equity Audit

E-commerce giant will conduct racial equity audit led by former US Attorney, after shareholder proposal on diversity, equity and inclusion

3 years ago

US Court Rules Data Scraping On Public Websites Is Legal

User privacy blow. Scraping data from online LinkedIn profiles is legal, Appeal Court in the United States tells Microsoft

3 years ago

Amazon Staff At New Jersey Facility To Hold Union Vote

Snowballing movement? National Labor Relations Board says Amazon staff at New Jersey facility have enough signatures to hold union vote

3 years ago

Apple Staff In Flagship NY Store Begin Steps To Unionise

Trouble for Tim? Staff at Apple's flagship New York store at the Grand Central Terminal begin process of unionising, say…

3 years ago

Ransomware Attacks On The Decline, Corvus Insurance Finds

Declining ransomware attacks? New research from Corvus Insurance says reports of ransomware attacks are down, with payout totals also declining

3 years ago

SAP Mulling Total Russian Withdrawal – Report

Co-founder of German software giant cites actions of not just Vladimir Putin, but also supporters among Russian population, amid withdrawal…

3 years ago

Amazon Appeals Against Historic State Island Union Vote

Appeal filed by Amazon alleging misconduct by local federal office, after historic trade union vote at New York City warehouse

3 years ago

JD.com Founder Richard Liu Steps Down As CEO

Richard Liu, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, steps down as chief executive amidst ongoing regulatory crackdown on China's tech…

3 years ago

Spanish Renewable Energy Company Links With Google Cloud

Spanish renewable energy firm Capital Energy in deal with Google Cloud, which also announces unified support for popular Red Hat…

3 years ago

Meta Finance Move With ‘Zuck Bucks’ Virtual Coins – Report

Plans at Meta to introduce virtual coins and lending services to its apps portfolio, despite cryptocurrency project collapse

3 years ago

Half Of Cybersecurity Professionals Consider Quitting – Study

New research from threat detection specialist Vectra reveals very worrying rise of health and mental pressures on security professionals

3 years ago

Russia Retaliates Against YouTube Over Ukraine Invasion ‘Fakes’

Pot calling kettle black? Roskomnadzor to take punitive measures against YouTube over 'fake' images about Russia's invasion of Ukraine

3 years ago

Twitter Confirms Development Of Edit Button

Worse kept secret? Twitter finally confirms it is developing an edit button so users can change their tweets after posting…

3 years ago

Apple Staff Unhappy At Return-To-Office Memo

Frustrated Apple staff push back against Tim Cook's demand for corporate staff to return to the office, and threaten to…

3 years ago